lewishollings
Bright Spark
So, who did the london to brighton this weekend? could be no one but I would love to know if there are any other classic mini owners on the forum? 
Did anyone do the London to Brighton mini run this weekend?!
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lewishollings
Bright Spark
SmokeDarKnight
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WOW thats pretty awesome, must have been a great day. +rep for the amazing photos.
You a Mini owner yourself or just like them?
You a Mini owner yourself or just like them?
lewishollings
Bright Spark
It was mini heaven! I sat in with my mate and went to crystal palace with the Norfolk mini owners club where we camped out for the night, woke up at 5 the next morning for a maccy breakfast and waited for the queue to leave, there were 1000's! And, unfortunately not, but I hope to own one very soon! Once I get employed haha
SmokeDarKnight
Author Level
Must have been a blast, was it old and new style minis or were there rules about which could show up.
I really like the classic mini, when they are looked after they just look amazing.
I really like the classic mini, when they are looked after they just look amazing.
DeadEyeDuk
Superhero Level Poster
Proper minis! Love em!
(None of this "mini-bigger-than-a-Clio" malarky! )
(None of this "mini-bigger-than-a-Clio" malarky!
)lewishollings
Bright Spark
Yes, best weekend out in a while! but yes, any mini could show up but the only thing mini about the new ones is the badge.. But like DeadEye said... proper minis, gotta love em!
I used to have a classic mini (old W reg - 1980ish maybe), but it died (sometime between 1995 and 2000), it got a hole in the oil tank, you put the oil in and an hour or two later, all the oil was on a tray under the car, and at that point the car wasn't worth much anyways.
lewishollings
Bright Spark
Depends what seats you're sitting in! haha, the 2 friends I was sitting in with both had pretty comfy seats tbh, noise seems to be the bigger problem though! :L Also, we got lost on the journey home from Brighton to Norwich so it ended up taking 8 hours to get back -.- chore!
These are the seats I was in:
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Grimezy
Prolific Poster
Aha nice I meant the noise mainly! I work with a bloke who used to have one and he said if you did 50-60mph on a dual carriageway the whole thing started shaking and screeching. He only had the 1 litre though, I know you can get them in a 1.3 as well which probably aren't a huge amount quieter but maybe a little! He was pretty much going to scrap his until he realised he could sell it for £4000...
I meant the noise mainly! I work with a bloke who used to have one and he said if you did 50-60mph on a dual carriageway the whole thing started shaking and screeching. He only had the 1 litre though, I know you can get them in a 1.3 as well which probably aren't a huge amount quieter but maybe a little! He was pretty much going to scrap his until he realised he could sell it for £4000...lewishollings
Bright Spark
Ahhh, we were in a 1 litre! but they can get bloody noisy haha, here's another pic of a couple of my mates, first motorway drive!
This is what we call the Wheeeyb!
This is what we call the Wheeeyb!
lewishollings
Bright Spark
It's a CB Radio, we had a few in the group that were using them so the person at the back can contact the person at the front if the convoy gets broken up, so they slow down or pull over
lewishollings
Bright Spark
In Poland, cb radio is used to inform others where the police is
You can tune into either AM or FM, one of them is illegal in my country I believe!
DeadEyeDuk
Superhero Level Poster
In Poland, cb radio is used to inform others where the police is
In Poland, cb radio listen to you!
lewishollings
Bright Spark
Don't know if anyone on these forums particularly cares but I just got all of the photos off my friends and would like to share a few with you that do care
Firstly, these first pictures are just a few from our own little group, I'd like to introduce you to ruby and Millie! and Anna showing everyone what we thought of the day!
Just some cars we saw on the day, some wacky ones in there like a mini with a bike engine, bean and even a mini sprint replica!
Does anyone recognise this? it has been on television!
Firstly, these first pictures are just a few from our own little group, I'd like to introduce you to ruby and Millie! and Anna showing everyone what we thought of the day!
Just some cars we saw on the day, some wacky ones in there like a mini with a bike engine, bean and even a mini sprint replica!
Does anyone recognise this? it has been on television!
DeadEyeDuk
Superhero Level Poster
I presume the red one was off Top Gear when they went to India and they got Hammond to paint the Mexican flag etc etc?
Also you might be best off posting a link to an image host with all the photos...firstly can see more, but also posting lots of photos means threads take aaaggges to open (see Screenshots thread )
Good stuff though!
Also you might be best off posting a link to an image host with all the photos...firstly can see more, but also posting lots of photos means threads take aaaggges to open (see Screenshots thread
)Good stuff though!
lewishollings
Bright Spark
Indeed they do but I prefer them like this! aha and they don't take that long to load for me :/ and yep, from top gear!