Marvin's miserable miniature motors
Posted: Wed Jun 15, 2022 9:17 pm
I thought that i had better start a tread detailing my miss adventures with the smol cars that are in the fleet.
longest suffering vehicle is Cocopop, a 1997 Rover Mini Cooper Sport. This volcano orange car has been in mine since, i think 2008. or was it 2007? i don't know..... its been mine for a bit! you could argue that this car is the start of my midlife crisis, even though i was in (just) my thirties when i bought it! the colour and the leather trim swung me towards buying the car originally, the big daft wheels, and a comically large turning circle are not really my thing. but the car came with them from Longbridge. incidentally this car was registered on 23/12/97 so a christmas present for some one? the car is in pretty good nick, even for a mini, though there are bits on the body that want some attention, the passenger door wants something doing with it, i have got a new genuine MGR one to go on, and there some other bits that want doing too. problem i'm having is finding someone trustworthy to do the work as the fella we used to go to has given it up, and i've had several bad experiences with bodyshops charging top dollar, and then doing a shoddy job.
longest suffering vehicle is Cocopop, a 1997 Rover Mini Cooper Sport. This volcano orange car has been in mine since, i think 2008. or was it 2007? i don't know..... its been mine for a bit! you could argue that this car is the start of my midlife crisis, even though i was in (just) my thirties when i bought it! the colour and the leather trim swung me towards buying the car originally, the big daft wheels, and a comically large turning circle are not really my thing. but the car came with them from Longbridge. incidentally this car was registered on 23/12/97 so a christmas present for some one? the car is in pretty good nick, even for a mini, though there are bits on the body that want some attention, the passenger door wants something doing with it, i have got a new genuine MGR one to go on, and there some other bits that want doing too. problem i'm having is finding someone trustworthy to do the work as the fella we used to go to has given it up, and i've had several bad experiences with bodyshops charging top dollar, and then doing a shoddy job.