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Hit a car when it’s down
‘I would like to claim the title of “saddest car” in IT Britain,’ says Jim Bassett at Allied Irish Offshore.
‘You may recall an occasion when Jeremy Clarkson was so incensed by a car that he drove to the dealership, bought one, parked it outside and beat it to death with a sledge hammer. Well, I own one of them.’
The car in question is the unlamented Perodua Nippa, which, as Jim points out, is ‘the cheapest – £4,500 new – and one of the smallest cars in Britain’.
Or, as Auto Express says: ‘It always proved a bit of a compromise – lacking in the sort of safety equipment that we have come to expect in even the cheapest of cars.’
Jim knows all about compromise: he’s 6’4” and 17 stone. ‘I would have taken a photo, but I can’t stand up straight enough to operate a camera.’ So here’s a picture of a Nippa without Jim
instead (below). Is your car sadder? Tell us if it is.
Jess walton is buying this car. Could she be more of a fool.
Posted by :jordan | September 22, 2008 5:34 PM