Thanks for all the kind words.
I grew up on Tetley's - the first pint I ever had in the Three Horseshoes in Headingley at the age of, er, well it wasn't legal... we'll leave it there! I don't think it was quite as good as rose tinted Tykes remember - it depended on the pub/landlord. Won't touch the stuff though now it's 'smoothflow' and brewed in Wolverhampton (I think?). Not because I'm a one-eyed Yorkshireman, but because anything that is 'smoothflow' is rank! Give me a proper hand pulled pint of bitter from a cask anyday!
Onto the differences between the 4/4 and a Roadster - it's like night and day. The former is great round Dales B-roads on it's skinny tyres and revvy 4-pot, but a bit of a wrestle at slow speeds (I'm fine, the missus doesn't like it!) but great feedback at speed. I wansted that pre-war driving experience, without the pre-war unrealiability - and that's exactly what I got. The Roadster is all torque and grunt, and more capable on dual carriage way/motorway. Also, whilst there is a speed limit, I don't believe there are any rules on how fast you get to it? She likes the power steering and 5-link rear suspension. She's not funding the fuel that goes in it either!
The missus thinks I'm selling the 4/4, but I haven't definitively made my mind up yet! Shhhhhhhhhh!
