Hey, Morris Marina Fans!

High Roller said:
Oh God, It's only going to get good because another idiot septic is reading things that are far beyond their menial capabilities. All I can say is that as you believe that ignorance is strength then you must be extremely strong
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You see, this is what happens when they let Marina owners use the Internet. I've seen more intelligent YouTube comments.

HURP DERP HERE WE GO AGAIN
 
Blind_Io said:
Oh, good the Marina fanatics have arrived.
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Fixed. ;) IMO if one side throws and insult and the other side does the same they are pretty much as bad as each other. I know some Marina owners are quite pissed of that others are taking this to heart and drawing attention to people who want nothing to do wih it.
Wait, so dropping a piano on a car is the same as dropping it on your wife?!
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Must say I can easliy decide which would be the worst outcome here... I mean the car won't talk back!:lol:
Why do you want an unreliable, unsafe, nearly 40 year old machine? It can't be for the performance because there isn't any. It can't be because it's reliable, because it isn't. It can't be because it's economical, because the repair costs and garage time will offset any savings based on age or insurance.
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You are correct, the Marina is not a good car in many, many ways, I do like BL though, I like the fact that they had some great ideas, but they all went belly up due to bad managment and lack of money. The initial idea for the Allegro was a swooping wedge shape that looked pretty good, but managment declared they had to use a old engine, a tall one. So the cars styling was screwed up.

I like classic/old cars, I like the easy engine access and the styling and the feel they have to them, I see preserving something as quite special, after all in the future we can say the Ford Cortina was better than the Marina and people are going to say "wheres the proof?" and the answer will be "Well.. there isn't any really any more because there are no Marinas left to compare to"!

I hate the destruction of things that could be useful or would be liked by somebody, I see it as a teribble waste. I'm sure somebody who has no car would be glad to take a Marina if he'd finally have some wheels. Regardless of how bad it is.
However, if you look at some of those criteria one must ask why. Why BL? Why not any saloon from the 70s? What beneficial trait does a BL car possess that no other car of that time possesses? That is the heart of the matter - if you are going for rational.
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I like buying British, I'm sad like that, and Vauxhalls rust worse!:lol:
 
Well, since a picture is worth 1,000 words and I am clearly an inferior specimen of the species, maybe I should try another tactic.

Since I'm:
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But,
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It's funny watching both forums.

MARINAMAN480 said:
AT LEAST I WILL BE WARM AND HAVE SOME CLASSICAL MUSIC TO LISTEN TO SOMETHING HAMMOND WAS NOT.
AND BE PLEASED WITH THE FACT I HAVE BEATEN MGB'S MK1 ESCORTS AND EVEN A SUBARU IMPREZA ON RALLYS AND AUTOTESTS AND I AM RESPECTED AND EVERYONE LOVES TO SEE THE MARINA OUT ON THE EVENTS PLUS THE PIANO WOULD BOUNCE OF DUE TO THE ROLLCAGE FORD KA'S DO HAVE HAD 2 HIT ME WITH NO DAMAGE WHAT SO EVER TO MINE THE KA'S WHERE WRITTEN OFF
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FUCK YEAH
MY MARINA MAY NOT HAVE CRUISE CONTROL
BUT CAPS LOCK IS CRUISE CONTROL FOR COOL
 
captain_70s said:
You are correct, the Marina is not a good car in many, many ways, I do like BL though, I like the fact that they had some great ideas, but they all went belly up due to bad managment and lack of money. The initial idea for the Allegro was a swooping wedge shape that looked pretty good, but managment declared they had to use a old engine, a tall one. So the cars styling was screwed up.

I like classic/old cars, I like the easy engine access and the styling and the feel they have to them, I see preserving something as quite special, after all in the future we can say the Ford Cortina was better than the Marina and people are going to say "wheres the proof?" and the answer will be "Well.. there isn't any really any more because there are no Marinas left to compare to"!

I hate the destruction of things that could be useful or would be liked by somebody, I see it as a teribble waste. I'm sure somebody who has no car would be glad to take a Marina if he'd finally have some wheels. Regardless of how bad it is.
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Now that is a sound, well-reasoned and perfectly acceptable answer. I feel that I better understand what you see in the Marina and why you like it.

