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[frostie]

those of u who have noticed the few posts i make about my mini being almost done....well today it came out of the sprayshop.

metallic BRG with a white roof....gorgeous!

i drove it 2 mins down the road, and the f***ing wheel fell off. ALL FOUR nuts had undone and the wheel fell off!

at the moment the arch and a-panel are a mess, not sure about mechanicals yet!

absolutely gutted....feel quite sick now!just thought i'd let u know! it's the winter mini curse!!

p.s.gotta look on the bright side...no1 hit me from behind, wasn't going too fast and it looks like there isn't too much damage!

[minipixie]

aaww no!!! gutted for ya!!!

yup, winter sure does seem to be a curse for minis! hope u get it sorted soon without to many probs?

[frostie]

thank you....kind of wanted a huge miniforum hug because my hands are hurting from punching things!lol

[minipixie]

here ya go then....

a hue MINIFORUM hug coming ur way!!!!

hope ur hands stop hurting soon! dont go hitting anymore things!!!! only makes ur hands hurt!

[Bungle]

:gasp: hope it gets well soon :wink:

[marc]

I think i would be crying about now if that happened.

Sorry to hear it, cant be nice.

Hope its not done anymore damage underneath.

[frostie]

worse thing is....it's taken my dad and I 8months to do this mini! 2grand spent to date!!

the thing that makes me sick, is i heard a knockin before when i stopped at some lights, but figured it was something rolling in the boot because the sprayer sed he'd put the extra paint in the boot! i almost....ALMOST pulled over just before!typical

[minimole]

i know how you feel my wheel fell off had to sort the a panel as well. check your ball joint they will probally need replacing as well.

[CharlieBrown]

Was it the spray shop guys fault?? Did they not tighten the wheel nuts properly???

Sorry to hear about it.

[frostie]

nope never touched the front wheels! dad had to apologise to them alot, because he flew off back to the sprayshop in the other car and flew into a proper essex bloke rant!!

what we cant understand is....it has had 2 MOT's in the last 3 weeks!! it failed the 1st due to a lighting problem, so the 2nd time he checked everything again(because it's all on computer so is timed!)....so they cant of been loose!! when checking bearing and ball joins you pull the wheel at 6oclock and 12oclock etc....surely he would've noticed a knocking noice if they were loose!!

[Mini Mad Rich]

what a pain in the backside for ya, hope you and car are ok?

MMR

[frostie]

i'm fine thanx mate...just that feeling isn't...ruined a day that was supposed to be awesome!

think i'm gonna skive work 2nite and go out on the *yellow human water*!! that'll make up for it!

not sure about the car yet, we just jacked it up, put the wheel back on and drove it back to the sprayshop and told em to fix it! by the feel of the car the mechanics are ok!

[Dom]

That is awful! Perhaps someone had loosened them over time?

Such bad luck :sad:

All the best with sorting it

[crocstarr]

sorry to hear that mate. hope you get it sorted soon. what a ******** nightmare.

[Wiggy]

That really is awful luck!! :sad:

You couldn't write a situation like that.

Definately get sloshed tho'. :wink: