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deconstruction wrote:Who remembers BMC / BL / Austin-Rover dealer Queensborough Motors in Hyndland?
There were three locations:
- a showroom on Clarence Drive beside the railway bridge
- workshops / service and parts in Queensborough Gardens either side of the pedestrian tunnel entrance to Hyndland Station
- a petrol-station, showroom and lock-up-garages on Prince Albert Road
octavia wrote:what about archers Yugo langside,stupid me in my youth 1989. new car only2999 quid ,as advertised daily record .took the bait and purchased it .model was Yugo 311 dark blue,all seemed well at first,front wheel drive ,modern fiat derived engine.but soon after with maybe 150 miles on it gearbox oil leak ,took it back ,they said it was fixed, nope,back again still leaking smelly gearbox oil onto floorpan and hot exhaust stunk.soon after clutch cable snapped on the whirlies roundabout east Kilbride ,hilarious,back to archers,they didn't have any spares so sent me to a fiat dealer on paisley road by taxi for a replacement,gearbox still losing oil, I learned then how to top up gearbox oil did it every week ,the original factory fitted tyres were a brand called Tigar,they duly wore out at arounr 6000 miles electric fan on radiator went early on ,plus many other faults had this car for 2 years ,not even long enough for an mot, paid 2999 quid ,sold it eventually for 800 quid to some poor guy who thought it was fixable, feel guilty about that .think Archers also sold lada and proton cars rest my case..........
Hendry wrote:So yeah a company truly steeped in traditions of selling shite, budget cars.
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