No, it’s not an apparition, I really am writing a post! One about an event that Keith didn’t go to either!
Back in April 2010 my wife suddenly announced that she’d booked a hotel and bought advanced tickets for Mini In The Park (MITP) at Santa Pod in Wellingborough.
We had been to MITP previously when [...]
I would like to be able to say that it is a personal experience with MINI Customer Services, however that would mean that I have achieved a (seemingly impossible) dream of owning a MINI!
This story comes from Eagleswings on the MINI2 forum:
MINI Bursts Into Flames
MINI Bursts Into Flames
I am a driving instructor and bought a [...]
I am on leave for a fortnight. I have a few options for things that I can do while my wife is looking after her 95 year old grandmother:
1. Watch TV.
2. Play on the internet. Again.
3. Go Geocaching.
4. Go take the engine out of the dented Mini I have [...]
Anyone who does not know what this means really should. It means “Buyer Beware”. This is as important in Mini ownership as anywhere else, if not more so.
Depending on what you’re buying, it could save you life if it’s good or kill you if it’s bad.
My latest example is a steering wheel that I bought [...]
I mentioned yesterday that I had replaced the float in the fuel tank in an attempt to get the fuel gauge on the dashboard.
I will write in the next couple of days how I did that, it’s really not difficult and I remembered to take at least a few photos for illustration purposes.
That said, it [...]
Well, having just upgraded the blog software to the latest version I thought I’d take a look to see the last time I wrote a post on this ‘ere site.
February!! I cannot believe it!
I must applaud Keith for doing such a fine job over the last months, and long may his posting continue! Oh, apologies [...]
It’s not very often that I get to make a news post on the site, and this one is yet more bad news.
According to the BBC News website, BMW has confirmed that 850 jobs are being shed at the Cowley plant in Oxford:
All agency workers who did the weekend shift at the factory have lost [...]
Everybody knows that the 1969 Michael Caine Italian Job ended with the gang attempting to recover the gold from the end of the bus whilst it was hanging over the edge of the cliff. Big William was the driver but who gets the blame for stacking the gold in one neat pile in [...]
So, with a little over 24 hours since I decided to move server, it’s done – at least for this domain!
There will be a few kinks until I can get them all ironed out, in the meantime we return you to your scheduled programming!
Many thanks for your patience!
According to Motoring File, Mini USA is recalling the 2009 John Cooper Works MINIs.
The suggestion seems to be that the brakes are either not up to the job, the wrong size or not what the original specification said.
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration in its recalls summary pointed out that the affected vehicles have the [...]
