When I was a kid I was fascinated by prestige cars.
These fell into two main categories: luxury saloons and limousines.
The three cars or marques which topped the bill were without doubt Rolls Royce, Bentley and Daimler. I think I would have put them in that order too.
There weren't any others I don't think. I loved spotting them when they occasionally drove past the family Rover, as alien as the QE2 sailing past.
I know I had a die-cast toy Rolls Royce, maybe several, but as to the other two I'm unsure.
Limo's were even more exotic. I associated them completely with overseas Heads of State: US Presidential Lincolns and the Russian Zul...or was it Zil?
Did you like luxury cars as a kid readers?
Have you been in one?
Have you been in one?
Have you got one?
I think any car seemed a bit luxurious to me as a kid. Neither of my parents drove and we lived 5 minutes walk from the city centre so we never owned a car. I didn't learn to drive till I was 30!
ReplyDeleteBlimey, a car free childhood Kev. That's got to be unique! Five mins from the city centre, you must have been nipping down there all the time to cjeck out the toy and comic shops! ha ha
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