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[MiniJosh92]

When you park in a car park then every time you return have a brief moment of panic when you can't see the mini & think 'oh my god its been stolen' then just realise its hiding behind all the other cars in the car park!

[BenH]

haha iv spent the last 10 minutes laughing with my missis by how true this is! makes owning a mini just so god dam fun.

To add..

when you pull up next to a lorry and try and touch its wheels

the only car thats lower than you is a caterham

you go through the drive through you have to look up

you go to a car park and your tempted to just drive under the barrier

potholes and other minis are the only thing you look out for on the road

[minisilverbullet]

...when you get offended when people try to buy your car.

Yes true.........I have actually had genuine offers of around 5 grand, while waiting at lights on 2 occasions

[Nick '91]

Im amazed at not only how true these are but also the fact only about 4 of them havnt happened to me (wish the 5k offers wasn't on that list), was about to add the loosing it in carparks one but minijosh beat me to it, however still had to post.

[sazal]

When you see a mini and suddenly screech out "MMIINNII!" in some strange high pitched excited voice, that you never make at any other time, leaving anyone around wondering what just happened to you!

[the-green-monkey]

going round a round about and your dad says slow the fudge down n you look at the speedo and its 25mph.

OMG i thought that was just me!

[Burnard]

When you slow right down to drive under height limits, just to see how much free space there is.

Edited by Burnard, 23 February 2010 - 11:11 PM.

[mini_stella]

when you drive around with the heater on full blast and the window open no matter what weather to stop the mini from getting too hot.

[mini_mad69]

...when the first question anyone asks you is "hows the mini?".

That actualy starts to get annoying after a while.

when you drive around with the heater on full blast and the window open no matter what weather to stop the mini from getting too hot.

Yeah, drove 3 hours too MITP with the heater on with all the windows open.



When people only know of you by recognising your car.

When someone flashes you and you stop too see whats fallen off.

When you carry your toolbox with you

[twrminisport]

You feel the urge to flick it sideways round roundabouts at 2am and in multistorey car parks

[pockets]

....When you get out at the end of your journey with a shooting pain up your right side of your body from having your foot & leg at an awkard angle so you can use the accelerator pedal (maybe thats just me)

....When you have to use your wipers when driving through even a small puddle.


....When you have to back the driver's window winder back a little bit so that you can rest your knee against the door.


....When you're not sure if you're on dipped or main beam.


....When you wonder if your number plate will survive that pothole/road kill coming up.


....When you stop using the wipers and would rather put up with a bit of light rain than hear two feeble wiper arms just muster enough electrical current to smear themselves all over the windscreen whilst making a sound like a cat being tortured.

....When you've just washed & chamoised your car and you don't want to use the washer jets because you know you'll get loads of water all over the front again.

....When you have to jam a bit of card in the ashtray to stop it rattling/opening.

[benb12]

When you can turn round in cul-de-sacs without selecting reverse...

....When you stop using the wipers and would rather put up with a bit of light rain than hear two feeble wiper arms just muster enough electrical current to smear themselves all over the windscreen whilst making a sound like a cat being tortured.

I laughed so hard at that!

Edited by benb12, 24 February 2010 - 10:38 AM.

[Minigirl]

when your going down a dual carigageway at night and suddenly all your electrics die and you're leftin complete darkness

i love all of whats been posted up and most of them have happened to me too!

[minimad01]

when your girlfriend tells you youv got to spend less time working on the mini an more time with her

[The_Mistro]

when your girlfriend tells you youv got to spend less time working on the mini an more time with her

hahaha so true, but i normally come back with "yes but if i dont fix it i cant take you anywhere"