Now old Fords have never really been my thing but I went to a car show in Bridlington at the weekend and was surprised to stumble across the very Ford Cortina used in the filming of Life on Mars. I took a quick snap of it.

But it just wasn't enough. I had to be cheeky and ask the owner for a sit inside. I was delighted when he agreed. So it's official. I have sat behind the wheel of Gene Hunt's Cortina

Edited 18 June, 200917 yr by Yella

Nice! Was that near Sewerby Hall?

I have sat behind the wheel of Gene Hunt's Cortina

Is that a euphemism?

i saw it at a show in redcar last year.

i rather have the quatro from ashes to ashes

Either would do me. Although "You've just been Quattro'd!" sounds so much better than "You've just been Cortina'd!"

Haven't they rocketed in price since the series though??

It was literally 5 minutes round the corner from Sewerby.

I too would also prefer the Quattro. But that wasn't there so I settled for the Cortina!

And yeah I've seen UR Quattros topping £20k. I've also seen one with rusted sills that was basically a shed in every other department selling for £3k!!

My wishlist in order of preference would be

Keeley Hawes

Quattro

Cortina

Keeley Hawes in a Quattro while SWMBO is out driving the Cortina?

You can keep the annoying bint..... ill have the quattro