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by BlairHobson
Tue Apr 07, 2026 7:32 am
Forum: Events and Meetings
Topic: 🏁 Pride of Longbridge 2026 – Who’s Going? 🏁
Replies: 33
Views: 2886

Re: 🏁 Pride of Longbridge 2026 – Who’s Going? 🏁

Follow the map they usually put on the FB page. There's two entrances, both have long queues to get in and completely jam up the local traffic, so when you go down Lowhill Lane (which takes you to both entrances so it doesn't matter which way you come from) and you come to the rear of a long line of...
by BlairHobson
Fri Feb 20, 2026 12:29 pm
Forum: The Lounge
Topic: Reduce Vehicle Excise Duty by 50%
Replies: 9
Views: 1562

Re: Reduce Vehicle Excise Duty by 50%

Years ago there was a proposal to get rid of VED altogether and transfer the tax to fuel duty. But then they realised they could use VED to regulate what cars people bought by changing the VED rates to suit whatever was the "in thing" at the time to reduce emissions. Perhaps eventually the...
by BlairHobson
Mon Feb 16, 2026 2:42 pm
Forum: Events and Meetings
Topic: BMC & Leyland Day, Gaydon - Sunday 12th July 2026
Replies: 9
Views: 1273

Re: BMC & Leyland Day, Gaydon - Sunday 12th July 2026

1. GTi John
2. Iain (itcaptainslow)
3. Montegoman
4. MGZRreplca
5. Nick (Conductorwomble)- Provisional
6. Hammond
7. Blair Hobson - Hamish the Honda
by BlairHobson
Tue Oct 21, 2025 8:15 am
Forum: The Lounge
Topic: '508' error
Replies: 3
Views: 1079

Re: '508' error

Anything to do with yesterday's Amazon outage perhaps?
by BlairHobson
Sat Oct 04, 2025 11:35 am
Forum: The Lounge
Topic: ARO 'counter factual' article on the Rover/Honda relationship
Replies: 21
Views: 23883

Re: ARO 'counter factual' article on the Rover/Honda relationship

The Allegro looked "strange" because there was almost nothing else that looked like it at the time, one only has to think of the angular looks of the Ford Escort. I'm not saying the Allegro's styling was perfect, but it did its job, and the 1748cc engined models, which were the ones that ...
by BlairHobson
Thu Oct 02, 2025 3:39 pm
Forum: The Lounge
Topic: ARO 'counter factual' article on the Rover/Honda relationship
Replies: 21
Views: 23883

Re: ARO 'counter factual' article on the Rover/Honda relationship

At grave risk of being forcibly ejected from the Club, the R3 looks more like a direct descendant of the Allegro than the R8 or the Maestro. Nothing wrong with that, I had 3 different A(lle)gros (1, 2, & 3) and loved them. To be fair all the cars were going that way back then, though proper aer...
by BlairHobson
Mon Aug 25, 2025 5:58 pm
Forum: Events and Meetings
Topic: Pershore Plum Car Show 2025 - August Bank Holiday Monday
Replies: 5
Views: 7881

Re: Pershore Plum Car Show 2025 - August Bank Holiday Monday

Definitely less than last year and more "clubs" so we had a herd of Stags and loads of MGs, Mx5s and lots of other "groups", definitely less individual cars, they seem to be taking over which is rather a shame, I've seen too many shows recently where that's happening. There were ...
by BlairHobson
Sun Aug 24, 2025 7:49 am
Forum: Technical and Diagnosis
Topic: 681 Radio/Cassette
Replies: 10
Views: 16755

Re: 681 Radio/Cassette

216CAB wrote: Thu Aug 21, 2025 8:37 am I'm intrigued as you said you didn't have the radio code; how did you then manage to get it to work?
Bought a code off someone on the 'net, £11.
by BlairHobson
Wed Aug 20, 2025 1:19 pm
Forum: Technical and Diagnosis
Topic: 681 Radio/Cassette
Replies: 10
Views: 16755

Re: 681 Radio/Cassette

Sorted!!

The R652 worked and we can now listen to The Seekers on our way to Pershore (whether they like them or not!!).