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@NicoNePayePlus The the ultimate 1980s Ford Cortina was the XR6 from South Africa, with 3 litre V6 (especially the rare "Interceptor" version). In Australia Ford also built the Cortina with 3.3 and 4.1 litre engines from the Ford Falcon (this is a 4.1 Ghia) but they were too heavy for the car.

Ford Cortina. Granada chez nous

@PlantsBikesBass @anon_opin Cavalier was a Cortina rival in size & price, similar range of engine sizes. Mk 2 Escort competed against the saloon/ estate versions of the Chevette.

@anon_opin But also rubbish compared to the Vauxhall Cavalier which had better, more modern engines, more space and better suited to a family.

The best car design ever was the Ford Escort Mk II. Affordably chic, it was never properly appreciated in its lifetime.

@anon_opin Styling is crisp & well proportioned with some tidy detailing, & simple, contemporary interior. Underneath though, the engineering is basic, as it's a re-skinned Mk1, so cart springs at the back & mostly ohv engines from the Anglia. Golf, Alfasud were much more modern & advanced.

@Rainmaker1973 Reminded me of this: Source: YouTube share.google/2BxpbiLOkpA77K…

When Sweden relocated the 113-year-old Kiruna Church, a 672-ton wooden landmark, 5 km away to protect it from the expanding iron ore mine. [📹 nordlig. photo]

Acabo de leer que 4,153,237 personas se casaron el año pasado: no quiero causar problemas, pero ¿no debería ser un número par?

@StatisticUrban This table missed out the 2 largest metropolitan areas in Europe, around the 2 biggest cities: Moscow (21.5 million) and Istanbul (16.4 million). London is 3rd largest European city in official population and metro area.

Even though Europe has about 220 million more people than America, America has significantly more large urban areas. European cities are denser and more spacially compact, but American metropolitan regions tend to contain more people.

Some more quotes from Margaret Thatcher:

@koalakitch @RobR44133618 @ThatEricAlper I noticed the milk in say Tesco in Belfast or Edinburgh says "568ml" but in the Dublin Tesco it will actually be 500ml. Might depend which chain you shop in.

@nosateki @RobR44133618 @ThatEricAlper Nah milk is litres in UK mainly. We call it a pint but it isn't, it's in ml

@RobR44133618 @ThatEricAlper Ireland is more visibly metric than Britain (speed limits, distance, milk) but many people over 40 use imperial often, for clothes sizes, distanc, weight, & of course NI is still mpg, pints of milk. In UK you can often use either imperial/ metric or both, in butchers shops etc.

@ThatEricAlper Britain is very like Canada. Mixed systems. By law, distances are miles, except horse races, which are furlongs. Weights & measures are officially metric, but older people think imperial. Beer, in a pub, is sold in pints. But in the supermarket, in litres. U need to know both.

@ThatEricAlper Ireland: weight in stones & pounds, height feet & inches if you're my age anyway, chest in inches, milk litres, wine in cl, beer in pints, speed limits km/h, still measure fuel economy in mpg, at timberyard 4 by 2 studs (inches) 3m long & a sheet of ply 8 by 4 (feet) 18mm thick.

@CarManToday The FD Victor (according to Vauxpedianet.uk2sitebuilder.com who ought to know), shared nothing with the Opel Rekord C , but the 1972 FE Victor was based on the Rekord D floor panel.

1969 Vauxhall Victor FD Estate 3300 The Vauxhall Victor was produced in a range of models between 1957 and 1976 and replaced the outgoing Wyvern and FC cars. Taking it’s styling cues from the contemporary, so called, “coke bottle” designs emerging from Detroit, the FD series Victor (and VX4/90 and Ventora models) were based on the new Opel Rekord floorpan and offered the first mass produced belt driven overhead cam 1599cc and 1975cc engines. First shown at the 1967 British Motor Show, the FD Victor saloon was dubbed “car of the show”. The 3300 estate came along in 1968 and was the only Victor offered on the domestic market with the 3.3 litre engine borrowed from the Cresta. The FD range briefly became Britain’s most exported car. Less FD cars were made due in part to ongoing strike action and a reduction in export markets during the early 1970’s. Research suggests only 693 Victor 3300 estate cars were built. When you consider that most Vauxhall’s of this generation literally dissolved in the British weather, this extremely rare example is definitely a survivor and worthy of admiration.

@FionaSmall Sadly, Bacchialdi's cafe in Airdrie is no more....

This Thai restaurant in Belfast - where the Titanic was built - is among the elite names

@slugo13 @aut0mob Water cooled 3 cylinder, radiator behind the engine below the windscreen

@aut0mob 2 cycle air cooled ?

Allow me to introduce this #AIwonder 😉 Wartburg... Countach ?? 🤦‍♂️ ©️Max Kovač

@aut0mob Nissan did their own Wartburg tribute in 1994, with the Rasheen.

@NicoNePayePlus My father rented one of these on holiday in Spain, in 1984. It was a good car, comfortable, and I think nicer than the Fiat version.

Seat Fura

@ninjarifter @sportandstuffs @eoinyk The one they're building? None, absolutely hopeless. On the other hand, if they built about 6 lines that actually went to the outer suburbs, many people would get at least an hour of their day back, & families wouldn't need to run 2 or 3 cars.

@nosateki @sportandstuffs @eoinyk How beneficial will the metro be for someone from Lucan or Blanchardstown for example, won't make a bit of difference to them

Ireland - private wealth and public squalor example #31,200

@Mick_O_Keeffe This is why RTE Radio 1 has a lad from Chatham House on every morning, to Britsplain world events.

Jeremy Godfrey, head of the Irish Media Commission. Unelected bureaucrat appointed to oversee the censorship of the entire Irish media landscape. This non-Irish man is one of the most powerful individuals in the country, controlling what you see and hear despite the fact that nobody voted for him.

@BygoneBritain Could be beautiful if it wasn't so poor.

Glasgow, Scotland, 1868

@ninjarifter @sportandstuffs @eoinyk Because its roads are narrow and choked by cars, with only a very limited suburban rail network. I live 4 miles from the centre & it takes an hour on the bus (vs 20 minutes on a bike). Many people including students have commutes over 1.5h each way, terrible for a city this size.

@sportandstuffs @eoinyk Why? And if it does why just one line, it probably needs at least four in that case. Use the 20 billion to provide higher speed rail to the other cities and people will move out of Dublin, guaranteed

Meanwhile in Liverpool