Monday, May 15, 2006

Ford Galaxy - Much Maligned, Oft Misunderstood

The Galaxy at Kirroughtree The mess in the back of the Galaxy at Kirroughtree The Galaxy waiting for the boat to Kirroughtree
We owe the quality of our biking lives to "one of them gas drinking, piston clinking, air polluting, smoke belching, four wheeled buggies from Detroit City" (as Jerry Reed, Snowman in "Smokie and the Bandit" put it in his 1973 hit "Lord, Mr. Ford").

The Galaxy can take 5 hearty blokes and 5 trail-hungry bikes in relative comfort and safety over land and sea, making a mockery of the Sunday Telegraph poll that placed it 9th in the list celebrating "Worst Car, 2005".

- See the lyrics to the full Jerry Reed song "Lord, Mr. Ford" here
- Buy Jerry Reed's "The Essential" here - He looks like an eejit on the front, but I SWEAR you'll love it!
- Read "Smokie & The Bandit" information on Internet Movie Database here

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