Morris Minor Owners Club

So, Prince Charles was on the 6pm BBC News for an interview on climate change and mentioned that he runs his 50 year old Aston Martin on surplus English wine.

So, a few questions:

Were Aston Martins 50 years ago built to run on low octane fuels?
How do we run our Minors on wine?
Does it have to be English, how baout a nice Merlot?

Couldn't help but wonder what cheap plonk we could get away with in our cars, though I presume he only runs it round the estate and not on the public highway.

Don't forget surplus cheese byproducts as well. I thought I'd tuned in to Wallis & Gromit for a minute.

Cracking reply

It runs on ethanol. Have a look at https://magazine.astonmartin.com/people ... iendly-db6

You know, I never even thought to search online for it

Thanks for the link, shame really though - would have been nice if you just modified a few cheap components and off on your merry (intoxicated?) way

Quite a few 60s sports cars ran(run!) better on higher octane fuel, 99+, so he's onto a winner there from that point of view.

I can’t imagine that the Aston covers any serious annual mileage whatever it’s fuel. Perhaps of greater concern is the royals’ habitual use of helicopters.