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[albitz]

30 years ago this month i bought my first car,a dark green vauxhall viva - cost £70.........today i drove my current car,a dark green vauxhall omega to the petrol station (on fumes !) and filled it up with petrol-cost £70    thing is although i would much rather swap my petrol bill for the 1978 bill,if i had to swap the cars round in order to achieve this would i do it ?nah,no chance.

[kris9128]

30 years ago this month i bought my first car,a dark green vauxhall viva - cost £70.........today i drove my current car,a dark green vauxhall omega to the petrol station (on fumes !) and filled it up with petrol-cost £70    thing is although i would much rather swap my petrol bill for the 1978 bill,if i had to swap the cars round in order to achieve this would i do it ?nah,no chance.

ere we go. gonna ave all the old timers telling stories bowt "the good old days" and "when i was a lad".  

[Entwood]

mmm  Nostalgia ....  If I could remember what it meant .......  

[mars]

For £70 i am assuming the Viva had a full tank of petrol!!!

[albitz]

30 years ago this month i bought my first car,a dark green vauxhall viva - cost £70.........today i drove my current car,a dark green vauxhall omega to the petrol station (on fumes !) and filled it up with petrol-cost £70    thing is although i would much rather swap my petrol bill for the 1978 bill,if i had to swap the cars round in order to achieve this would i do it ?nah,no chance.

ere we go. gonna ave all the old timers telling stories bowt "the good old days" and "when i was a lad".  

petrol was cheap,i had hair,money, young free single ,and people knew what good music was,those were the days  
putting things into even more perspective,...just spoke to daughter on the phone,she paid £28 for two drinks last night  

[Danny]

3½ years ago i was filling my corsa up with petrol at 83.9ppl

as from wednesday next week i'll be on LPG at 46ppl

[albitz]

For £70 i am assuming the Viva had a full tank of petrol!!!

i seem to remember it did,it was also eco friendly i.e. it began to biodegrade itself shortly after leaving the factory

[mars]

My sister also had a viva for a while, also eco-friendly. It made a few strange noises aswell but amazingly was very reliable! I even had the pleasure of driving it a couple of times! :-/

[albitz]

did you say pleasure ? :-/ actually my dad loved them,he had a hb then 2 hc,s followed by 4 cavaliers in a row,you can see where the vauxhall habit came from  

[amigov6]

In 1980 @ 17yrs young i bought my first car, a green Vx Victor for £70. Had to reverse the polarity to fit a new fangled radio/cassette-£15. Played the same tape over & over ELO Out of the blue & Status Quo 12 Gold bars. 20 Rothmans...45p, 3 pints for a quid & that was a note, left 10p for 3 plays on the jukebox.
    Trouble was i only took home £36 a week & paid £9 rent!!!!!!!! 8-)

[mars]

Pleasure might have been too strong a word!! Think i got my Vauxhall habit from the Omega my mom owns and her two previously owned Carltons rather than my sister's Viva!! :-/

[Timbuk]

Nowt wrong with vivas, i had a HC Magnum, twas a cool car then

[Richie London]

my dad used to drive about 3 miles to the next garage to save a penny on a gallon in his humber sceptre

[Dodger]

Used to 'borrow' the old mans cresta, Saturday night...bench seats, column change ... petrol? 6/4d a gallon, at the local station, which also sold 'esso blue' parrafin!! eeeh by gumm them were t' days!

[Vamps]

Used to 'borrow' the old mans cresta, Saturday night...bench seats, column change ... petrol? 6/4d a gallon, at the local station, which also sold 'esso blue' parrafin!! eeeh by gumm them were t' days!

Bet the oungsters don't even know what that means.
Driving pre decimal, that is show your age.
1974 First road car, 850cc Mini, woody,  traveller.  6677 UP.
Passed test on Tuesday, driving the car and a Mate to Manchester on the Friday night, my mother was not amused.