33 replies to this topic

[Madmax]

heh yeh its true

[YoungUn]

why don't you just get a TVR or something?

My dad's already got a TVR cerbera 4.5 (the ashtray inside cerbera's are the same as mini's ) But i want a MiNi they r so much better than Cerberas

[Turbo Phil]

with around 70 lessons

Flippin eck !! That must have cost you a fortune !! :saywhat:

[YoungUn]

my bro's mate passed without any lessons... he got taught by himself

[TimS]

lol 70 lessons cost his parents alot! at around £17 a lesson thats£1190

ouch

[Madmax]

13 quid a lesson, and it was 66 lessons in total

due to waiting 3 months between tests i had to fill in gaps, so i could keep practising...

thankfully its all done and dusted now

(2 tests)

[Madmax]

one of my friends dads has a TVR Tamora brand new, it makes a hell of a noise

a mates auntie, (someone i work with) has a TVR Chimaera 4.0

buurrrrrrrrble

[TimS]

both aunties, thats 2 Chimaera's one red and one blue, sound amazing when just ideling next to each other

[YoungUn]

untill my dad sold it , i was gunna nick the engine out of it for me MiNi (jokin dad :tongue: )

[TimS]

ha ha and put it in the back and look at it when u relise it will take u four years to build the car strong enough to handle the torque!

[octane junkie]

For the reengineering involved, you may as well put a bike engine in the back on a spaceframe.
Saying that, how the hell are you going to get £30K to spend on a car, plus about another £15K for insurance when your 14!!!???!! Your gonna have to do soem serious paperounds!
Also for the money, why don't you just get a TVR or something?

Youngun knows all about the thrills (and spills) of TVRs - having been a regular passenger in his father's 4.5 TVR Cerbera, at speeds that would attract life sentences for the next 4 generations of his family (had they been caught!!).

I bought my first car at the tender age of 16 (yes, that was BOUGHT - not NICKED) - so give the lad some encouragemnet and TEACH him, rather than PREACH to him.

Hey, Thanks Guys you are soooo wise.

OJ

[TimS]

we arew adivising! hes in a bit of a dream land to tell you the truth. even experienced engieers would stugle to do what he wants to do! and thats with all the tools and engineering workshops, not just a agrage for tool im meaning lathes, milling machines and so on for fabrication. then there is the years of welding experience he will need to to a decent job of doing structural MIG and TIG welds! he sounds like F1 mini but without the experiece

[octane junkie]

Exactly my point, Flappybits. People in dreamland need educating - and they need educating by their peers - not by boring old f@rt parents or school teachers, who think they know better. You guys have "been there and done that" in his generation - and he (along with many others that are trying to learn) will appreciate your wisdom and advice.

Keep it up.

OJ

[Purple Tom]

I think the biggest problem YoungUn will be the insurance, although as a show car and possible drag vehicle your plan sounds fantastic. The thing about Mini's is they make great little cars to play around with even as standard, you have unlimited options without radical alterations; such as tuned engines, different interiors, suspension, brakes, paintjobs, bodykits etc. You can make a Mini that is so personal to you even with just slight subtle modifications.

Your project sounds like it would be great fun, and I think you should definitely pursue it, but maybe wait until you have experienced a standard mini as a road car and maybe played around with it a bit, as you may find that when you finish your mega beast it may be undriveable or just a plain pig, and not fun to drive.

Just my thoughts anyway

:grin:

[The Roadie]

Yes Flappybits is right, you would need a large adjustable jig to create straight new suspension properly, like a bodyshop uses to pull cars straight.
YoungUn will learn, then become addicted to minis!