Preserving a Marina to show the superiority of the Cortina is a noble gesture, and I applaud you for it, sir.

I really wouldn't worry about someone with no car wanting a Marina. There are many small economy cars that can be had very cheaply and will cost less to run and maintain - which, in the long run, is better for that poor soul.
 
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What I also found funny was that in the last Week May said that Hammond once suggested that the Porsche Panamera looks like an Austin Maxi...

...and it does...

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...I know it was featured las Season but I just wanted to bring that up again :lol:


greetz, cock
 
High Roller said:
The only person talking sense on here seems to be a 17 year old.
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HEY HEY
I AM OFFENDED
YOU DO NOT LIKE MY ADORABLE PHOTOSHOP?!:mad:





Get over it you babies. Never sell anything to Top Gear they will always smash it. Hey! why not while you're at it send a car to Mythbusters, they TOTALLY will take good care of it too! :lol:
 
Great idea, Kat! I'm checking the SF Bay Craigslist for anything BL as we speak.
 
Blind_Io said:
Great idea, Kat! I'm checking the SF Bay Craigslist for anything BL as we speak.
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"So it's true. The Morris Marina club can sense the demise of a Marina from anywhere in the world. Myth confirmed!"
 
If I get a Marina this is how I will paint it.
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A marina is better than swine flu, better than the bus, it's better than so many things I have not the time for this.
 
High Roller said:
Well I've read some crap in my time but this lot takes the biscuit!!!!!!! The only person talking sense on here seems to be a 17 year old. Most of the clap trap comes from the septics who wouldn't know a good car if it bit their fat asses. Well spectre how about a bad yank tank being an Edsel. What a worthless ugly piece of garbage that was. The way I see it a good example would be someones Mrs. You love her. I think she's about as pretty as the arse end of a dog so does that mean I can drop something on her head and then get everyone to take the p**s
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I see the Marina Anti-Defamation League is here.

Ah, yes, the Edsel. Unlike the Marina, it at least was trying to be something new and different, with the early electric dash and the pushbutton transmission. And, unlike you (I am reasonably sure), I've actually driven an Edsel, a 59 Ranger. It was less painful to drive and handled better than the Marina. Yes, the Marina was that bad. So, nice try, but the Edsel, jelly-like handling and all, is still better than the Marina.

Before you spout off about "what would a Yank know about handling," take a good look at the bottom of this post or off to the left here and see what I drive.

The Marina isn't the worst car in the world. But it may have been the worst car produced in the West since 1960.

camelfarmer said:
A marina is better than swine flu, better than the bus, it's better than so many things I have not the time for this.
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A Marina is not better than swine flu - swine flu at least either kills you or goes away in two weeks. The miserableness that is the Marina goes on and on and on and on.... until it either finally dies (after taking great sums of money from you to mend it) or someone drops a piano on it.

It is also not better than the bus. See, you don't have to drive the bus, so you can do other things while being transported instead of having to pilot the awfulness that is a bus. Unfortunately, you do have to drive the Marina.
 
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katwalk said:
I can do that by driving it like an idiot and making real ones.
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I can do that on my own. Painted-on ones take artistic skill, oh talented art student.
 
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Labcoatguy said:
Someone lashing out at an American with the description "idiot septic" is accusing that person of believing in "ignorance is strength"? There's enough irony there to throw off compasses for miles around.

EDIT: Oh, and please clarify what you mean by "menial capabilities". Either you meant "mental capabilities" and managed to misspell it horribly, or you meant it that way and, by misusing the word "menial", have managed to fail utterly at sounding intelligent.
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Well, he is a Marina zealot. :lmao:

Arctor said:
I have for you the ONLY car made that is worse than the Marina, the Ford EXP
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Thing about the EXP, though, was that it was partially redeemed by the fact that it came with a huge laundry list of features as standard and it could be had with a turbo motor that made 120hp (and could be altered to produce 180+).

Also unlike the Marina, when they restyled it for the "second generation", it actually didn't look bad - looked a bit like a mini-T-bird of the day. (The Morris Ital looked even worse than the original Marina - so bad that Italdesign to this day denies that they made it.)

2nd gen EXP:
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