Nice People 12: Nice in Nice

zagubov

Minis are brilliant cars. You're so close to the road that you feel you're roaring along in a racing car until you look up and see kids on the pavement overtaking you in their tricycles.

On our way north a couple of weeks ago we saw tons of minis all different and customised travelling presumably to some rally. In fact on several years we've seen the same. Bit of a cult car.

We drove ours into the ground really. When we bought our first new car, they gave us a trade-in offer before they saw the mini we were bringing. We practically stripped out everything valuable and rolled it down into their car park. If looks could kill..... I think we left the engine in it or we might have transferred it to the lawn mower. Need to check.:)

Doozergirl

zagubov wrote: »

Minis are brilliant cars. You're so close to the road that you feel you're roaring along in a racing car until you look up and see kids on the pavement overtaking you in their tricycles.

On our way north a couple of weeks ago we saw tons of minis all different and customised travelling presumably to some rally. In fact on several years we've seen the same. Bit of a cult car.

We drove ours into the ground really. When we bought our first new car, they gave us a trade-in offer before they saw the mini we were bringing. We practically stripped out everything valuable and rolled it down into their car park. If looks could kill..... I think we left the engine in it or we might have transferred it to the lawn mower. Need to check.:)

Mini in The Park at Santa Pod - near Nikkster - was on the weekend of the 10th?

chewmylegoff

Doozergirl wrote: »

They're not going to know about the £5 tin of enamel paint that puts the premium up by the GDP of a small country.

You can get a king size mattress and a chest of drawers in a MINI. This is fact. It's either big enough or you have somewhere to sleep and put your clothes if your other half still thinks it's too small.

Win/win.

How old is your MINI? If I downsize, it will be in January.

It's a 58 plate Cooper S with JCW kit from Jan 09. 11,000 miles

Cherished mini are selling a similar one for £13k. Autotrader suggests that cherished mini may struggle to find someone who meets their valuation!

Doozergirl

chewmylegoff wrote: »

It's a 58 plate Cooper S with JCW kit from Jan 09. 11,000 miles

Cherished mini are selling a similar one for £13k. Autotrader suggests that cherished mini may struggle to find someone who meets their valuation!

JCW kit as in it has the nice aero body kit or the engine has been bumped up as well? My Countryman SD is worth about £13k on a 12 plate.

I will mention to the doozer as it might make some sense.

zagubov

Doozergirl wrote: »

Mini in The Park at Santa Pod - near Nikkster - was on the weekend of the 10th?

Hmmm I remember Santa Pod but this was on the way north so almost a week earlier.:o

Anyhoo, nighty-night! (that'd be a good title for a TV show!) :whistle:

chewmylegoff

It doesn't have the body kit just the engine remap, upgraded air filter and silly exhaust (which was fitted when it was about six months old from memory). The noise the silly exhaust makes in enclosed spaces is pretty much my favourite thing ever...

Doozergirl

chewmylegoff wrote: »

It doesn't have the body kit just the engine remap, upgraded air filter and silly exhaust (which was fitted when it was about six months old from memory). The noise the silly exhaust makes in enclosed spaces is pretty much my favourite thing ever...

Mine was remapped by the technical director here: http://www.viezu.com
Well respected but freebie as they needed to write the software or whatever it is they do for the engine I have, as it was new, so the stuff they give their dealers to sell to make cars go faster or run more economically is based off my engine. You can tell I'm technically minded.

Generali

PasturesNew wrote: »

I was watching some programme on the telly last night - a Liverpool comedian, John (?) Bishop, had cycled from Sydney to Cairns when he was 25.... and now he's 47 he went back. But he realised that when he was 25 he just got on his bike and cycled.... so this time he stopped and looked at some places.

He went to the Blue Mountains - and there was some old fella with an 1800s US-style "old timer" beard.... is that him?

The Man from Snowy River was set further from Sydney than that. It was a TV programme. It could be the same bloke I guess.

vivatifosi

Yorkie1 wrote: »

You're not wrong there :eek:

Today's been an expensive day too - 4 new tyres on the car at MOT / service :eek:

That's weird. My car was MOT'd yesterday too. Did pass, but with several advisories. Nice man in garage then told me how to fix two of them myself, will cost a total of about £20 from Halfords. I will however need brake discs and pads in the next few months. MOT not due until mid Sept but I get it done in the window before that so I have time to put right bits, without changing due date.

zagubov wrote: »

Didn't you live in Aus back then? Or does it just never snow there at all?

No def UK. I'd been back ages before then. I came back while at junior school.

PasturesNew

neverdespairgirl wrote: »

Cufflinks aren't necessarily particularly expensive.

But the shirts to go with them will be more expensive, on average, than shirts with buttons.