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Midlife Crisis

Started by Guest_TicTax_* , Jan 13 2012 08:58 PM

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#1 Guest_TicTax_*

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Posted 13 January 2012 - 08:58 PM

Hi all,

I'm 40 and I'm hoping that qualifies me as now being in mid-life and hence my crisis. I passed my driving test when I was 17 and after having written my parents' car off a couple of weeks after that, I went and bought my first car - a mini. LVJ 147P was the registration and it cost me the princely sum of £420. I had many, many happy times with that car, got in to all sorts of trouble and generally messed around continually until one day it gave up the ghost and died - but given how many bits had fallen off it, I wasn't too surprised.

I arranged for someone to come and dispose of it. He duly arrived and took a hammer to the windows before lifting it onto his low-loader and lowered the crane through the middle of the car. I watched in horror as my beloved mini folded in half like tissue paper. I have missed that car ever since.

So, to my point. I have just surprisingly won a white 1994 Mini on eBay (I have yet to figure out how to break this piece of (for me at least) outstanding news to my wife but I feel a trip to Paris may be coming on). She (I've already named her Angelina after Ms Jolie (they are both, after all, beautiful) cost me £991 and needs a bit of work doing on the body (a little rust in all the usual places) but I've always wanted to play with Angelina's body so now's my chance. Mechanically sound, white, has just been serviced, 45k on the clock and I can't stop grinning.

What I love about this new car is that it's pretty much unchanged so I can put my stamp on it. It has a sunroof which wouldn't be my first choice so no Union Flag on the roof for me but I will be spraying it black.

Anyway, I'll be on here a lot so thought I'd just say Hi to all the other Mini enthusiasts out there.

Let my mid-life crisis project begin...

R.

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#2 Broomer

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Posted 13 January 2012 - 09:01 PM

Welcome!

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#3 gus88

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Posted 13 January 2012 - 10:02 PM

Good for you. A year ago I got my Mini as a mid life crisis project after regretting getting rid of my last Mini 20 years ago!

Good luck!

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#4 MaxAndPaddy

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Posted 13 January 2012 - 10:10 PM

Yeayyyy for the 40+ year old Midlife Crisis Club...Welcome to TMF from a fellow member!!

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#5 stevede

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Posted 14 January 2012 - 07:17 AM

+1 Welcome to TMF

Edited by stevede, 14 January 2012 - 07:18 AM.

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#6 andy159

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Posted 14 January 2012 - 10:17 AM

so its got a little rust in the usual places <_<

now that you have angelina you may need to save some money and maybe that trip to france is more likely to be to brighton, just dont take the train. but welcome and enjoy espicily all the project threads :proud:

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#7 mk1leg

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Posted 14 January 2012 - 07:25 PM

Hi..and welcome to TMF and aren't you a bit young to have a mid life crisis only 40...mid life is 50 these days.............. :proud:

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#8 Minigirl

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Posted 14 January 2012 - 09:41 PM

hello

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#9 Scallywag630

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Posted 14 January 2012 - 10:32 PM

Welcome to TMF.

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#10 LiamB

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Posted 14 January 2012 - 10:40 PM

I hope my midlife crisis goes a bit like that! Well, by then, Mini's may be selling for a lot more..

Welcome anyhow!

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#11 daemonchild

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Posted 15 January 2012 - 03:06 PM

Welcome! :)

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#12 TA2DMAC

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Posted 15 January 2012 - 03:13 PM

Welcome to the forum.
I think your probably 10-15 yrs out before Midlife Crisis kicks in. :proud:

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#13 Guest_TicTax_*

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Posted 15 January 2012 - 06:01 PM

This forum just gets better...loads of great advice plus an ego boost by being told I'm at least 10 years away from a mid-life crisis. I hope you're right but I did think it was a good justification when explaining to my wife why there's a Mini in the garage...