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    Hi and good bye for a while

    Hi have just been a follower for last 12months on here- not had much so say.  Am posting just to let you all know that I have sold my buggy to a very nice Scotts man. He too spends a lot of time on here but I don't think he is a member yet. I am going to use the money to rebuild A mini estate as...
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    imm 2009

    hi all, is anyone coming to imm2009 in brum this year? it's right nextdoor to where the longbridge factory used to be.  if you haven't already book then i'm sorry but you cannot camp on site, but the show is open to the public during the day on the sat and sun.  think it's £15 on the gate. ...
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    rolling road.

    hi all, just got back from a great day out with my local mini owners club (miniaddicts).  we went to a rolling road and had a shoot out.  i was in the unmodified 1275 class.  was winning for a while but ended up coming second with 64 Bhp at 5600 rpm, 307 foot pounds of torque at the wheels.  am...
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    gallery

    danny, i was looking through the gallery a few moments ago. i noticed that the pics of john ways free style had 600+ comments. opened the pics and found they were all invites to buy perscription drugs. thought you would want to know.
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    i had to share

    http://vili.us/hypno.html
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    has anyone else had this??

    when i took the buggy for the mot, the tester raised an eyebrow when he was checking the front breaks. the buggy was on the test rollers. when he applied the breaks, the arch appeared to roll forward. we swapped places so he could see. of coarse, i didn't push the peddle as much as him...
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    obviously i am the only shift worker

    well its only 02:38 and i appear to be the only one still aake!!! can i just say that if you are working shifts and hate your job ( as do i) then a 1 litre bottle of vodka and a 2 litre bottle of coke will not help you sleep. i feel i am qualified to telll you this a as i finished my shift at...
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    gauge

    is anyone using a gauge that is the same diameter as the old mini type? i'm using an old mini one at mo but i think the damp has got to it and its just not moving anymore. i brought a new one at a show but its a capillary one and the tube isn't long enough. does anyone use a similar sized...
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    blew out the cobwebs

    hi started the buggy and took it out for a spin today for the first time since my boy was born ( he is now twelve weeks). it started first turn of the key. no, no i cannot lie, she was a bitch to start. removed tarp and cracked wheel arch. refitted batt and cracked the...
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    indicators

    does anyone else have a problem with indicators when the vehicle is standing. when ever i come to a junction, they work on approach and then stop as the buggy stops. some as i pull away, they start again! any ideas?? :shock:
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    spi for sale

    we are waiting on the iminent arrival of my second born and so i hav had to make some choices. it was the buggy, the 1340 or the spi rover cooper that had to go. therefore, would anyone be interested i a spi rover cooper ( not as a doner, as in good knick). white / black roof. M reg 56,000...
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    hi deano

    hi welcome to the forum. dave.w ps thanks for making me welcome with the addicts
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    varients

    just been looking through the gallery on the main site. was wondering if anyone knows how shaggy's k- series and the bike engined varients are coming along?
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    very quiet

    well it was a queit weekend on the forum this weekend. is everyone ok? hope no one is fighting the floods the sun is shining this morning so buggy is out the garage, waiting for tweenies to finish on the telly and then the daughter (3 years old) and i are off on a long drive along the north...
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    flooding

    does anyone live near santa pod? is it an area that is being effected by the floods. is anyone being effected by the floods. looking at the vids of dave, the buggies seem to be fine driving through water. :wink:
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