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Post by dai9fxey on Aug 8, 2007 16:35:08 GMT 1
Impossible to keep clean I'm afraid.  |
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Post by jc1380s on Aug 8, 2007 16:56:01 GMT 1
Best - every time I drive it and it does'nt break down!
Worst - every time I drive it and it does break down!!!!!!!
jc
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Post by Minillew on Aug 8, 2007 17:10:03 GMT 1
3 days before MOT was due on my first mini, i crashed into a jeep, took it home my dad fiberglassed it back together, went out the next day and hit a wild horse. not fun!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Post by dai9fxey on Aug 8, 2007 17:22:48 GMT 1
???After driving Mini's for 33 years You'd think i would have a good and bad experience wouldn't you?  AHA, just thought of o--------- No, Can't use that one either,  |
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Post by superluce on Aug 8, 2007 20:19:17 GMT 1
Best: Taking her on the Rivrun last year all by myself after passing my test =] Worst: This years Rivrun where the head gasket went...tho she managed to get there |
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Post by dai9fxey on Aug 8, 2007 21:23:07 GMT 1
Worst bits. Where do i start. Probably when i was competing yonks ago and things breaking on events, like Diffs twice, Snapped a crank in two, Driveshafts pulling out, Hit a sheep on Eppynt doing about 50 ish and i didn't kill it outright. Best worst bit doing an event at Aintree (not over the jumps) when the alternator cooling fan exploded and went through the Radiator, fan etc. No trailer, so popped into town with my F***ed rad, part exed it for another one, slapped it all back together and finished the event. Drove all the way back to my local in time for a few beers. CRAZY DAYS. BEST bit. After 4 years of trying i evenyually won the 1300cc class on an event on Eppynt and finishing 12th overall. and winning the Welsh stage championship in the 1300 class and finishing 2nd overall. The organisers changed the point scoring system in 1986 because, god forbid that a MINI should win the Welsh championship overall.  |
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Post by quiff on Aug 8, 2007 21:35:46 GMT 1
best has to be first blast round the lanes a day or two after passing my test and finally driving it
worst is the first 3 times of trying to get the bloody thing home from where i was working on it in cardiff, and ending up on tow every time!
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Post by k3rry on Aug 13, 2007 21:30:28 GMT 1
worse - had to b the constant head gaskets and being towed
best - actually passing my test and driving alone in the mini, some kid in a fiesta asked me to wind it on (and i blew him out)lol
dont ask what speed i was doing, (as it only had 90 on the clock, and it went back to the 10)
another was on my way to work - i was nearly late, it felt as if i went around the corner on 2 wheels.
and yet again a fiesta wanted me to wind it on - so i did lol ( i have a heavy foot lol)
but i nearly missed the exit off a by-pass, cut a car up, "censored" my X up, and went home
lol
im sure there more
Joys of a mini
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Post by paul2006 on Aug 13, 2007 21:49:27 GMT 1
Haven't been doing this for long so probably more moments to come....so far then
Best - Getting my mini for free...cheers nan...cornering at 50 is close second!!
worst - Walking back to the car which was now placed in the middle of the road witha note on the windscreen saying, ' courtesty of the rugby boys'...plastic arches not really built for that..i now have an obsesive compulsive disorder!
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Post by jamiejones on Aug 15, 2007 22:42:49 GMT 1
my worst is when im in the car with my dad its scerryyyy:(
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Post by minichick on Aug 16, 2007 9:04:31 GMT 1
My best experience was when I saw my pink mini for the first time it ws amazing...My worst experience was when it was breaking down on me all the time. Phil changed the engine and it was still breaking down.
I did say after that experience I would never ever have another mini again, but they are like marmite you either love it or hate it.
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Post by katie on Aug 16, 2007 12:59:27 GMT 1
Ive got one !! It happened to me and Tootle just the other day when we went up to southern minis day at the Hop farm in Kent. Are you sitting comfortably...then I will begin.......
