In short, they all look very similar, three peas from the same dull grey pod. All have a rear door shut line that avoids tracing the flattened arc of the rear wheel arch. All have rounded shoulders and deep sills. All have thick C-pillars and lack quarter windows. All are similarly proportioned two-box shapes. (Images: )Ĭompare nuovo Tipo to its Renault Megane and Peugeot 308 contemporaries however and the differences are not so obvious. Sold between 19, the Type 160 boasted distinctive styling designed by I.D.E.A, its flat planes and rectilinear shapes were a million miles away from, say, the contemporary Renault 19 (attributed to Giorgetto Giugiaro), which itself looked much different to the sharply tailored Peugeot 306 (another fine job by Pininfarina). Immediately I was put in mind of the original Tipo. Then it struck me: the Tipo is styled so generically that it could have been any number of models. (Images: Google)īut still, my unprofessional pride chaffed at not instantly recognising the car. Fair play to them for having a go faced with the futility of their task, I would likely struggle to get out of bed of a morning, never mind develop a hatchback, saloon and estate. (Image: )Īh, so this was Fiat’s latest effort at chiselling a small notch towards the bottom of the European sales charts. Leaving the badges on does not help much. After what felt like an aeon of rising panic, the closing card finally flashed up a name: FIAT TIPO (available for threepence ha’penny per month with tuppence down, E&OE). Presented in grey on a razzle-dazzle background of neon colours, I could discern that the car was a five door hatchback, but after that my mental catalogue’s search and retrieve function floundered.
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Imagine my surprise then when a recent advert on TV sparked precisely zero recognition of the make and model being sold. But from the mid-1990s onwards when my brain began its fruitless journey towards maturity, a large (-ly useless) part of my memory has been dedicated to passively storing and updating a mental catalogue of new cars available in the UK. Not in a useful way, obviously I know so little about how they actually function that I attribute their abilities to modern day alchemy. I would hope that I am fairly knowledgeable about cars. Translators: Secondhand apparel, especially Boots.Too much bratwurst has our correspondent wishing for a more varied menu. Toffken: A house containing well-to-do occupants. Toff: An elegantly, or stylishly dressed gentleman. Terrier Crop: Short, bristly haircut (denoting a recent stay in a prison or a workhouse) ” His Tail was quite DOWN, and it was all over.” The origin is obvious.
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When a professional at any game loses heart in a match he is said to get his Tail Down. Tail Down: “To get the Tail Down,” generally means to lose courage. Lushery: A place where a lush may be had. a begger, or someone who uses a beggar's disguise. Lurk: (1) A place of resorting to or concealment in. Lumber: (1) Unused, or second-hand furniture. Long-Tailed: A banknote worth more than 5 pounds is said to be "long tailed" London Particular: Thick London "Pea Soup" fog
Leg : A dishonest person, a sporting cheat or tout. Lavender, in: (1) To be hidden from the police, (2) to be pawned, (3) to be put away, (4) to be dead. Laycock, Miss (or Lady): Female sexual organs Compare Pegging-out, Hopping The Twig, and similar flippancies. While "To take the down of a ticker"ĭo Down: To beat someone badly, punishingĭrag: (1) A three month gaol sentence.
"Knap theĭing" or to take something that has been thrown out.ĭollymop: A prostitute, often an amateur or a part-timeĭollyshop: A low, unlicensed loan shop orĭon: A distinguished/expert/clever person a leaderĭown: Suspicion. (From Didikai, a Rom contraction of Dik akai, or "look here") (Etymologically descended from theĭinarious, or ancient silver penny of Britain.)Ĭlaws: The broad arrows on a convict's prison uniform.ĭidikko: Gypsies half breed gypsies (r). Something impressive, admirable amongst criminalsĮspecially of its handkerchief (for which there was a ready market)Īn especially build treadmill in the 'Steelĭeaner: A shilling. "Church a watch."Ĭlass, to be doing something class: being or doing Identifying marks from, to make like new again. Sea phrase.Ĭhaunting lay: Street singing (hopefully forįrom, to make like new again.