I finally did it...
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...I bought a daily driver and put the mini into partial retirement! Had no choice after the recent spate of breakdowns. It's a Renaultsport Clio 182, bit different from the mini. But: 180bhp, 0-60 in 7.1, 140mph, 35+mpg (I get 40 most days) and £860 a year for insurance (and I'm a young lad). It's got automatic xeons (they come on on their own) automatic wipers (ditto) and trac control, ABS, ESP, auto climate control, leather seats, trip computer, bla bla bla. It's not a "cup pack" though but I'm happy. Great handling but also real comfy too. Pulls hard from idle and is really flexable. Can highly recommend to someone looking for something fun but easy to live with and has all the frills!

you'll love how they handle!

Best 1/4 mile 13.2 seconds @116 mph
First 5 port miniturbo to make over 200 bhp on a carb?
First 5 port miniturbo to make over 200 bhp on Injection?

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They both look great, you will miss the mini though, i miss mine.

Manchester Minis

That's a good modern Mini if you know what I mean.

Interestingly, I have a propper car but use a mini as a daily driver.

Fastest 998 mini in the world? 13.05 1/4 mile 106mph

Yeah it is a great handler and it's not too much of a chav-wagon (well I don't think so). You get peace in it too, no one likes getting passed by a mini but they don't care in the Clio. Mini is still standard MG metro but I have an ever increasing stockpile of turbo related parts under my bed. Mini has a 3 point roll bar and reverse rims but no much else special. I have another car in the process but it looks like a shed now. Can you guess what it is?

What it's like now (well it's in primer and is all flushed out at the mo):
Ignore the pink engine!


What is should look like:

That last pic looks like its all gone a bit Pete Tong, should be keeping it on the black bits

Love that Cooper S classic look of your mini though

What car is that? Is it a MGC 3litre engine??

its a holden lj? torana i dunno much about them, but my mate has one with a 308ci v8 goes good

1152cc turboed mini clubman, most powerful 1.1L a-series?

http://boostmini.justboard.net/

Yeah but I guess 400+bhp and a light live axel car could be a bit of a handful! Yeah the previous owner had those wheels on the mini when I bought it (although he kept them and I had to source my own) and the cage too so I kept it the way it is. It's russet brown with an ivory roof, it has bumpers on it now though. The plan is the T2 and Mirage set up for a bit of a sleeper theme.

Come on try and guess what the other car is! Whoever gets it right gets a bag of revels!

pink engine!

Hmmmmmmmm............. did you paint it jay??.

if not i bet the guy was super camp who did ......

Edited by BENROSS on 17th Aug, 2006.

Aw an Aussie spoils the fun! Yeah Torana but it's an LX. It's a Holden "red" six, a 3 litre with about 200bhp. It's going though and making room for a 350 stroker small block chev and hopefully a Tremec 5 speed. It's 1 of 2 Toranas in the UK! Sorry can't post my revels to OZ and I only have 2 left.

torana's are awsome cars, i love the SLR5000 guards

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