Driven a couple but went out in a mates rebuilt one this morning. What an absolute riot It's like driving a road legal gokart

I don't care who you are and what you have I dare anybody to drive a Mini and not get out grinning like an idiot

 

fantasic little cars. i have driven a couple and they were both incredable fun, big grin factor!

 

Mine arent on the road at the moment, been a couple of years now, ended up sidelined due to me doing other things, but they will certainly be back at some point.

I find it hard to picture myself ever not owning at least 1 mini, great fun little cars.

 

Chip-3Door
What sort of Minis are yours? Ie,engine etc?

I love Minis,can't wait to get one next year.

 

weve got a mini clubman 1978 model

has been totally coverted into a rally car and has done a few events
it runs a 1480 engine with a single 40 carb with a straight cut box

now we have turned it into a road car and it goes like fook
and yes does handle like a go kart

i have a 420 bhp cosworth and a focus rs but the mini does give you
a big buzz

 

Ive had well over 30 mini's in the past, still got the '97 Amaranth Sportpack I bought new.

 

i was unfortunate to have to drive mini mags 1275 gt to our lockup - think its an x reg (old one lol)

witht he seat right back, it was still cramped and im only 6 foot, the steering wheel was like a bus, too flat and far away, you dont push the pedals, you stand on them
and they noisy slow piles shite

i have driven one, and unless im forced to, i dont think ill drive another

hateful things

 

I want a mini badly!!

found a few red coopers for sale on ebay, want 1 for a laugh as a 2nd car

think a 1600 twin cam rover engine and 5 speed box would be a riot,

red with the wide arches, wide wheels, 4 spots along the grill and a scotland flag on the roof

 

I feel old now, when I started driving,most people started out in one, or Mk1/Mk2 Escort or a Mk1 Fiesta

 

I had one, infact two as the Clubman estate in the background was mine as well



Loads of fun and go round corners very well with limited mods but good tyres.

Mine had a 1340 with a 45dcoe weber and with the 13inch wheels and a 3.1 diff fitted it used to get some funny looks on the motorway at over 100mph

 

I have never been in one! And tbh they dont float my boat, i really dont like small cars. i think the Civic is too small

 

I always hated them and was never a believer in them as i tended to associate them with OAP's. That was until my mate took me out in his 1340 one - handling was superb!

Got the upmost respect for them these days. Theres a guy local to me who has built a 1.6 K series turbo'd mini, and he gets some very good kills

 

I've had three, including bored/stroked/turboed.
Not fast as too much wheelspin, but awsome when going.
tabetha

 

Got a mk1 mini cooper 1964. In need of restoration now as hasnt moved for a few years, Done a few rallys etc in its day. Still got original roll cage in it. Love driving it

 

I;m 6ft 2 and with a bucket seat they are so much fun.

Had a drive of my mates one with just suspension and wheels. SO much fun, definately the closest thing you will get to a go kart.

 

My first Mini was 1971 1275 Mk3 Cooper "S" when I was 18. Fooking loved that car but I sold it and bought a '78 Mk2 RS2000.

 

Hi

I learned to drive in 3 vehicles.

first a Ford transit at work during the day.

Then a Ford cortina 1600E in the evening.

Took my test in a Mini.

year 1972.

 

yes, the handling is just out of this world

 

Definately a car

 

I've had three all good fun but never again

 

I got a few...

170bhp turbo



75bhp 1310 Cooper Monte Carlo (1 of 250 made)



1275 turbo -120bhp race car - 1/4 mile in 14.6



project c20let



a random shell that I want to spaceframe and mid engine.





I might need help - not sure - but I might

 

75bhp 1310 Cooper Monte Carlo (1 of 250 made)



love this car, 4 spots on the grill as well

 

and heres me saying minis are for gay people,,,,,,

 

Loving your collection of Minis Alex.

 

I have one A series one, and one vauxhall engined half built one.

 

theirs a guy on the gt4oc who has a clubman with a calibra red top in the front...and one in the rear..lol

 

Cool.

 

Must be windy

 

What about this one. Pretty quick I reckon
http://www.pistonheads.co.uk/sales/157611.htm

 

I've had 2!! Cant not have one






So much fun to drive, As you say.. I dont give a fuck either! Proper grin factor... I wanna sell it, to buy a faster car.. but every time I get back in it.. that thought goes away

 

My first car was a Mini...a 1982 Miniman lol

I ragged all 998cc of the little blighter to college and back for 2 years, god it was fun

She was Gold

 

my 1380 with no rust, all the good bits, drives like a go kart, really noisy, very cammy, no-one wants to be passenger, agression release, and when it gets to 3k it really goes - till about 7.5k and ........

 

thast unlucky!

They normally don't do that till over 8.5k!

Alex

 

my mam had one for years, i used to borrow it all the time, proper fun little cars

 

Not mine, but how cool

One I took a picture of at Donington