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[stretched]

Hello guys

Juju sorry that was me yelling out the window as i was turning round in the carpark!!!, your quite right i should have introduce my self correctly but at any time that i was near you you was talking to some one else and i didnt want to be rude and just step in like that....

Great morning for tea and chat.... great show room, and some great looking minis there!!!!
I think WP will do really well from that nice little set up

BiMU get them photo's uploaded mate, thats all you was doing is taking photo's

[mab01uk]

what?????NO pics all that way and NO pics dam and blast you...............

Yes and he calls himself a Mini enthusiast.

All that way?............No, only about 20 minutes down the road for me!

No pics?.............Yes, I took a few pics but nothing more or better than had already been posted in Newbambeanos report. Perhaps Juju or some of the other TMF who were there have more pics to share?

Yes and he calls himself a Mini enthusiast...........Yes, have been for more years than I care to remember now, as must be the WP Cabriolet owner who drove all the way from Bristol just to stay for about half an hour yesterday!

[*Raz*]

I'm just erm off to buy some lottery tickets

[Juju]

Great. So I was surrounded by TMFers all day & nobody introduced themselves?
Well, if you don't know what I look like, then fair dos. For those that have seen a pic of me, then grow some social skills!
It's far, far more creepy for someone t post on the internet "I saw you" than for someone to come up to you in person & ask if you are who they think you are.

Minikay - Nice to meet you. Hope you have fun in the midlands, and purlease guard those documents with you life, or Mike will have my ovaries for earrings!!








Granville.

[Juju]

Mike's speech....

*yawn*



Freddy St George in hot scissor action...



Aerial views





Italian Job on loop in the playroom...

[Juju]

Topless twins.









Tony's GT. My fave.













Matilda was hiding quarter of a mile up the road because she's filthy....

[mab01uk]

Thanks so much for sharing Juju, great set of pics!
(Nice to see the special Mini Pick-up again as my late brother once owned it, ask Mike if you want to know the full story............).

Edited by mab01uk, 16 November 2008 - 02:58 PM.

[taffy1967]

Great pictures Juju.

[mk1leg]

Nice pics Juju here is a brochure from 1981...........enjoy.........

















this is what I nearly bought when I was younger ............now I wish I had ..............

[The_Mistro]

im sorry if this is already posted! but i found this discussion on the mini2 forum, about their thoughts on a bmw mini 50! there are a few guys on there which obviously are classic and bmw mini fans! but the odd plonker, one suggested getting paul smith to design a limited edition! wonder where they got that idea from...... can they not think for themselves! and another that thinks 50 to the power of 10 is 500!

Nightfire red with cream/ivory leather with red piping, deep red carpets and gold badging ! Webspokes in gold with polished rims ! a nod to the old skool
Come on BMW do it ! you know it makes sense Make 500 (fifty to the power of 10) as fifty alone is too few

but anyway, here is a link to the thread Clicky Here

Edited by The_Mistro, 18 December 2008 - 10:54 PM.

[mab01uk]

im sorry if this is already posted! but i found this discussion on the mini2 forum, about their thoughts on a bmw mini 50! there are a few guys on there which obviously are classic and bmw mini fans!

After 40 years of owning Minis and being involved since the very beginning of Mini Clubs forming in the late 1970's, it makes me despair to see comments from younger members of the Mini scene like yours aimed at fellow enthusiasts or their cars, just because they have an interest in the new MINI. Like you say many on MINI2 are classic and new MINI fans, have owned classic Minis in the past or like me are lucky enough to own both types.
I am a regular on TMF and MINI2.com and have rarely found any new MINI enthusiasts who dislike classic Minis or there owners and just want to see a united Mini/MINI community.
The problem some classic owners like Taffy still seem to have with BMW is a completely separate issue and should not be aimed at new MINI owners who at the end of the day are just car enthusiasts like yourself, who take a pride in their cars.
Next year at some of the shows (whether I have brought my classic Mini or new MINI) come over for a chat and find out if we are really as nasty as you think?

Edited by mab01uk, 19 December 2008 - 12:22 AM.

[taffy1967]

There he goes naming me again.

to be honest I wouldn't find anything particularly in common with BINI owners, any more than I would with the Austin Maxi owners club.

Their different cars appealing to different people?

[bamby]

to be honest I wouldn't find anything particularly in common with BINI owners, any more than I would with the Austin Maxi owners club.

Their different cars appealing to different people?

i like your thinking Taffy! my thoughts along the same lines

Edited by bamby, 19 December 2008 - 01:02 AM.

[The_Mistro]

i dont think any of them are nasty, its not the owners i have a problem with, its the way BMW have gone about marketing the MINI and gone about producing it! I think that it is a different car from the classic mini, it seems to have lost its heritage, and as one of the mini2 owners said, mini as a standalone company is not 50 years old, so why is it being celebrated as it is!? the mini model is 50 years old, the original design is 50 years old! and the mini name is 50 years old! i think that it is fantastic how the mini culture is carrying on, but its not the same car, the whole point of the original mini was to be a small, cheap family car, and yeah, the new mini is a family car, but its not small and its not cheap! its almost like a fashion item, its a "cool" car, because of its retro design, which to be honest, is a nice design, and it manages to be smart, modern and retro at the same time! it is a nice looking car, and if i had the money, i would have one, but not as a mini, but as a family car!

Edited by The_Mistro, 19 December 2008 - 04:50 PM.

[Markos]

Some pics from the Dutch Mini forum: