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#1 gonzo2053

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Posted 03 October 2004 - 06:02 PM

Hey all!!!

Just bought my fist mini today, im 16 and an want to do it up a little and just get some experiance from it etc

Its a mini City e, C reg, Cream colour.....starts and runs ok.....for a c reg, not to much bad rust just the usual spots......i paid £50 for it, its got an MOT ends end of this month....and tax untill november.....

Just thought i would say hi and will get some pics when i get it home

One thing thats worrying me a little is that the previous owner said the front ball joint had gon and the RAC had temporarily put a nut on it....but it would need soring out.....and help on that would be much apreciated!!!!

Thanks

#2 tom

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Posted 03 October 2004 - 06:39 PM

Schweet! £50 sounds like a bargain, so long as there's not too much rust. Keep us posted and welcome to the forum.

#3 m3ntalist

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Posted 03 October 2004 - 07:04 PM

Hi there, yeah remember to ask loads of questions as people on here are very helpful !

#4 gonzo2053

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Posted 03 October 2004 - 07:47 PM

yup i will do , and i am gonna need a lot of help , dont you worry :cry: , im getting a haynes manual for it also so that should help me along! :cry:

#5 m3ntalist

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Posted 03 October 2004 - 08:32 PM

yup i will do , and i am gonna need a lot of help , dont you worry :cry: , im getting a haynes manual for it also so that should help me along! :cry:

Yeah I bought one of them last week :cry:

#6 lewis

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Posted 03 October 2004 - 10:07 PM

brilliant book, some say otherwise but for the inexperienced mini person its good, welcome to the forum mate

#7 Sunshine

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Posted 04 October 2004 - 08:31 AM

welcome to TMF.

hope you get your mini done up how you like it. £50 is a great bargain, that's what cowboy paid for his.

#8 BlAck0ut

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Posted 04 October 2004 - 10:29 PM

£50 Mini...

bring on the pics

#9 gonzo2053

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Posted 05 October 2004 - 05:17 PM

thanks for all the replies! im gonna try and pick it up on staurday so will hopefully get some pics by then!

Aslo just got my haynes manual and its making very good reading.....and im undertanding about the ball joint aswell and looks pretty straight forward :grin:

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Posted 06 October 2004 - 07:48 PM

omg....it seems like ages since i bought my mini ( 3 days) and i still have to wait till saturday to get it home , but i cant wait :cry: ......it seems to be taking ages....i just want to get stuck in....ohhhhhh hurry up...by the way i got 2 haynes manuals of ebay and its pretty good, got the old one and the new one and the new version is a heck of a lot better!

tick , tock, tick, tock, tick, tock :cry:

#11 Dom

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Posted 07 October 2004 - 02:42 PM

hello and welcome to the mini forum

#12 gonzo2053

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Posted 09 October 2004 - 08:50 AM

got it home and pics are up in "projects"

#13 cowboy

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Posted 09 October 2004 - 07:46 PM

hi gonzo welcome to TMF, hope you have fun here with us, and sunshine was wrong I only paid £30 for my mini :cry:




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