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[Heather&Henrietta]

....when all your mates laugh when you mum drops you off to sixth form




....instread of driving in yourself....!

[skaterava]

When you park in a car park then every time you return have a brief moment of panic when you can't see the mini & think 'oh my god its been stolen' then just realise its hiding behind all the other cars in the car park!

Yes

....When you stop using the wipers and would rather put up with a bit of light rain than hear two feeble wiper arms just muster enough electrical current to smear themselves all over the windscreen whilst making a sound like a cat being tortured.

Yes!

when your girlfriend tells you youv got to spend less time working on the mini an more time with her

Unfortunately, yes

come back with "yes but if i dont fix it i cant take you anywhere"

Precisely.



You know you're a Mini owner when there's no need to give way to oncoming traffic because of a parked car at the side of the road.

You know you're a Mini owner when the reach for the ticket machine at the car park barriers is a struggle.

[Bec]

...when there is no room for shopping in your tiny boot because there is a spare can of oil, petrol, water, a toolkit and a breakdown kit.

[l_jonez]

when you avoid drive thru's because you know you have to get out of the mini to reach any way so you may aswell go in.

if you do get a take away you make sure you take some one to hold the drinks

there's a few seconds before your friends recognise you when you get out of a car thats not a mini.

you feel scared when parked between two lorry's

old people smile when you drive past

you have to hold back on buying shiny stuff because you know you will soon need the money for something important

you skip big nights out because your working on the mini before its mot the next day

your credit card number is committed to memory after so many on-line purchases

"im working on the mini" is good reason to get out of any thing

when a rattle stops you wonder what has fallen off

[gonzoavfc]

... when "traffic? what traffic? (squeezes through gap between the cars )

[mini danny]

when a rattle stops you wonder what has fallen off

that the best one ive heard yet lol

[Willcox]

when you have no money left but you still manage to spend more on the mini

[Teapot]

We've had this theme before, but this is easily the most inspired IMHO. Mrs T (proud owner of Rocky Cooper) has bookmarked it and is referring to it constantly. It could be published as a booklet at Xmas-time with some nice little photos of minis, do you think? Even non-mini-owners would understand.

You know you're a mini owner when you creep out to the garage before going to bed at night just to make sure the mini is ok

[Mr. Bridger]

You know you're a Mini owner when you drive to place it's just as quick to walk to.

You know you're a Mini owner when you have the urge to flash anyone in an interesting/old car.

[D1k1m4y]

you know your a mini owner when your distributor gets wet.

[ryancanfly]

When you have to hold the choke out with two pegs. (just me?)

[rimmer1993]

Your paycheck's are paid directly to your car

[minimininut]

When you have to hold the choke out with two pegs. (just me?)

Yep done that one - passengers are quite useful for choke control. But even just 'you know you're a mini owner when you've got a manual choke!'

Also

You know you're a mini owner when you smile every time you see your car ... even the photos of it

You know you're a mini owner when you love the smell of your engine bay

You know you're a mini owner when you are happy to jump out of bed early enough to take a detour on the way to work just to enjoy driving the mini (and before everyone else is on the roads)

You know you're a mini owner when you got the BEST car on the road, ever.

Loving this thread

[skaterava]

old people smile when you drive past

That happened to me this morning!

[Foxy10]

When you see a mini and suddenly screech out "MMIINNII!" in some strange high pitched excited voice, that you never make at any other time, leaving anyone around wondering what just happened to you!

i thought this 1 was just me!!