Since I am only on my L's, my dad has to drive the mini at times when he has to pick me up (and i want to drive home), and when i am driving he has to sit in the passengers seat. but what pisses me off is he is always compliaining about it!

This is what he says (he exaggerates about em all):
I dont like the mini because

1. "the gear ratios are so small"
2. "you feel every bump, im constantly getting shaken around"
3. "i dont know how this bloody stereo works"
4. When im driving and I accelerate slightly too fast he looks at me as if i have done something terrible.
5. "everyone is always looking at me" (which he likes at times too)
6. When I am driving with the L plates there are always P plater ******* in commodores and stuff doing what they do best just to show off near a L plater.
7. "Its sooo hard getting out of the car"

theres many more...but theres just what i have to hear whenever im driving. my response is, in 9 weeks, you wont have to sit in this car or drive it ever again.

but on occasions he appreciates the mini.

1. Parking
2. Turning circle
3. Fuel consumption (because he is paying for my petrol at the moment.)

Dad loves mine.
He loves giving it stick.

turning circle..... I've seen mack trucks turn a tighter circle!... but on the other hand, if you use the handbrake when turning, yes, they can turn quite easy hey!

-Cam

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IS NOW BACK ONLINE AFTER SOMETIME..... SORRY TO ALL, FOR NOT REPLYING TO PM'S!!

all of those reasons are why we love them!

You want bad turning circle, try a 13" wheel Moke! They have stops in the rack to prevent wheel scrub with the bigger diameter wheels. Three point turns become six point turns.

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Brett Nicholson
Greendale (near Ballan) VIC.
1971 Morris Mini Moke
1966 Austin Mini
1965 Morris Mini Traveller
1973 LR Series 3 88
2007 LR Freelander 2

mini had the best turning circle of all when it was first made... that was one of its major selling points

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No longer Ms Westwoods mini outside her original kings road shop

You don't know If these stops are easily adapted to a mini rack do you??

Ever since I fitted my new rack, I new have too much lock. The wheels can scrub (If only slightly) on the guards, but more concerning is the fact that my abnormally large brakes now hit the Radius arms (never a problem with the old rack). The problem with this is that it pushes the callipers apart and it can take an extra pump to get pedal back. If I could limit the steering to what the old rack was, these problems wouldn't exist.

Sorry to hijack the post - but any ideas anyone??

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Bob Slattery
Duffman Says A Lot of Things - OH YEAH!!

UK or aussie rack????? think they have different number of turns lock to lock and slightly different turning circle.... am i right peoples???

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No longer Ms Westwoods mini outside her original kings road shop

I think it is a UK one - it's brand new so it'd have to be wouldn't it?

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Bob Slattery
Duffman Says A Lot of Things - OH YEAH!!

my dad hates mine cos he has to work on it all the time
(cos i make him)
but he does it anyway cos he noes it has to get finished very soon
as i can already get my P's ive just been to lazy

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Nigel Morton/ Team Brickworx
never late in a 998

now i think about it.....I HATE THEM TOO...

never hate a mini

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ausmini member 195

71K 'Kaye', KAZZ69's work in progress
66 panelvan, going no where fast...
71 MS75 toyota crown COUPE yes A COUPE!
76 ra23 celica wid 1ggte, GT3071r, 13.5@106mph with alot of spinin....

wheels keep on turnin!

Your dad sounds like my brother only difference my brother is 38 but says almost the exact same things, but he is 65 in his head.

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225hp atw on 14psi. 1/4 Mile no idea. Take one 1971 Mini Clubman, one Starlet GT Halfcut, Simmer over a warm MIG Welder, and Voila Minstar! www.mpdesign.id.au

my dad liikes mine,, the turning circle is great on mine it spins round in half my court!

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Potato

I always get the feeling my turning circle isn't as tight as it could be.
But I think it is some sort of illusion or something.

My father doesn't like mine because it spends more time in the garage (blocking access to his motorbikes!) than it does on the road. He also doesn't like to three cars worth of spares I carry, and he gets pissed off when I rebuild carbies inside the house.

My mother loves it but I don't let her drive it. Insurance wont let her, or something like that