03-06-2014, 06:43 AM
Ah I miss the mornings of playing "will the mini start or not today" haha
On the rust front though, my sister has only ever driven minis since she passed her test, so first, second and third cars have all been different mini models haha.
Anyway, she picked up a '94 spi with 23k on the clock from new off this old lady, one owner and garaged from day one, so as you suspect it was mint.
14 months of daily driving and it it started to rust everywhere, despite having a thorough clean most weekends. It's the blue one you might have seen in the background of some of my project threads haha.
Just about to go back on the road actually the engine died last summer when it overheated in traffic, all rust sorted and repainted but still, it's insane how badly the later minis rot compared to a mk1 or 2
On the rust front though, my sister has only ever driven minis since she passed her test, so first, second and third cars have all been different mini models haha.
Anyway, she picked up a '94 spi with 23k on the clock from new off this old lady, one owner and garaged from day one, so as you suspect it was mint.
14 months of daily driving and it it started to rust everywhere, despite having a thorough clean most weekends. It's the blue one you might have seen in the background of some of my project threads haha.
Just about to go back on the road actually the engine died last summer when it overheated in traffic, all rust sorted and repainted but still, it's insane how badly the later minis rot compared to a mk1 or 2
Current stable
'09 Mercedes E320cdi wagon
'99 306 gti6
'09 Mercedes E320cdi wagon
'99 306 gti6