1993: Car Salesman Versus the RECESSION

[Jay-Kay-Em]

A BBC documentary shot in 1993 featuring an Essex "geezer" car salesman.

A fascinating era when all I cared about was dance music, my 386DX and my first copy of Max Power magazine.

1993: Car Salesman Versus the RECESSION | Mart and Mandy | Classic BBC documentaries | BBC Archive

You won't learn a lot but there's some good nostalgia of simpler times and a bit of car spotting.

Reminded me of the very similar "From A to B: Tales of Modern Motoring" which is a legendary documentary featuring company car reps of 1994.

Mentioned here for a brief 480 spotted on TV.....



E228EAR with a busted rear wiper already!

[WillC9303]

Funnily enough I was watching that documentary the other day and spotted it! Wonder why the rear wiper was missing. Lazy attempt to fix the common sagging issue?

I don't think residual values of 480s were ever that strong. Seeing as it's an early E reg and during a recession I can't imagine it was listed for much. Around the 4-5k mark maybe?

Couldn't find any record of E228EAR anywhere. Strange, as most cars can still come up in online databases even if they'd been scrapped long ago.
Hard to tell, but looks to be Graphite Grey met(?)