opps i did it agein

yes i got another one

What did you get?

the one i drove down to the meal

the MINI?????

If so, how did you manage that??

Baz how could you.

Can someone buy me one please..... I could use a third mini!!!!

better keep nagging paul then!

i want one 2

Well I do like driving them and im trying to catch Bazzer up with how many minis I can own...... got a long way to go yet tho....!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

a very long way to go i think!

p.s. got a 50 kilo bottle of nitrous oxide at work... guess what its going into!!!

I believe this is the black BMW mini you gave me a ride in down to Bideford.  Are you still coming dowwn here for a week to help Terry get his workshop up and running?  By the way you will never guess what we have just bought. We never thought that we would find anything like this down in Devon.  I thought of the name Rose, Terry came back with Petal  so we have now agreed on Rosie.  When you come down to stay you will see her. Can I drive your new Mini?

What you two bought Linda, come on tell pretty please.....

We will let you all know on Saturday after we have picked her up, but rest assured that if Terry pays more than £250 for a Mini then it has to be something very special.  

WOO HOO bring on the weekend!!!!!  

sorry been bissy at work yes its that one.why you want to have a drive??


if i am still needed let me know

Bazz..... I would love to have a drive when I see you next with it....  (big_hug)

Rita says that any of you are welcome to drive hers - she'll do you a special rate of £20ph.

That would be with Bumble (yellow and black diesel) as Sparky (the electric blue Cooper) has hung up his L plates. The two of them are fighting over the spare space in the garage next to LazyBones.

looks like i am a cheep date (redface)

Andrew do we have any pics of Bumble yet???!!! Especially with the bear!!!

I'm not fussy, I'll drive any of them.  However I did say to Terry if I ever owned a new BMW it would have to be yellow with a black roof.
Bazzer, where are you working?  You know you don't have to wait for an invite to come down and stay, you just have to let us know when you are free.

i would like a black one

Quoted from Leanne

i would like a black one

There is now answer to that Leanne.

aren't they supposed to be bigger ?

thats what ive heard as well

So is it a myth do you know

i do not know

Nor do I but I bet Party Ring or OB does

fancy putting that on here

I'm talking about the BMW Mini - what are you talking about

I had to scroll back to see what you were on about - I thought I was on the wrong forum!(redface)  (p2_shaun)

i was a bit befuzzled myself! I have actually driven a new mini, my friend's got one, and i quite liked it. but then i just love driving and will pretty much drive anything...

We used to have one ourselves, infact we had our classic mini and the BMW on the drive at the same time bumper to bumper. I quite enjoyed driving it apart from the whining from the power steering - that used to get on my nerves after a while.  I also didn't like going shopping with it either as I could fit more in the boot of the classic than the BMW !

I love my new Mini and my classic. It is a bit naff on the space unless you sit in the back and dont have a near 6 foot driver like me!!! We successfully took 3 adults and a weeks worth of luggage on holiday to Cornwall last year with no problems. Fold one seat flat and off you go. As there are only 2 of us we manage the monthly food shop by flattening both rear seats as they go flat there is loads of space then.

I must say though, I dont know how practical they are for a family, baby seat that sort of thing, but as a couples car, its fab!!! I quite like the whining noise........

Quite a bit seems to have happened in the 2 days since I signed on, so here goes:

1) Nikki - I'm ashamed to admit that in the 2 months that Rita's had Bumble the only photos I have taken are under the bonnet for her "show me, tell me" examples. The one that shows you the most is:



2) Yellow hospice bear does have a permanent place in the car.

3) Rita says they are bigger!

3) Someone with a new Mini gave Rita £20ph today to drive her round in their car, so it gets even better.

4) GraciesMum - assume you are talking about the power steering whine and not the supercharger. It's quieter on cars built from July '04 but is non-existent on diesels as they have hydraulic assistance instead of a whining electric motor. There is a lot more engine noise on the diesels though - I haven't plucked up courage to tell Rita that when she came down the road the other day I thought it was a delivery van......

