Not all Suzukis go fast

[gcram]

Got stuck behind a Suzuki SWIFT tonight, doing about 25mph.  Who thinks of these names?

[MartinW]

Top Gear presented that particular motor with the "most inappropriately named car of the year" award.

My wife had one too, hours of fun ...

[hookie]

Sounds like this should be in the old git's rant section?

[greywolf]

Top Gear presented that particular motor with the "most inappropriately named car of the year" award.

My wife had one too, hours of fun ...

I take it the hours of fun took place in the 1/4 mile drag race.

I'm not clear on whether the timer used was an hourglass or a sundial.

[Oldie]

I think that they do a Sport version in red which looks quite good. Almost bought one when I got my Mini and still think that they look cool(ish). Do they still cost two bob? Probably not, as even modest cars seem to be around £15k these days. I looked at a medium sized Ford estate car the other day and it was close to £20k!

[MartinW]

Didn't know you were familiar with this particular transport abomination in the USA Greywolf.

The "hours of fun" were what I got taking the piss out of it. My Wife had a 2001 model, which was very crap. She could always tell when I got in it as it went even slower. It had 25% of the displacement and 20% of the power of my car and I kept reminding her too .... This was her first car, basically to use for three years and get the insurance down, before she switched to a Corolla.

Having said that, from 2004 onwards, this is a much redesigned and much better car.

[Piglumps]

Martin, is it true you took it on a trackday and every time you passed the pits they held a calendar out?

[greywolf]

The old Swift was sold as a Geo(Chevrolet) Metro in the USA.

[MartinW]

Martin, is it true you took it on a trackday and every time you passed the pits they held a calendar out?

  Too scared to tell her that one !