41 replies to this topic

[thebullet]

You guys have restored my faith, I will give it a wash tomorrow and make her super clean, also a drive just now has helped. The braking is now in a straight line and the pinking has completely gone, yay for problem solving... now where did I put those twin carbs.

[cooperdan]

Your welcome, rest guys too

[leroy26]

you could always be me
ive got a dismantled engine now after one of the cyl head nuts failed, ive noticed the paints peeling on my scuttle, my sills dont look awesome at the ends and all this has happened in a wk!!!

am i selling?
NO im buying a racing mini to go with it and booking her in for some new panels!
expensive- yes
do i care - no!!

[Punk]

haha I went to sell mine after two years of storage, The guy gave me the agreed price, i was holding the money in my hand! but i couldn't do it. Now it is being fixed

[cal844]

I hate one of mine this week!!

Replaced all the braking system and still a crap pedal!!!!!

front calipers on the right way? all unions tight ?

[thebullet]

Well I need to change my windscreen seal as it is weeing all inside. I can't see it being in good condition when the screen is out.

[minimarco]

I like how my mini handles well, and i like how it has a racing history, but I don't love it for that reason. You can't love a person because he/she could run really fast or cost very little to feed.

The reason i love my mini is because it make mistakes and get sick, it's showing a human quality rather than a machine powered by German/Japanese wizardry. You grow old with the mini knowing it's little quirks and hard times you've been through together. It's just developing character.
Just knowing someday I will have the perfect road with the perfect weather and my mini will be performing at 100% is enough reason to keep it.

But if that's not what you are looking for in a car, maybe mail order brides from the above mentioned countries will be more appropriate.

[mk1coopers]

Having had Minis for 25 + years now, first as my only car and now as weekend toys I'd say once it's in your blood it's there for good, I still get frustrated with them, but as soon as they are behaving themselves I'm back to my teens again, and all the modern day pressures are gone.

[firefox]

My first car was a mini, and i think it will be my last, get in, what a way to go
and believe me, sex is possible in a mini, ha ha ha, 2 forks in the glove box
say no more, just need to get the wife in, if she will fit, ohhhhhhhhhh time moves on
sadly.

[minime94]

I had my mini on ebay a bloke was coming round to pick it up for £3800 but the day before he was ment to arrive i crashed it and then it hit me i love it soooo much its like no other car out there so uniqe and now im chucking everything i have at it and gunna really make a wicked car again but better

[samsfern]

Just remember the good times, the waves and smiles, you won't get that in a Fiesta.

Well maybe a *chicken choker* wave

[samsfern]

I dont think id ever get another mini for an everyday car again though. I like modern cars. Id get it a mini as a little weekend toy, and to take to shows and mini meets, etc, but not as a daily workhorse.