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phebs
so i drive a mini for 9 years straight no probs.... first winter in a modern seat and all the doors have deadlocked with my drumkit inside!!!
Dec 29 2014 05:53 PM
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M J W J
Sounds about right. I still maintain my mini was the best car I have had in snow.
Dec 29 2014 10:10 PM
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1984mini25
Now I’ve started up, checked over and warmed up the mini after being sat outside (still frosty) for the last 3 weeks unused, I now need to warm myself back up.
Dec 29 2014 03:12 PM
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Vinay-RS
What did you do before you left it sitting? Did you disconnect the battery?
Dec 29 2014 03:32 PM -
1984mini25
Absolutely nothing, just parked up and left, not even a cover
Dec 29 2014 06:53 PM -
Vinay-RS
Wow that is impressive. Minis are awesome!
Dec 29 2014 07:04 PM
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Anthony30
?
Dec 29 2014 03:16 PM -
Fast Ivan
just annoyed by muppets
Dec 29 2014 03:28 PM
MattMiniS96
My mums Holden won't start, my Bini needs the timing te sooner and my girlfriends car and sisters cars are fwd auto's. I still have icy roads and its not melting away .. No work for me then :D
Dec 29 2014 02:52 PM
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MattMiniS96
Tensioner.
Dec 29 2014 02:52 PM
zinzan
I keep hearing about frosty mornings in the UK...it's -35C this morning here with the wind. Does that count? :)
Dec 29 2014 01:50 PM
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Gerbil367
But will your Mini start?? :-)
Dec 29 2014 02:14 PM -
zinzan
I'm still finding the trick to getting the cardboard box of parts to rev up...:)
Dec 29 2014 02:21 PM -
Gerbil367
It probably needs a fur coat to help it!! :-)
Dec 30 2014 01:45 PM
lyndseyp27
Very cold night and mini left outside = stranded Lyndsey in Birmingham. But the shops were calling me :( lol
Dec 29 2014 12:38 PM
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1984mini25
I've just started mine up on the second turn of the key having been sat for the last 3 weeks unused outside
Dec 29 2014 03:05 PM -
lyndseyp27
Lucky you. Mine always starts up but is always under shelter - last night was her first night outside in a while and a rather frosty one haha
Dec 29 2014 03:48 PM -
Thorpsta
Had to push my 2 tonne Westminster down the road to get it started after all the snow, that was a ballache
Dec 29 2014 06:13 PM
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Vinay-RS
Oh yeah then that is not bad then. Would be worth checking, especially if it isn't too expensive and there may be an improvement in the performance.
Dec 29 2014 01:50 PM -
Grimshaw17
Well it had a slight valve leak anyway as smoked on start up, so going to be changing the valves while its off. Might look on ebay or around for a better head to put on it. The tax runs out Wednesday aswell so might just sorn it for the time being
Dec 29 2014 02:02 PM -
Vinay-RS
had to google what sorn meant, lol
Dec 29 2014 02:07 PM
Wupding
Having time off Xmas is crap when you don't have a mini to tinker with....Grrrrrr
Dec 29 2014 11:13 AM
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Wupding
Wiring.... Let me think.... Errr.... Think I have some washing to do that is very very urgent ;-)
I do not envy you... I can handle anything on a mini apart from wiring
Dec 29 2014 11:18 AM -
lyndseyp27
Haha in that case the floor needs welding too and oversills coming off and any damage repairing ;) haha I shan't be doing the work - not nearly smart enough haha a local garage will end up doing it.
Dec 29 2014 11:20 AM -
Wupding
O crap.... What I have I got myself into now!
Prepare for the worst when the over sills come off..... The sound only mechanics makes when he is about to pull your pants down... Pouting there lips and sucking air in while cleaning there hands on a old rag (remove the rag and they are just rubbing there hands together)
Dec 29 2014 11:24 AM
Mini Cheddars
Frosty morning. Not quite the white, snowy morning I want to wake up to but it's kinda something...
Dec 29 2014 10:53 AM
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lyndseyp27
We still have snow ;)
Dec 29 2014 11:15 AM -
Mini Cheddars
So unfair! All we got was pissing rain.
Dec 29 2014 11:47 AM
Oleg da meerkat
hi I got a spoiler for my cooper for christmas can anyone give me some fitting advice please
Dec 29 2014 10:43 AM
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M J W J
I assume you are on about a New Mini as the classics didn't have a spoiler from the factory. If if is a new mini then try the MINI2 forum. They will probably be able to give you better advise.
Dec 29 2014 11:31 AM -
Oleg da meerkat
thanks will give that a try
Dec 29 2014 05:27 PM
Oleg da meerkat
would my power steering pump not working make my battery light stay on
Dec 29 2014 10:21 AM
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1984mini25
they due seam to add to the resale value if fitted though
Dec 28 2014 09:09 PM -
rodandtom
No way. usually means lots of work to do removing rust when you take them off.
Dec 29 2014 08:32 AM -
minirage
worst things ever
Dec 29 2014 10:23 AM
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Mini Cheddars
I think a lot of use are mentally prepared for a zombie apocalypse! Physically... maybe not so much.
Dec 28 2014 06:16 PM -
Anthony30
I'm not that 'chubby'!!!
Dec 28 2014 06:35 PM -
Thorpsta
Hard part about the zombie apocalypse is containing the excitement ;)
Dec 28 2014 10:41 PM
Domneon
Any ideas on roughly how much it would cost to swap tyres from alloys to steels? I would do it myself at work, but my boss doesn't have a day off for a while...
Dec 28 2014 01:19 PM
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Domneon
Yeah my boss is the biggest of knobs going. I know exactly what he will say, and anyway I'm not in work for a while. If you worked for him, you would realize how much a knob he is. Noone in the company is even attempting to save his job, which says something as we are the tech centre for PSA across the road from the head office. He goes mad at you if you bring you car in to take your own tools home.
Dec 28 2014 07:35 PM -
cookie4343
Wow I'd end up getting fired very quickly then if I worked for him lol
Dec 28 2014 07:39 PM -
Domneon
He's also just got our valeter fired even though the guy was 110% efficient
Dec 28 2014 07:53 PM
