Comments by "John Burns" (@johnburns4017) on "BBC Archive" channel.

  1. It was a smart looking car. The Stag was the sporty version.
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  2. We need to go all metric ASAP.
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  3. Electric windows were common then. The car was a test for more real useful things that came about.
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  4. H reg. 1969-70.
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  5. The first woman on that was so stupid. Her car would do less mpg when in France. My God!
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  6.  @stephenspence1192  We DO. It is easier and matches the rest of the world. We have a mixture of both which is ludicrous. Staying Imperial is working our way into the third world.
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  7.  @jetli740  If I kept every car I had ever owned and got them all into concourse condition I would be a multi millionaire when I sold them all.
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  8.  @jetli740  A good looking car then, and even now.
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  9.  @felinemad  It was very high tech then.
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  10.  @Markcain268  We even have kitchens in metric, 500mm, 600mm, 1,000mm etc. It has not been inches for 50 years. Electric cables are 1.00mm, 1,5mm, 2.5mm, etc. We need to ditch miles and mpg. Cars are rated miles per gallon, but buy petrol by the litre. Madness!
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  11. That was not a Stag. The Stag was pretty well rust resistant. The engines have mods to eliminate problems. The owners clubs are the places to go.
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  12.  @Markcain268  I can't do Imperial now. Imperial is an appalling illogical system. We should not be going backward to suit ignorant bigoted pensioners.
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  13.  @Carl1234  Pints in pubs.
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  14.  @Carl1234  Initially have miles and km. Then after 5 years or so replacements only in km.
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  15.  @Markcain268  0.5 litres is approx 0.9 pints. Just sell half litres and call it a pub pint, As people like the word pint. Sorted.
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  16.  @Markcain268  Having imperial is silly. If people want a retro name give them one, but have measurements in metric.
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  17.  @Markcain268  It tastes better in metric. Everyone knows that Continental largers taste better.
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  18.  @stephenspence1192  Let these negative people use what they like. But the official system MUST be metric. We must not be impeded by Luddites.
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  19.  @stephenspence1192  We must not be impeded by Luddites.
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  20.  @friendlypiranha774  Nonsense. My relatives had a 1966 Vauxhall with electric windows. All luxury cars had them.
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