G'day all,

I'm currently touring around Europe and will be off to the UK in a little over a months time. I've always wanted to do a bit of a driving holiday in a Mini around the mother country (probably thinking Lake District or a bit of Scotland) and am hoping someone might be able to point me in the direction of a hire company, or even someone that might be willing to hire out a mini for about a week.

Also if there anyone here knows of any good car shows or events that are on between about 18/11 and 26/11 then let me know

cheers
Jimmy

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Get in touch with Watto - last time he was there, he hired a classic mini for part of his trip then a Bini for the rest of it - so they are available.

Cheers

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Rod
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Beaut, thanks Rodney I'll get in touch with him now.

Anyone else got any info for me?

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Yes I am also interested. I am going to UK next year and thought about buying a mini, but hiring may be a better option.

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1969 Cooper "S"
1967 Mini Deluxe
1973 Clubman Van (the fleet spare)
1978 ex 1275 LS ("Wizard" Eaton Supercharged)
2015 HSV GenF GTS(occasional drive & tow car)
2019 MINI F55 Cooper S

Well, sorry folks, but in fact the two cars I had were on loan, NOT hired.

I looked around everywhere and found nowhere that was hiring Classic Minis and one or two places hiring new MINIs - but they were well outside my meagre budget.

A friend who owns one of the Mini shops over their loaned me his personal Mini for the first two weeks - I gave him plenty of plug in the mag (London Mini Centre, but no, he doesn't lend it to anyone normally and doesn't hire them).

The BINI I had for the last week was a press car from the factory - I did a road test, for the magazine, akll over England and up to Scotland and back.

Good luck finding a Mini to hire - it might be easier to buy one and resell it before you leave, or hire something else.

Cheers,
Watto.

If you're comming to Belgium, you could hire a new MINI clubman from www.dockx.be

Hmm! I just checked the world map and Belgium is not very close to Oxford and at the current rate of continental drift I dont think it will be much closer when I am in the UK next year.

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1969 Cooper "S"
1967 Mini Deluxe
1973 Clubman Van (the fleet spare)
1978 ex 1275 LS ("Wizard" Eaton Supercharged)
2015 HSV GenF GTS(occasional drive & tow car)
2019 MINI F55 Cooper S

Yes, but since Tommo started this topic and he's travelling through Europe, he'll probably visit Belgium too

I am from the UK. There was a great little hotel in southern ireland that had a mk1 cooper you hired as part of your lodgings...

*goes to find link...


ok here's some links that may or may not be of interest:

http://www.heritagesportscars.com/our_classic_cars.html
http://www.theitalianjobminis.com/
http://www.caledonianclassics.co.uk/html/our-cars.htm
http://www.countrykitandclassiccarhire.com/
http://www.seescotlanddifferently.co.uk ... iences/23/
http://www.classiccarhire.co.uk/carhire.htm
http://www.classic-mini.co.uk/
http://www.minisni.com/MINISNI%20PAGE1.htm