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From: Dave Plowman (News) on 12 Jun 2010 06:02 Any one hear 'Uncool Britannia' this morning at 10.30 on R4? All about the Montego and Maestro, etc. Typical journalistic knocking so rather one sided but worth a listen. -- *I just got lost in thought. It was unfamiliar territory* Dave Plowman dave(a)davenoise.co.uk London SW To e-mail, change noise into sound.
From: Rob on 12 Jun 2010 06:16 On 12/06/2010 11:02, Dave Plowman (News) wrote: > Any one hear 'Uncool Britannia' this morning at 10.30 on R4? All about the > Montego and Maestro, etc. Typical journalistic knocking so rather one > sided but worth a listen. > Yes, I think 'entertainment' more than anything. The stories about sabotage - coke cans in the doors, loose bolts behind the hub caps - incredible if true. Rob
From: Dave Plowman (News) on 12 Jun 2010 06:37 In article <4c135e62$0$15106$c3e8da3(a)news.astraweb.com>, Rob <ngonly(a)gmail.com> wrote: > On 12/06/2010 11:02, Dave Plowman (News) wrote: > > Any one hear 'Uncool Britannia' this morning at 10.30 on R4? All about > > the Montego and Maestro, etc. Typical journalistic knocking so rather > > one sided but worth a listen. > > > Yes, I think 'entertainment' more than anything. The stories about > sabotage - coke cans in the doors, loose bolts behind the hub caps - > incredible if true. Quentin Wilson likes to be known as a 'hands on' type so I'd guess adds in all these 'urban myths' as personal experience. And likely embellishes them. It's always been quite common to find assorted screws etc in a new car under carpets and so on - but this wasn't deliberate sabotage. That's not to say it didn't happen - but on so many cars bought at random as he suggests? -- *Those who get too big for their britches will be exposed in the end* Dave Plowman dave(a)davenoise.co.uk London SW To e-mail, change noise into sound.
From: Jerry on 12 Jun 2010 08:07 "Dave Plowman (News)" <dave(a)davenoise.co.uk> wrote in message news:5126291646dave(a)davenoise.co.uk... : Any one hear 'Uncool Britannia' this morning at 10.30 on R4? All about the : Montego and Maestro, etc. Typical journalistic knocking so rather one : sided but worth a listen. : Well, the best part of the Montego and Maestro was the VW gearbox!... :~0 -- Regards, Jerry.
From: Jerry on 12 Jun 2010 08:07
"Rob" <ngonly(a)gmail.com> wrote in message news:4c135e62$0$15106$c3e8da3(a)news.astraweb.com... : On 12/06/2010 11:02, Dave Plowman (News) wrote: : > Any one hear 'Uncool Britannia' this morning at 10.30 on R4? All about the : > Montego and Maestro, etc. Typical journalistic knocking so rather one : > sided but worth a listen. : > : : Yes, I think 'entertainment' more than anything. The stories about : sabotage - coke cans in the doors, loose bolts behind the hub caps - : incredible if true. : I strongly suspect this is urban myth, if disgruntled workers wanted to sabotage BL (or what ever name it was going by at the time...) there were far better, less obvious ways to cause greater annoyance/damage. -- Regards, Jerry. |