I used to have one of these in 1986

@JoyfulSilence Thats nice. I love the simplicity of older vehicles.

@AbsolutelyFabulous Thats crazy. You look so young. Great memory though 🙂

@Perry1968 well I'm 52😆 1973

@AbsolutelyFabulous You look about mid 30s in that pic. Wow. Im going to hit the bed as im up early. I.ll say goodnight to you in Ireland from Plymouth 😊

@gandalf1957 I had a golf mk1 Gti in the late 80s. Love mk 2 escorts and the Talbot was second hand. No rich kid here.

@Perry1968 when i said more wealthy, I was talking about purchasing new ones when they came out in mid to late 1970s not pre owned 10 years later :-)

@gandalf1957 The one i had was 6 yesrs old. But even new i doubt they were expensive. Still at 18 you are buzzing jumping in that. Unless your a spoiled ungreatful turd. I was over the moon with it back then.

@jackjones68 Yes. They wernt great but at 18 i loved mine. They were easy to work on though like most cars of that era. Today sheeesh. EGRs. DPFs etc etc. And ford VW and hondas wetbelt engine. My god what were they thinking running a rubber belt through oil lol.

@Jonjdw I love Americans. Gas 😆

@Perry1968 in the town I live in gas is three dollars a gallon. But out of town, it could be much more

@Jonjdw £1.38 per LITRE here now. More expensive on exploiting routes. You need a 3 hp car here just to get around lol.

@Thrust Yeah beautiful. But back then this small 4 pot put out similar HP to your 8 cylinder 15 mpg cars. There were bonuses. Plus they held the road well.

@SomeMichGuy No. I.ll tell you. Talbot Sunbeam TI. only a little 1.6 with twin webbers but very light car. They did a lotus version too. But apparently these are rarer than the lotus ones. Maybe because they all rusted out lol. Its just a blast from the past.

@Perry1968 Talbot...hmmm...ok!

@Perry1968 Interesting.

Wow

@Thrust 😆 No was a nice little car tbf.

@OldBrit Lol i had the 1.8 non turbo derv one. I loved it. Used to travel to bristol and back regularly in it. Great car. Had a 1.1 petrol version too. That 2.0 hdi was a cracking engine used in so many cars. Picasso. Peugeot 406 etc. And yeah the talbot 😆 Nice at the time but i was just 18. My fist car was a mk3 2 litre corrina. I paid £55 for it lol. Had the old pinto engine. Cams rsttling away but i drove it everywhere. Sh.t car though.

@Perry1968 at same time we had the 206 I had a 406 executive with same engine in.

My first car was a Hillman Avenger.

@OldBrit Yes those engines were great. And the Avenger. They were ok tbh. Better than the equivalent morris marina of the time.

@NativePortlander1970 No. Ive had a few Datsuns. Brilliant little things. I love Japanese cars. The Germans once made great cars but they really are trash now. I own a Toyota now. Nothing flashy. Just a convenient reliable little thing

@Perry1968 I am just saying what it looks like, a standard Japanese cookie cutter auto.

@NativePortlander1970 Trouble is though. It isnt