Bit Of A Shock.

[SparklyKid]

Just filled up with diesel £51.60. That is twice what I paid for my first car in 1961. Bond Minicar 3 wheeler.

[aelmpvw]

sorry you've had a bit of a shock SparklyKid . . .

[aelmpvw]

. . . bet you moaned when you had to put a quid's worth in

[davebro]

1st car Mk1 Ford Consul £50 - 1965
2nd Mini 850 £50
3rd Ford Anglia 105E estate £75 happy days!

[davebro]

petrol 4/6 a gallon 22 1/2p

[SparklyKid]

https://ibb.co/8ghtVVp

[aelmpvw]

i want one

[TheWinner]

Wow, great picture.

[davebro]

A pal had a Bond. I think they had a motorbike engine - he had to open the bonnet to operate the kick start!

[SparklyKid]

Villiers 2 stroke engine, 197 cc. Great times. I got pulled up by police several times, so I always carried my documents. I was stopped once and the police asked for my insurance, it said "social, domestic and pleasure"

He said " do you get aany pleasure driving this"

I was only 16 so said nothing.

It had no reverse so after passing my test I got a full motorbike licence.

[SparklyKid]

There was a lever inside attatched to a cable to the kick start. Nearly broke my arm a few times.

[SparklyKid]

I used to drive it to school and parked opposite. There were complaints from the residents.
The headmaster referred to my car as periparetic scrap iron.

Happy days.

[itchycopark]

My first car Vauxhall wyvern 1957 model
filled up weekly £10s worth of "Olympic "petrol 4 shilling a gallon

[gingejbee]

You were lucky to find any diesel...A friend couldn't find a filling station today that had any diesel or petrol.

[bookbinder]

I didn't pay anything for my first car, in 1968. I won it in a competition. It was a Hillman Imp. My wife and I had been married for 4 years then, and, although I had a licence, we didn't have a car. All our money went on the house. We didn't know how much it cost to run a car, so we decided to keep the Imp for a year and see how things worked out. We kept that car for 10 years, and we haven't been without a car since then.

[10ClarionSt]

Time was when diesel was only half the price of petrol. Just shows how much tax the govt puts on fuel.

[Hopkirk]

I'm looking forward to getting my electric car in May. I'll get less range anxiety!