I met my sister in London the day before and followed her through London (Othewise I would end up crying cos Ialways get lost or cant find places) anyway...... on with the story....
we didint get there till about 8pm cos there was a big crash on theM4 so it was getting dark. I was just relaxing and thinking how nice it was to drive through the city at night with all the lights/bridges and stuff and suddenly......all my lights went !!!! everyone was shouting at me to put them on and I couldnt !!! oh and my stereo went aswell !! so no sounds either !!! that was the worst thing !!! nightmare !!lol !!! anyway thank god for the AA who fixed it all for me . well everything except my blushes !!!!
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Post by minichick on Aug 16, 2007 13:06:03 GMT 1
;D Ive got one !! It happened to me and Tootle just the other day when we went up to southern minis day at the Hop farm in Kent. Are you sitting comfortably...then I will begin....... I met my sister in London the day before and followed her through London (Othewise I would end up crying cos Ialways get lost or cant find places) anyway...... on with the story.... we didint get there till about 8pm cos there was a big crash on theM4 so it was getting dark. I was just relaxing and thinking how nice it was to drive through the city at night with all the lights/bridges and stuff and suddenly......all my lights went !!!! everyone was shouting at me to put them on and I couldnt !!! oh and my stereo went aswell !! so no sounds either !!! that was the worst thing !!! nightmare !!lol !!! anyway thank god for the AA who fixed it all for me . well everything except my blushes !!!! That happened to me a few weeks ago with the lights, I had no indicaters no lights etc ect. I phoned Phil and he said he would look at it, when he did he said the fuse had gone and changed it. Little did I know the fuse had gone literally, he pinched it the day before for his mini for the mot and forgot to put it back.  He had a good telling off ;D |
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Post by katie on Aug 16, 2007 13:12:11 GMT 1
sorry. got so carried away with my worst moment in a mini I forgot my best one. !! I think its when I see other minis and they always flash there lights and wave at us even thought they dont know us !! thats amazing I think and always gives me a buzz !! oh and driving passed the new mini dealership in...( well I wont say where) in my classic mini when just a fortnight before I nearly bought a Bini from them instead!! dont get me wrong I do LOVE the Bini but it always gives me a giggle whenever I think of it. I wonder what theyd say if they knew? Oooops !!
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Post by taffy1967 on Aug 16, 2007 19:23:52 GMT 1
I've had endless best experiences with my Minis from passing my driving test in my first Mini to being in the massive "Guinness book of records" busting cavalcade at Mini 30 @ Silverstone. Worst experience was probably having a crash in our Mainstream Cooper with a German dickhead in his Mercedes Estate near the New Forest whilst we were away camping for the weekend at the MCR event at Beaulieu in 1998. What made it worst was the fact it was my birthday that day, Marie was pregnant and we were due to travel up to Longbridge the next day to visit the Mini production line. The good news was Marie was unharmed, the Mini was still drivable and so as JC1380s and Dai may remember, we still made Longbridge. Then later won the case against Mr German dickhead and our Mini got fixed soon after. Oh and after a 3 year hibernation driving our Mini again was absolutely mind blowing too!  |
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Post by timsmini on Aug 18, 2007 17:57:47 GMT 1
this would have to be mine !!!  |
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Post by thejinx on Aug 26, 2008 21:11:05 GMT 1
best experience, clean one any way was my last mini which i paid 50 quid for me and three mates threw it in a garage ripped it apart and put it back together in less than a week drank loads of beer didnt sleep and just messed around. I remember spraying it in an old tent lungs were wrecked for weeks after that.
Worst - i havent got one minis are the bollocks.
By the way i am sure i saw that pink mini in Pontardawe Tescos last year, same one?
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Post by biker on Aug 26, 2008 21:27:19 GMT 1
one of my best ones happen only bout half hour ago when i drove buttons home after doing all that bloody work over the last couple of months and to top it all of i did it in convoy(cheers coedy)  worst one was when jc1380smgmazda etc etc tried to kill me in one of his old minis i,ll leave him do the explianing |
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Post by biker on Aug 26, 2008 21:54:50 GMT 1
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Post by biker on Aug 26, 2008 21:59:01 GMT 1
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He had a good telling off ;D
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