I thought that was Westbay! and yeah that car is awesome! been properly ratted not just left to rot and called ratted.
thats contradicting what a rat is. a rat is a car that got there by itself. not sanded down paintwork so it rusts etc.
i dont think a lot of mini owners quite grasp the whole rat thing. i dont really like it much on minis because it just doesnt look right. you need to keep a good coat of paint on a mini because as soon as a panel rusts on a mini its pretty much gone through.
Volkswagens get away with it so much because they use thicker steel and it lasts a lot longer.
a rusty bonnet and yellow lights just doesnt seem ratty to me
if you wona be picky, my car is not rat no. it comes under the sub heading of "forced rat cars" which is under the main heading "rat"
And i like that way everyone just thinks its a VW exclusive thing when ratting comes from rat rods and there big old chopped american cars mostly and about as far away from a VW as humanly possible.
VW owners probably adopted to look first because there more open minded then most mini owners.
rant over
im not being picky, just saying theres a difference between a rat and 'rat look' or 'forced rat' i prefer that a car gets there by itself rather than being forced. i think it can still be done the forced route, but IMO it rarely looks leggitimate enough to work.
and i never said it was a vw thing, i just said they get away with it more than us.
im a massive fan of rats, my car while the mini is off the road is a mk3 golf which is starting to go ratty. not because ive sanded it down or rubbed salt into the paint. but it comes with time, not washing it etc. i know its a bit too much of a modern car to look right but its just how its getting. im not going to force it tho
