Morris Minor Owners Club

yeh, now they will occasionally put a moderator in the back

Well I dont know about the others but I dont fancy that

is it odd then that i am nearly 44, passed my driving test 2 years ago in a nissan micra and have only driven that, my dad's skoda and lily b? Clarkson would have a field day with me.
On the speed thing - lily is a slow starter (and of the suggested 0-60 of 22.2 seconds probably takes 15 of those to go from 50 - 70) but once in a straight line on a motorway sits happily at 70 -75 but the speedo gets very shakey after that! as does most of the car.....

Matt Tomkins wrote:

And you are perfectly entitled to take a 'friend' along with you for the test.

incorrect - an instructor is allowed to accompany you, or a parent. I think that the parent must be insured on the test car.

You are allowed to take an observer if you so wish.

In addition to the car requirments already listed, test vehicles must be capable of reaching and maintaining the national speed limit at all times during the test.

This then means your brand new car is likely to be unsuitable as its fitted with a space saver tyre!

These are limited to 50mph, so if you were to get a puncture on your test and replace with the spare your vehicle will no longer meet the requirments and the test end.

moggie-tom wrote:I agree with that too. In the latest issue of Practical Classics it describes the Moggie as sluggish, I think they can be quite nippy.

Speaking of the Vauxhall Corsa... think how many young people have learnt to drive in these and had one as a first car, I think in the future there will be some affection for them. Not that I'm a big fan myself or anything, just an observation.

I learned to drive in a Vauxhall Corsa back in 2007 - from what I remember, it was nice to drive but the seats were really hard and the visibility was rubbish. The curved nature of the body and all of those 'trendy' thick pillars made it really difficult, for me at least, to judge the four corners of the car. I can't say that I ever anticipate seeing one in 30 years time with any great affection - but you never know...

markthe45king wrote:is it odd then that i am nearly 44, passed my driving test 2 years ago in a nissan micra and have only driven that, my dad's skoda and lily b? Clarkson would have a field day with me.
On the speed thing - lily is a slow starter (and of the suggested 0-60 of 22.2 seconds probably takes 15 of those to go from 50 - 70) but once in a straight line on a motorway sits happily at 70 -75 but the speedo gets very shakey after that! as does most of the car.....

I used to have the problem of shaking at high speeds - but when I last had the tyres changed, my uncle (who's owns a tyre fitting business) rebalanced the wheels. Now it drives like a dream...

i think he was refering to the speedo needle shaking. i used to have that (and the wheel shakes come to mention it), and the speedo shake was cured when i fitted a new speedo cable. still wanders but only by 1 or 2 mph... not 10!

rsawatson wrote:

moggie-tom wrote:I agree with that too. In the latest issue of Practical Classics it describes the Moggie as sluggish, I think they can be quite nippy.

Speaking of the Vauxhall Corsa... think how many young people have learnt to drive in these and had one as a first car, I think in the future there will be some affection for them. Not that I'm a big fan myself or anything, just an observation.

I learned to drive in a Vauxhall Corsa back in 2007 - from what I remember, it was nice to drive but the seats were really hard and the visibility was rubbish. The curved nature of the body and all of those 'trendy' thick pillars made it really difficult, for me at least, to judge the four corners of the car. I can't say that I ever anticipate seeing one in 30 years time with any great affection - but you never know...

I bought a Corsa off a friend of mine whilst 'Maggie' was having her floor replaced 3 years ago. Whilst chopping and changing between that and the Minor for a while, I realised just how good the Minors driving position really is. I don't like not being able to see the end of the bonnet, which is why a drive a Minor, and probably always will Plus, not a lot these day's has enough charm for my liking.

when i used to regularly hop between a renault clio and my minor, the steering in the clio always felt broken. the power steering made it feel so light a vague especially when centred. it was such a relieft to get into the minor and turn the wheel and feel something!