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[Teapot]

Totally without warning Mrs Teapot has decided to have a midlife 50^th birthday celebration instead of a crisis and has bought a '98 Cooper Sportpack with 34k miles on the clock and one lady owner for 4 grand. It's taxed and Mot'd for 11 months.

As you can see she haggled a bit, thanks largely to some research on the car's MoT history and also to the keen eye of mini guru Dave Perky from our East Devon Club (free dinner owed there).

It's her first mini and she has named him Rocky. We're getting the service and MoT history documents together right now. More anon. The fun starts here!

Edited by Teapot, 16 February 2010 - 02:14 PM.

[lewis]

brilliant! wish my other half would do that

whats the situation with the pickup then? you cant be outdone by the wifes new toy now can you

[minimadjonesy]

Whoo hoo! Finally beat her into submission! A two Mini family....Ah those were the days! We miss Emma's Mini (Dougal) sometimes.

[Sleepy Stu]

Congratulations Mrs Teapot!!!

Looks very nice. Any rust to worry about?

Edited by Stewart_GT, 13 February 2010 - 04:17 PM.

[Teapot]

whats the situation with the pickup then? you cant be outdone by the wifes new toy now can you

New project thread starting soon

Looks very nice. Any rust to worry about?

Yes, but not to worry about yet.
This car started life in a Rover showroom. In its first 2 years it did 109 miles!

[minimininut]

Good decision Mrs Teapot and Happy Birthday!

[E.L.M.O]

It looks great Teapot!
Whats your/her plans?!

[Teapot]

Her plans so far are red seatbelts, red high-heel ankle boots, tight leopardskin trousers, a bubble cut and Fifties pink sunglasses. And the ace of hearts on the roof.
My plans are to hide

Happy Birthday!

Thanks minimininut. It sure wizzed by again.

Edited by Teapot, 13 February 2010 - 05:13 PM.

[E.L.M.O]

red high-heel ankle boots, tight leopardskin trousers, a bubble cut and Fifties pink sunglasses.

Is that Ms teapots plans for you?!

[captainjack15]

Bloomin' awesome

I'm sure she'll be in love

[davej]

Looks gorgeous Mr T

[Bungle]

mini shows will now cost twice as much

[mk1leg]

well Lucky mrs teapot.....looks like a clean-n-tidy for £4000.....................

[benb12]

That's fantastic - looks like a lovely Mini too.

[Teapot]

This is how it went:
On Tuesday she was looking glumly for a smaller car to replace her Pug 207, whose lease is running out. A Micra was in the offing.
On Wednesday night she saw Rocky sitting on a small used-car lot.
On Thursday she test drove him and despite the heavy steering "fell in love." This mystery we all understand, yes?
Yesterday she secured first refusal and went through a long list of questions about his history, and also talked to the MoT garage up the road, where they obligingly called up all the advisories and fails (2) in the last 7 years.
Today she got a second opinion from our mini club expert, who checked the body (magnet to the fore) and also drove it. Then she clinched the deal and paid the deposit.