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[Midas Mk1]

It's a Mini, it's designed to be used, driven casually aswell as hard.

Nothing worse than Minis just used for shows, or never ever driven. If it gets dirty just clean it.
Ive had mine in a concours show, yet it's used everyday and got caked in mud, with half of Oulton Parks campsite on the underside of it a few weeks back.

Edited by Midas Mk1, 02 July 2012 - 12:56 PM.

[Spud_133]

Very, that's why it currently looks like the picture below, and will until at least Wednesday.




At the end of the day, it's a car, and cars are designed to be used.

[Richey]

It's hard not to have a bit of fun when you find yourself on a long country road... and every other road, for that matter.

[Skortchio]

You'll definintely notice the difference if you don't give a hand(foot)full occasionally.

I had to do an airport run last weekend and after only a few weeks of short around town trips in the Mini before that, it sounded really unhappy on the way up to the airport with a definite lacking in delivery.

By the end of the trip it was purring and doing all I expected though.

Old cars (in general) fuel worse and compensate less than new ones, so carbon build up is a bigger issue. Way to clear it? Give it some!

[cliche]

yup -that's why I'm a premium AA member and carry my card around with me

[ChrisCityE]

I used to give my Mini loads of abuse, in 6 years it only had one problem where it jumped out of 2nd, and one coil go. I spent more on a single set of tyres than I ever needed to on the car.

[cliche]

It's a Mini, it's designed to be used, driven casually aswell as hard.

Nothing worse than Minis just used for shows, or never ever driven. If it gets dirty just clean it.
Ive had mine in a concours show, yet it's used everyday and got caked in mud, with half of Oulton Parks campsite on the underside of it a few weeks back.

Sounds like an all-rounder then. Off topic, how do you clean the underside without removing the underseal/underside protection. It must be pretty well protected if it was able to be put into concourse shows

[MrBounce]

Find a decent slow corner, drop it down into 2nd and FLOOR IT!

[joshspragg]

i used to be really paranoid and a super slow driver but i'm alright now.