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[Natalie]

Congrats Freddie looks lovely

Edited by PinkGirly, 07 August 2007 - 11:04 AM.

[Retro_10s]

Ha!!! I put a bid on that mini!! lol,.. it does look like a good one too which was why i Slapped a bid on.

I got my new one off ebay too! heheh.

[minimarco]

hurray for freddie

Doesn't need a sex change, he's probably gay!!! apparently many mini's are.

lol

[minili]

Yayz! Saw him at Ace (and again at SMD) he looks lovely

[Hannioli]

Ha!!! I put a bid on that mini!! lol,.. it does look like a good one too which was why i Slapped a bid on.

I got my new one off ebay too! heheh.

if you hadn't have bidded, I could have gotten him for even cheaper!! hehe

everyone who's seen him has said he's an absolute bargain for what he is, even with the few problems and things that need sorting out

Also, everyone who's driven him loves how he handles

I've got loads more piccies now

you can't see the dents in his wing in this pic always good!


parked up on the curb after his exhaust came off


Freddie left his mark on the floor

[Hannioli]

After SMD he drove just fine and dandy back to London, thought he had been losing a bit of power here and there

Anywho, after dropping off Neil and his stuff in London, I stopped for a little while...but not long and then headed back down south, managed to go the wrong way on the A12 and ended up going northish instead of south, but it was all ok as I hit the m25 eventually bloody m25 was really busy 0_o then decided to turn round and go back to London but couldn't find the A2 so ended up taking the A20...bit mistake it was near standstill...

So, I'm hot, tired, sweaty (yum!), pissed off because of some annoying bint, bit emotional because of an argument I'd had, hadn't eaten, hadn't really stopped all day, semi-lost 0_o start to notice Freddie beginning to overheat...then finally see a sign telling me how to get to the road I need YAY!!! I'm second in line at a busy roundabout, about to turn so I can get onto the A12!

engine cuts out and won't start again turn on my hazards, sit there in shock for a little bit... then kinda lost it called Neil and he couldn't understand a word I said at first and I wasn't sure where on earth I was, so he had to make sense of my incoherent rambling Flipping London drivers are so lovely some start beeping at me even though I had my hazards on and some idiots pass me shouting at me

After probably 7 or 8 minutes of being a tad hysterical on the phone, though it felt like so much longer, a nice couple came and offered to push me out of the way
So I sit there all 0_o eventually try the engine again, no luck...so I think he can't have just overheated...get out to see if adding more petrol would help...nope

Neil and Del got to me after about half an hour, looked under the bonnet and turns out my fan belt was ridiculously loose so the battery obviously hadn't been charging...i had overheated, which is the good thing as the engine probably would have seized otherwise 0_o the guys tightened that up for me (was a bit of a *Female doggy* to do!) and we bump started it. Hooray!! He's running again Neil had to drive back...I was in no state to...

Anywho, all was fine and we ended up looking for a hotel to stay in at around midnight. First we went to wanted bloomin £160 a night so back to the mini...wouldn't start, had to bump start again, finally got to a hotel and was just ordering me some food and this has nothing to do with minis but god it pissed me right off and I did not need it!! This frickin indian guy starts being racist to me, slagging off chinese, saying i should f**k off back to my own country that Neil should find someone of his own race and s**t like that, we both were so close to punching him in the face

[Wigan]

Well hello there Freddie..

[mini93]

god! u should have so hti that guy in the face...i almost swore at some kids who squirted me with a water pistol at SMD
glad it was a relitivly easy fix tho, seems like he just needs a few service bits, the loose fan belt wouldnt have helped the heating, so thats probably/hopfully linked n not too much to worry about

hes not bad they all have there tif's chin up

[Hannioli]

I think that's all that went wrong with him not overly huge problems but after the afternoon I'd had, it was like the last straw and I just snapped a little


oh yeah, when I finally got on the way home...i noticed a loud popping sound, happened twice and I lost some power (though that could have been partially because I was going up a slight hill ) pulled over as I thought I had a flat... nope

Freddie's engine needs a good tune up, in fourth he has nothing to him at all and i get flat spots with his throttle...funsies

anywho, more piccies of Freddie!

Taken at SMD, he looks more brg than the almondy green he actually is in this pic





yeah, I know David the loose fan belt and loose battery connection were the reasons he was losing power, he'll be fine once he's been worked on a bit

I have big plans for him, you won't recognise him once I've had my wicked way with him he's going to need his own project thread once I get started, bless him

Edited by Hannioli, 07 August 2007 - 09:11 PM.

[Dog]

I like Fred, sorry I never really had a really good look at him, but fron what u say, you have ur hands full

[Dom]

Well done for surviving another mini experience and well done to Neil and Del for helping out.

[biggav]

GGrrrrr bloody racialists!!!!!!

[atticus]

Freddie is very sexeh!

[Hannioli]

Well done for surviving another mini experience and well done to Neil and Del for helping out.

Yup, Del is an absolute legend

GGrrrrr bloody racialists!!!!!!

tell me about it that really was not what i needed after the day I'd had if I hadn't been so damn tired and had more energy to be angrier, I think I really would have started beating the C**p out of him stupid thing is that he'd obviously moved to england in his lifetime

Freddie is very sexeh!

he'll be even shexier after he's been worked on!

[MiniSal]

Freddie - oh nooooooooooo !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I own one of these ( a Freddy Min) and I can give you eleven years of tales of woe. My latest one is in the letter page in the Mini Magazine which is just out. I hope you really get on great with your Freddie and that he never gives you as much grief as mine gives me !!!! Good Luck and have loads of fun with yours