Posted by David Bamford on March 09, 2005 at 06:05:59 from 220.253.43.37 user David.
In Reply to: Re: BBC News Quiz posted by John Nichols on March 08, 2005 at 20:33:19:
That sounds very like Douglas Adams and his Ford Prefect. For American correspondents, during the later 1940's the Ford Motor Company manufactured a very dreary little 10 hp car called the Prefect. As the competitors' cars were also dreary, it sold reasonably well, getting a lot of people onto the road who otherwise wouldn't. This has now resulted in the present state of the M25, which I understand is either gridlocked or merely congested.
David.