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[analogue_radio]

Just secured my Insurance, I was quoted £543! & I'm a 17 year old lad, so I'm really bloody chuffed about that, I was expecting to pay £1,300 so the difference in money I will use for my mini .

[Jackabee]

wow!! where did you go for that? i'm on the hunt at the moment and i'm also a 17 yr old lad!

J

[analogue_radio]

PM'd .

[Angelic_Fruitcake]

Thats a nice looking mini!

An congrats on the insurance, thats a good price given your age

[dave20046]

PM'd .

Could you pm me the insurance company too please?!

[dave20046]

Thanks for the PM , I did try to get a quote off them in the past but they said I had to be 25+ - are you on your parents name or something ? :S

[analogue_radio]

Nope, It's in my name! I can try and find some details.

Dad sorted it for me, but I think he did an online quote first and then phoned up to say 'Hold on this can't be right?' but apparently it was so she sent through the details via post and then Dad phoned up and got it all sorted.

I'm off to the pub , but I'll have a chat with Dad tomorrow and see what he did.

[analogue_radio]

Oh god, I didn't realise how long Tcutting & polishing takes! I was only out for about 2-3 hours and got the front right wing done & the bonnet, but they're looking wonderful.

Luckily I only washed the right side of her with the green side of a pad so it's only that half that got all scratched up, but still .

I got paid too so I'm exciting about buying my first things for her might replace all the lights with clear ones.

[Jackabee]

Lol that reminds me - I should really get round to t-cutting mine now its nice and sunny

[analogue_radio]

She's leaking there is a spot of oil on the drive.

I'll take pictures tomorrow of the underside because I'm not sure where it's coming from.

& also when I accelerate she seems to drag a little, it seems like she slows down or like something is grinding, any ideas?
(could be because the engine wasn't warm, but I'm fearing it's something to do with the leak.)

[Gingerjoe]

hey bro, its looking rad! glad you finally got one! your as bad as me, I clean mine all the blooming time! usally just polish the chrome as the back bumper allways come up so nice & you fancy pm'ing that insurance company to me too?

[analogue_radio]

Haven't been working on her in a few days & I'm not sure if I should work on her today.. only 2 days left of the holiday and I've stupidly left all my art work till the last minute again.. , so I think I'll try and do both.

Anyway, in the post yesterday arrived, clear indicators (side & front) & also clear rear lights, unfortunately one of the brake bulbs had broke during transit so I'll have to phone them up and get a replacement, but in the mean time I'll fit the front & side lights.

& I'll also try and finish my Tcutting & polishing.

[dragenzo]

pm me about insurance please i turn 17 13th april and have a mini just about to get painted thanks and mini looks mate good cant wait to get cleaning mine when its done get new shiny wheels that will need cleaning thanks.

[analogue_radio]

Pretty small change, but she looks a bit smarter already.

Before,


After,


Couldn't replace the rears because of the bulb, so that's going to have to wait a few days until I get it sorted, couldn't fault the service though! It was all very nicely wrapped & protected, the tiny bulb just fancied an excursion.

I'm going to go out in a bit and clean her all down nicely, tcut & polish, and then hopefully start polishing all the chrome & such.

[analogue_radio]

I've just been out & taken off the front bumper, grill & grill surrounds, then given them a really good clean up with Autosecal? or something, cleaned out underneath around the front of the engine bay and replaced the brightwork with new screws & bolts.

Couldn't remove the rear one though because the bolts were rusted on, but I still polished it up.

About to go out again and give the whole outside a clean down and a polish, any tips for getting rid of water droplet marks?

Pictures to follow.