Ahh, yes...
Having owned around 15 of the old-style Mini's I've got a fair few tales to tell, many fond memories, and a few I'd rather forget.

I think having to plan braking a mile ahead is why I've never hit anything in my long driving history. You get to anticipate things and look further up the road than people who live on their brakes.

As a couple didn't have the poke to pull a greased stick out of a pigs arse, I also learned how to merge into traffic, rather than the plonkers that rush to the end of a slip-road, look and then stop dead.

You get to learn many interesting mechanical skills as well, like field-changing a bypass hose, water pump, starter motor, distributor, etc.

And to top it all, we've got legends like David Vizard and Paddy Hopkirk to look up to. Who do you look up to if you've got something like a new Corsa? (well, possibly the AA man).
(Kliper Filllets Getting noticed by twats on the internet since, Thu 29 Apr 2010, 11:40, Reply)