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[shorty]

registation for my mini is Mini Racing Flame
unsure why its this as the Mini Racing and Mini Flame were the same car just different colours. Am i wrong in thinking this
because im going by mine being a Mini Racing despite it is flame red

could someone help me out on this?

[newbambeeno]

My girlfriend has a 1990 racing green and that's classed as a checkmate. (think it's that anyway) This is from the second batch of racing green and flame reds (and checkmates), and they are all the same bar their colour. I don't think it makes a great deal of difference and every insurance company wants to call it something different too.

I think they have just given the batch of cars a generic name and then left them as that, as colour is stated on the V5 too.

Hope this helps, i just seemed to have waffled

[shorty]

aha my insurance and V5 both say mini racing only the v5 says mini racing-flame

do they have any stage 1 engine mods as standard(the mini racing that is) or just a standard 998cc?

[Mini_the_Minx]

It is either a Racing Green or a Flame. DVLA were rather special when it came to this as so many models were about. I heard they used the 'Racing Flame' to link the two as they are the same year.

[shorty]

mines defo a racing flame

[newbambeeno]

aha my insurance and V5 both say mini racing only the v5 says mini racing-flame

do they have any stage 1 engine mods as standard(the mini racing that is) or just a standard 998cc?

No. Just a standard 998. *Edited for being dumb*

Edited by newbambeeno, 15 October 2008 - 02:11 PM.

[newbambeeno]

aha my insurance and V5 both say mini racing only the v5 says mini racing-flame

do they have any stage 1 engine mods as standard(the mini racing that is) or just a standard 998cc?

No. Just a standard 998.

[shorty]

yeh standard 998 kk....and yep registered in 1989
aha yeh only year they were registered

jsut curious because was wondering if mini racing came standard with a stage 1
now i knw they dnt i can safely assume one has been fitted to mine..i think need to check more into it

Edited by shorty, 15 October 2008 - 02:17 PM.

[Jammy]

I've read it was a cost cutting measure by Rover. By classifying the Racing Green/Flame Red/Checkmate as one model they only had to pay to type approve one model, or something along those lines. They are, to you and I, three different models, all of the same spec.

[shorty]

hmmmm very interesting indeed
never knew that and now i do thanks Jammy

[THE ANORAK]

mmm, not sure this info is actually going in

the fact is, you either have a Racing Green a flame red or a checkmate.

or if you own one of the first generation cars (yes, they were released twice) you either have a Mini Racing or a mini flame, these were launched along side the mini sky and mini rose witch actually have sky/rose on the V5's


there is no such car as a racing flame its just the group name they were registered under.

if yours is red then you have a mini flame or a mini flame red, keep insisting is a racing flame and you just make yourself look stupid




check out the brochures here

[THE ANORAK]

yeh standard 998 kk....and yep registered in 1989
aha yeh only year they were registered

wrong

jsut curious because was wondering if mini racing came standard with a stage 1
now i knw they dnt i can safely assume one has been fitted to mine..i think need to check more into it

it wouldent mater one wotsit to you if it the mini racing did come with a stage one (which it didnt), because you don't own one

[Doctor_63]

That should iron out some creases

Edited by Doctor_63, 15 October 2008 - 03:18 PM.

[shorty]

haha its been a long (boring day) for me ok anorak aha

i make myself look stupid enuf as it is anyway but ill go with saying its a mini flame

cheers for all the help people

Topic can be deleted now

Edited by shorty, 15 October 2008 - 04:04 PM.

[Bingoman1275]

A car only ever has one registration mark and that mark is given to a model "Racing Flame"