Ford Cortina - well in that case you were upper crust - had some very funny expeiences with my friend in London with a Metzerschmidt (I think that's the spelling )Bubble Car. Best description I can do is a 50's alien rocket with three wheels on the bottom and a glass bubble on top. Oh and it was propelled by a motorcycle engine.

Had a swinging(literal meaning) Morris Minor once - it had a maximum speed of 70mph no matter what one did, I became attached to that car. It would 'lean' over on curves really bad and would wobble if the road was uneven. :0)

Once going around a 'roundabout' the wrong way, I was stopped by a patrol car and when the Officer looked inside and seen my flowerpot and ancient radio (working of course)-observing obviously not a ritch person he commented 'Are you lost Sir' ...I replied 'Yes' ...it became very funny and we both did not want anyone to notice so he stopped the traffic and let me turn around and go the other way. I often think he must have laughed about that many a time. I certainly did!