And the passion lasts Or maybe with us old bastards it becomes a disease
To my mind, nothing beats a fully sorted fast mini on a deserted winding road, windows down on an icy morning, sucking in that RC40 burble

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1967 Cooper S - new front bearings to do.
1965 Cooper S shell - Slow progress. No time or money!
1966 Deluxe- next rustoration!
Mk 2 & XJ6 Jags. Less said the better.

Ha AEG163job!!! In resposne I was just about to say "try doing that in Canberra on a winter's morning" Then I read your location details...

You're a brave man!

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Cheers,
Rob.

It's definitely got to be a disease , you wouldn't put up with the mini's little quirks otherwise ....

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there great fun they handle like an over grown go Kartz they are awsome i will alway own one. when i die i want my mini in my grave

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@#$%Things are not what they used to be
Missing one inside of me
Deadly loss, this can't be real
Cannot stand this hell I feel
Emptiness is filling me
To the point of agony
Growing darkness taking dawn.

the way willy drives his mini will probably be his grave

I want to be buried in one!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

karts.




At least I'll die having fun BIAM

exacty right, at least ya did something u love...... as did Brocky
R.I.P Brocky

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@#$%Things are not what they used to be
Missing one inside of me
Deadly loss, this can't be real
Cannot stand this hell I feel
Emptiness is filling me
To the point of agony
Growing darkness taking dawn.

Blah blah blah... Rubbish.
Buy a bomb and enjoy it is what I say.
5K... what a load of hogwash

P plater for 5yrs... ???? what the?!!? Time you get a licence buddy... hehehe

my first mini was a 2k bomb, and it was always a mistake not to get the nice 4k one, or i'd still have it

i owned my mini before i could get my L's. you can own a car without a lisence.

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Sunday Morning Mini Sprint http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UtGuzqBQ32Q my "rendezvous"

NO "collins" i havn't had my P's for 5 yrs. i have owned the car for 5 yr's iv'e only had my p's for 3months now shesshhhhh..... [/quote]

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@#$%Things are not what they used to be
Missing one inside of me
Deadly loss, this can't be real
Cannot stand this hell I feel
Emptiness is filling me
To the point of agony
Growing darkness taking dawn.

you just bought the wrong 2k bomb. Maybe you should have learnt a bit more first and asked the questions like the original poster of this thread.

well I'll put my 2c worth in... My first car was a mini and I was just on my P's when I got her. It was a little $1800 bomb and I learnt how to change thermostats and fuel filters and accelerator cables on the side of the road with nothing but a pair of pliers and a paperclip (well I may have had more for the thermostat, but that was it for the fuel filter I can tell you that ). I had to clutch start her backwards down my parent's front yard more mornings than not and constantly ran out of fuel cos the fuel gauge didn't work... But I wouldn't have changed a thing and pined for a mini every day since selling her.

I reckon they are a great car for a P plater cos you aren't gonna get them up to 220kph and wrap it around a tree as easily as a ricer, and it's just a great experience when you are young and free and stupid to be able to drive and park just about anywhere and get away with it cos you're in a mini.

Yes, have it for your daily driver as you will get a very fast working knowledge of mechanincs (if you didn't already have one). Yea, things go wrong with them, but hell, things go wrong with every car... I have had a Commodore, a Rodeo, a Jeep and a Patrol since then, and I reckon more has gone wrong (and more expensive things too) with them than the little idiosyncracies the minis have.

I'll get back down off my soap box now

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