Lockie, all he is saying is take your time to do the job properly.

I'll leave you with something to think about:



Ask yourself, what has changed in the last 18 months that you went from telling members things like the above to breaking down what seems like once a month? It sounds to me like you are rushing things too much and not taking enough time & care on reassembly (my 2c).

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"In two years time your car will be like a lady's clothes, out of date, my car will still be in fashion when I am dead" - Sir Alec speaking to Pininfarina

Sure Nick, I do understand your point. I was awaiting this to come up. I guess it's more the purposely negative things that have been said about me in other posts on my accident (when not mentioning any names or pointing fingers) but it is pretty obvious don't you think who i am talking about.. The fact that I was assumed at fault, always at fault, and mocked, when if that person had asked the police themselves they would have told them a TOTALLY different story. That obviously has rubbed me up the wrong way and when I read this comment and the way it was said I obviously took the comment from Tony the wrong way, and if I did I do apologize to you Tony.

It just seemed to me that you were trying to Rub me up the wrong way like previous times to try and get me pissed off like you have previously.

Sure I have said some things on here over the years being a member, that I should not have, (and yes those who know what I am talking about know I have sent PM's or message reply's back apologizing and trying to correct my mistakes) however I was much much younger back then. We all make mistakes when young. Not using this as an excuse, but we all know how easy it is to mis- read posts.

I am still a little confused as to how I am rushing things this time around? I haven't even touched this side of things on the car? I have only just bought it.. Nor was I ever planning to touch things unnecessarily..

In answer to your question "why has it gone from regular maintenance to constant breaking down?" this would be to do with the fact, that I just can't afford the time to do what I used to.. Uni becomes more demanding as the years go on, money permits more than used to etc..

I do take on all your suggestions, and I do agree with you all, but I guess at the end of the day it is my decision, and for me personally it is the way that works best for me. Might not be your decision but you do have to accept that.

And yes I am a very defensive person.. I can go on all night if you wish..

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Gumby-1978 Minivan, British Racing Green - 1310, high lift, mild cam, enlarged porting and chamber shape with big valve head, supercharged build in ever slow progress!

Lockie I am not being negative at all. You were the one a while ago mentioning the car in pieces and you have a deadlines to meet asking people top come and help you throw it together.... going to Adelaide or somewhere. Perhaps you should be putting more time to studying instead of blowing the little money you say you have on your Minis. The time will come when you can relax more and spend more time fixing your Mini without a deadline so you might fix it properly. I am only giving you friendly advice. Anything that is thrown together together in a rush blows up in a rush too. So why throw money away doing half a job. I din't see giving friendly advice as rubbing you up the wrong way. Sorry that my advice was not of any help to your situation. Good luck with your studies and working on your Minis.

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"Let us remove your "SHORTS"

not negative at all.

hows about easing up aye. actually yeah that s my favourite thing to do ,,,, kick a bloke while hes down.

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Ok Ladies and Gents, lets take a step back and take a breath and calm down for a second.

Now we all know Lockie's a young bloke. Prone to a bit of stupidity, but so were all of you once. I'm willing to bet the vast majority of you can't sit there and honestly say you've never done anything silly with/to a mini at one point in time, myself included.

Lockie has calmed down alot over the last year or so but that has alot to do with the ear bashings he gets from here and other sources. Some of it called for, and other times like with Tony's reply and I quote
This reply was obviously made by assuming he knew what Lockie was on about. I know what because we chat via msn alot. This thread is about the van he recently bought. Now everyone knows any used car especially a british car is a big headache waiting to be discovered. Unless you're lucky. This one came gear selector issues, and a clutch slave cylinder that has just failed. It's got nothing to do with how he drives or his maintenance on this mini. It's a component failure, yeah he could have replaced it before it failed but he didn't have the spare $$, he already knew about it. And since when have minis been strictly a hobby? Stop stirring the pot.
I've had a clutch adjustor wind itself in when I first got NAV and knew nothing about how the the clutch in a mini works, and by the time it was an issue I was in the middle of Sydney (from coffs harbour) on my way to Canberra with no idea how to fix it, not even a service manual. silly yes. but I survived. Did anyone have a go at me when I told everyone on here? nup barely anyone gave it a 2nd thought.

Lockie now owns 4 mini's, 1 was destroyed in a recent accident and the other damaged severely a while ago and may not be salvageable. both within a year. Not his fault. Just wrong place wrong time.
If that was me I would have packed up and sold off everything mini and bought a tank to drive everyday. But no Lockie's passion is mini's, He lives and breathes them. Yeah he can be ham fisted and rush to meet deadlines, but thats because he's so proud to have mini's he wants to share them with everyone. He considered getting another type of car for a daily but he doesn't want to. I have my fairmont only as a family car. thats it. Otherwise NAV would be an everyday car again.

When it comes to general maintenance Lockie can procrastinate with the best of them. He asks constantly questions sometimes 2 or 3 times to make sure he gets it right. double checks things and gets people to look over what he's done. And this part of him is not widely seen/know by ausminier's or MOCQ people because he doesn't want to trouble everyone. So you only tend to see the bad things that happen with him.
Now Lockie drives his minis alot which will push any mini regardless of how well it's built into a higher than average maintenance schedule.
When I was using NAV as an everyday car it felt as though I spent more time under the bonnet/car than actually driving it fixing things that either broke or wore out or I was able to upgrade.

So take another breath, count to 10 and think again before replying to anyones posts. As the right thing said the wrong way can be misinterpreted, and no one wants that.

Those who wish to berate me do so via PM dont do it here.

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Nick, ask yourself, if you'd lost 2 minis within that time would you still be as snappy with your reply?

I've always tried to live by If you don't have anything nice to say don't say anything.
But I won't stand by and watch this happen to a good bloke. Same as if it were anyone else on here.

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