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-- Simon // VMCI Member 2674 --

hey when i had my old mini my big brother drove it to school (i dident have a liesnce and so he drove it 4 me and he didnt have a car) anyway one day i came out of class and i went to wait for my brother to come back and i went to where he parked the car and it was gone then i herd someone talk about a mini that had been moved and so i went to have a look and some ****ers had moved my mini infrount of two cars and so i coulded get out. then a week later they move it on to the school frount deak so i had to ask al my mate to come help my get it off that was the last day it went to my school

this seems to be normal...ive caught people at tafe lifting tiny and trying to move him, also caught them removing parts from the engine juz for the sack of it and laying them around the car till i turned up those boys now know what its like to have a spark plug stuck in ur ass..

also at work i caught 4 guys messing with the car trying to flip it over and put food and rubbish over it and in the boot unfortunately for those guys i saw wat car they came out of and well lets juz say there cars gonna need some mechanical and panel beating work

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oil leak?..what oil leak..that puddle under the car is just sweat from all that horsepower

Hope it was still connected to a running engine

Reminds me how much fun I had with Apprentices and charged up Condensors.

Not with their Ass's though!

Its a sad reality but thats why my minis are not daily drivers
If parked in a public place they are always within sight or the wife waits in the car

I'd rather enjoy my car than live in the fear that it might get damaged and not be able to drive it whenever I want.

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i was talkin to truck driver once who went to school at a boarding school i think it was, and some of there teachers had mini's. They got there teachers cooper s and used ramps to lower it in a drained swimming pool, poor bloke.

I use mine as a daily driver. I figure if someone wants to mess with it, then so be it, i'll deal with the problem if and when it happens. I'd rather enjoy driving it and not worry than keep it locked up in a garage for casual runs once a week.

Agreed.

I dont live in fear, im just older, wiser and minimising my risks

It's a tough subject this one.

Yes, I like to drive my mini and have been doing so to work (at a pub) for over a year now, never an issue, but I always park it outside of a window where I can see it, or at least where the girls at the bar can see it. I did once catch some kids trying to climb on it, and their dad was there, he didn't say a thing , I ran outside and they cleared off.

But the other part of me would rather still own it for occasional drives so I wouldn't come back to the car after shopping or work to find my mini on it's side, dented and smashed, never to be driven again. That's of course worst case scenario. Or I guess stolen and worst case (common case if it stolen) torched.

Hmmm.... I'm going to keep driving it to work, but after catching some kids trying to lift a mates mini by the wheel archs , no more parking her in the hidden school carpark anymore. Learn from you mistakes.

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1964 Morris 850, 1330 Supercharged - 81.8hp atws.
1975 Leyland Mini S 1100S powered - Nice and reliable.
1977 Leyland Mini LS - Project LS-T