Community Status Updates
M J W J
Mondeo's hand brake now operational again. The question is, for how long? Place your bets now!!!
Nov 22 2013 06:56 PM
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MiniGrin
Hahahaha im putting 50p on it lasting a month and then finaly letting you down that one day you decide to park on a steep hill ;)
Nov 22 2013 10:10 PM -
M J W J
I always leave my car in gear now because I know how bad the hand brake is. I reckon a month is about right. The mechanism is a poor design so it keeps seizing up causing the cable to stretch.
Nov 22 2013 11:06 PM
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silver_toes
Drove the mini to work after using the 'Euro box' for the last week. It so much more fun than a modern car
Nov 22 2013 04:40 PM
lyndseyp27
will never understand why people blur out car licence plates - you see a million every day and unless you are in the trade you'll struggle to find out much from it!
Nov 22 2013 03:57 PM
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HarrysMini
Most places on ebay will make up plates with any reg on with no proof needed.
Nov 22 2013 08:28 PM -
deanymini
Yeah, you're right, but the bottom line is that you won't be fined. Officially, you need to be registered with the DVLA to print plates for use on the public highway.
Nov 22 2013 08:32 PM -
lyndseyp27
I just think it's society gone a bit ott - there's not much to worry about really!
Nov 22 2013 10:15 PM
MiniGrin
So, the 2 week repair by my local garage of the driveshafts has finally been done, only for the garage to call me and say, actually the final drive is also done for, so another month of waiting and a heap more money :@ Starting to fall out of love with it now, it never seems to be working, im on a very low apprentice wage and these bills are killing me, and i commute 70 miles a day which causes huge probables when i dont have a car cus its in the garage. Not a well behaved little car, and at...
Nov 22 2013 03:49 PM
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miniman24
I would have just slapped a different engine in there!
Nov 22 2013 06:15 PM -
robminibcy
Mmm I was doing 60 miles a day in mine until march! to be fair for a 34 year old car she only let me down big time twice. once wen loom burned out and once with a head gasket. You really need to learn how to mend it because like you say it will cripple you! You could probably do drive shafts in a day even with out much mechanical knowledge as long as you had some help and a Haynes manual
Nov 22 2013 08:53 PM -
MiniGrin
Yea i guess for an 80,000 mile car its not doing too bad :/ and i like to do as much as possible but cus of difficult access and just plain laziness to be honest :P the garage got this one XD. And I have to say in a crazy hour today the idea of a new enginge had crossed my mind ;) hahaha
Nov 22 2013 10:09 PM
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IainStallard
Have got the LEDs in at the moment, photos will be up later along with the dash ones ;)
Nov 22 2013 03:39 PM -
ryantizzard
Standards for me, I think LED lights can look very aftermarket and tacky... As long as they're not too stand out they'd be a good addition I'd imagine
Nov 22 2013 04:19 PM -
IainStallard
http://www.theminiforum.co.uk/forums/topic/269625-led-clock-backlights/
All revealed in my thread!
Nov 22 2013 04:27 PM
Hrimfaxi
The Google Dr Who game is addictive - say good-bye to work if you try it haha
Nov 22 2013 12:01 PM
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Kieranlee999
i got stuck on level 5 :) ill do it when i get home
Nov 22 2013 12:02 PM -
Hrimfaxi
Got stuck on 4, those sodding stone angels!
Nov 22 2013 01:42 PM
Stiggytoo
Drove home from work with next to no clutch...again. Thank Jebus for double-declutching. Methinks I need a new slave cylinder...
Nov 22 2013 11:51 AM
Kieranlee999
doing yourself a new banner in between doing work at sixth form :P whoops.
Nov 22 2013 11:46 AM
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Domneon
I'm reading through TMF instead of doing Sixth form work
Nov 22 2013 02:07 PM -
mattprinn1997
I didn't go in today because I literally couldn't. Be bothered.
Nov 22 2013 10:20 PM
lyndseyp27
being told that your company have secretly been taking pictures of you working and are now going to use them on the cataolgues for customers to represent the customer facing side of the NHS....great to be told beforehand eh?!
Nov 22 2013 11:25 AM
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M J W J
If you are not happy just be awkward and ask them for a copy of all cctv footage and pictures they have taken of you everyday. By law they have to provide you with a copy.
Nov 22 2013 12:13 PM -
lyndseyp27
im not overly fussed about them using them - im just hopeful it was a make up day! lol they have told me the dat eof the next one as i made a fuss (10th december - this will remind me) so alls good now :)
Nov 22 2013 12:18 PM -
filski
you can also deny them permission to use you images.
Nov 22 2013 01:16 PM
lyndseyp27
in two weeks i have managed to break my washing machine, fix said washing machine, break my tumble dryer, pay a man to fix my tumble dryer and this morning break my tumble dryer again. i dont know how i have got this far in life without killing myself.
Nov 22 2013 08:39 AM
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M J W J
The rest of us fix things for you so keep the dangerous tools out of your reach. That's how you are still alive. : )
Nov 22 2013 09:55 AM -
lyndseyp27
that could very well be it.
Nov 22 2013 10:18 AM -
Stiggytoo
Well you drive a mini, so in a way you're always inches from death! Hope this boosted your confidence :]
Nov 22 2013 11:47 AM
herdy
Took my Drift HD out for a spin today. I'm very impressed with the quality especially as it feel off my car mid recording :D
Nov 21 2013 08:20 PM
Grimshaw17
Friends dragging me out on a 12 hour binge tomorrow night for someone's birthday D: Great but I have to film and edit for Saturday and Work for Sunday
Nov 21 2013 07:55 PM
minimaxie
TMFers!! Help me out here please. Will these http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/141113144417?_trksid=p2055119.m1438.l2649&ssPageName=STRK:MEBIDX:IT be a direct swap fit for my interior courtesy light? Any wiring required? It's an MPi if that helps
Nov 21 2013 07:39 PM
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charie t
no. 207 or 245 style bulbs in the mpi
Nov 21 2013 09:18 PM -
minimaxie
Thanks charlie
Nov 21 2013 10:30 PM
sherly
Back to hospital - bandages removed, no driving 'til mid Jan and no stress on my thumb 'til mid Feb. That's the Mini formally in hibernation for winter then!
Nov 21 2013 07:17 PM
