Where Have They All Gone?

[andy-hughes]

Watching Lynn tanking along the streets of Cromer in the excellent Alan Partridge Alpha Papa film, in her Mini Maestro got he thinking -

it is literally years since i have seen a Metro or a Maestro - where have they all gone?

I know they were rubbish, but surely some must still be about - heaven knows there are enough KA's around, and that's the ugliest thing on four wheels!

[snags]

They've all been crushed and recycled in to something that reflects their original value, like a toaster or a nice kettle.

[andy-hughes]

Based on their original value, I would have thought tin cans would have been a better use of their dubious bodies!

[snags]

Too much rust. Nobody wants their baked beans leaking out of their shopping basket eh.

[andy-hughes]

LOL!

[mccfluff]

there is a mini metro in the car park outside work, or there was earlier

[Baldric]

Beware, there's still some out there!

http://www.metroownersclub.org/

http://www.maestro.org.uk/

[knowabit]

http://www.maestro.org.uk/

My dad had a Montego, used to love it, but I think that's because our previous car was a Lada!!

[cazzz1975]

there is a guy who lives not far from me, he has 3 maestro's in various stages of dilapidation, I love seeing old cars on the road, I was following a D reg cavalier yesterday, super stuff

[knowabit]

My uncle used to have a 'Princess', I used to think it was great with the little metal 'princess' tag on it!

[snags]

I saw one of these on the road the other day... not any old Allegro either but a 'Vanden Plas':

http://www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/comment-image/38814.jpg

[andy-hughes]

The Allegro has to be one of the worst cars ever built, and that's saying something from the company that gave us the Morris Marina!

[Baldric]

Loved by Clarkson!

http://www.morrismarina.org.uk/

[Octavius]

I saw an Austin Allegro in original harvest gold pootling up the M1 on Friday, I overtook it as I didn't want anything falling off it and hitting me. I remember my local priest driving around in an Austin Maxi, and my uncle had an Austin Princess that he gave to my sister.

[shoota]

I like the old Ka - it's different.

[jon1968]

Not many left!

http://www.howmanyleft.co.uk/vehicle/austin_maestro

[friedgreentomato]

lol I used to have an MG Maestro call Minnie I also grew up around Cromer!!!

Hubby used to have a Metro called Suzy he is also from Cromer area!!!

[gness]

I had a Maestro for a while but wasn't keen on it. Well I had two but only one legally...the other I took by accident from the garage doing the service on mine.....it was the same colour though.....so I it drove for a while until I picked up my son who noticed straight away...and seemed surprised I had changed the car without telling MrG...

[ummmm]

I love my KA :-)

My dad bought a Metro for me so I could pick him up from the pub. My dad was quite a large man and he often got stuck in the back. Really wish we had smart phones back then...