Even rarer with four wheels and no bricks
In some parts of Liverpool a car passes its MOT if the bricks holding it up are in good condition. Most areas have "valet" parking"Look after yer car for a quid mister!" - not a question so much as an inference that if you want your car in reasonable condition when you return you will stump up. I believe it`s called the entrepreneurial initiative.
On my first day of teaching in Liverpool a 13 year old asked me if I wanted a car radio. I replied that I didn`t have a car. " Get you one of them as well sir - what sort do you want?" Great kids & happy memories.
Great story Phil.
In the late 1980s, (in my last years of working for Land Rover), I remember having to visit the Merseyside Police Traffic Division.
I arrived at the building (which doubled as a Police Station) in the outskirts of Toxteth.
Parking my brand new Range Rover outside, I proceeded to go into the reception area.
The first thing I noticed was that everything was bolted down; chairs, tables, even the ashtrays.
The desk officer looked at me with grave suspicion, until I told him I had an appointment with the Traffic Superintendent.
It was then that his expression changed to horror.
"Is that your Range Rover outside Sir?"
"I'll open the side gates and you better park it around the back, but be quick, or it will be gone" 
