Re: Twuncers

Gordon H wrote:

Phil Cook <phil@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes

In these days of needing a mortgage to brim the tank I've taken to
trundling along at 60 or even the mythical Eddie Stobart speed of 56
when I'm not in a hurry. The effect on fuel consumption is pretty
staggering. Mind you it helps to have some good music to listen to, I
once had to drive from London to Perth in a Fiat 500 without a
radio...

Would you have been able to hear the radio in a 500?

If it had been an original cinquecento I doubt it, but this was one of
the 90's reincarnations. It went at a fair lick in a straight line but
if you tried to make it go round corners it complained bitterly and
demanded use of the left foot and left hand.
--
Phil Cook looking north over the park to the "Westminster Gasworks"
.

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