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Originally Posted by chopper1192
Perhaps a lucky thing, as red belts were last in vogue on the MG Maestro. Nice.
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I had an MG Metro. The first thing most folk said when they got in the car was "Oooh, red seat belts!" People liked them, especially the ladies.
The MG was quite a nice car. I fitted it out with new, but original spec. suspension, and it could hold the road well. At the time, a mate at work had a 1600 Mk2 Escort, with god-knows-how-much spent on the motor. I could easily beat him from Camberly to Basingstoke, down the A30. He refused to believe my Metro had the bog-standard 1275 engine. OK, it wasn't the standard Metro engine, but it wasn't after-market tuned or anything. The thing was, his was obviously faster, but he did nothing to the running gear, and couldn't take corners. I could keep the speed up round the bends and leave him standing. Then by the time time he caught up with me again, it was another roundabout or bend!
I wasn't dumb enough to suggest a straighter road...