5) We love our new Minis but when we get RealMini back from its rebuild we'll love that too and Sparky will get kicked out of the garage. Probably not in time for Brooklands, but definitely in time for L2B.

Andrew - Ask Rita if she will send in a bit about Bumble for MiniTalk - my mini section!!!

Love the pic, more please!!!!

I'll see what I can do.

well i got a black one and i cant get any thing in the boot as its full off speakers and amps

Look forward to hearing it then! You can't fit much else in the boot anyway.

I think there is a lot of plastic on top of that engine. Does that help with the sound proofing or what or is it just to make it look good. May be BMW have put a 2 cylinder lawn mower engine under it all. That is just a joke be who knows.

BMW buy the diesel engines off Toyota (as they originated in the Yaris) so maybe they've pulled a fast one. Rita says it sounds like a lawn mower but she's not complaining too much as it has halved the amount she spends on fuel.

There's no room for the battery under the bonnet in the diesel so it's under the boot floor, just like a real Mini.

Grace's dad likes New Mini drives as they keep kerbing the wheels and he has to refurbish them. Obviously not as easy to park as the original or they have had very bad driving instructors.

Quoted from GraciesMum

Grace's dad likes New Mini drives as they keep kerbing the wheels and he has to refurbish them. Obviously not as easy to park as the original or they have had very bad driving instructors.

Grace's dad won't like me then as my wheels have just one tiny nick in them after nearly 3½ years of use. I guess I just love my car too much to kerb the wheels.

I'm sure that there are some bad instructors about and things do go wrong on lessons, but Rita gets pretty fed up when her wheels get scuffed.

Anyway a slightly better photo for Nikki, and I've resized the one I posted earlier as I know that if I was on 56k I'd be pretty fed up with people posting 200kB photos.

The stripes of the graphics are interesting as they look black during the day but are white reflective when you shine a light on them at night.

like the stripes on it, suits the car!

got a new car for the weekend, a merc clk230 compressor. well not strictly mine as its the boss' car but it neds a new wheelbearing fitting but been drinking so havent got round to it!

Quoted from redhotmini

like the stripes on it, suits the car!

Thank you!

Quoted from redhotmini

got a new car for the weekend, a merc clk compressor. its got to go back on monday as thats when the test drive finishes!

Sounds great - what was it like?

erm pretty useless! nice car for posing but the mini is so much nicer to drive, i can actually see out of a mini window.

technically it was a test drive as my boss knows nothing about cars so he gave it to me to sort it out but i cant hear the wheelbearing noise over the stereo, exhaust noise and supercharger noise.

i might be driving a bmw m3 next weekend to see whats wrong with that lol

well i broke it

drive shaft poped last night

still under warenty so got picked up 1st class service by bmw see how it gois from hear though

bazzer..........

well its is a mini

What happened to the Germans being good at build quality??

they are just not up to engineering for proper Mini drivers......

Sorry but it is built in the UK so you can't blame the Germans really. Might be to do with the chrysler based engine though.  

as i cant have a bmw mini, im pursuading mum to let me and dad have the 4x4 mini pick up on ebay, i dont think shes having any of it though!

Awww Leanne, they are soooooooooo cool, I keep telling hubby to look out for a cheap trade in little 4X4 so that we can build one, I so want to turn up to work in one....cruise by all the big artics in a stomper mini!!!

humm (p2_innocent)

whaaaaaaaaattttt?

nothing nothing  

theres somthing suspisious about the smilie face after the comment. im very upset today as i still dont own a 4x4 mini and i got outbid on a shorty today and it only went for £72!

hmmmmm yeearrr whats Bazzer finking....

Poor Leanne, keep your ebay finger poised, I'm sure your bargain will come up soon!!!

Quoted from Leanne

theres somthing suspisious about the smilie face after the comment. im very upset today as i still dont own a 4x4 mini and i got outbid on a shorty today and it only went for £72!

Is this the last of the big spenders

cant say u know what i am like