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Car Forum / MINI / May 2006do i or dont i
Hi Guys I have a 1984 mini mayfair. Wich has sat on my drive for some 5 years resulting in rust in the usual places! I am thinking of getting it going again, but with my lack of mechanical skills I have to pay for the work to be done. The engine is is fine a friend managed to fire it up after so long, but there is still an electrical fault. my questionns to the group are. is it worh the expence to have the car prepared for MOT ? or will it be cheaper buying another Mini and using mine as a donor? is there a reliable garage i can take my car to in west london? i ask the above cos the car is in ok condition its rusty but not a rust bucket she needs sills, welding on subframes, A panels and doors. plus cosmetics. thanks G > Hi Guys > [quoted text clipped - 19 lines] > > thanks G If what you have described about your car is correct, then repair this car rather than scrap it, the cost of buying another mini would pay for the repair, and there are already plenty of donor parts around if you need them, Fitzy > Hi Guys > [quoted text clipped - 19 lines] > > thanks G Pick it up, and throw it in the trash. Get a real car made for humans, not hobbits. Or you could do something really stupid like say buy a BMW with an identity crises that thinks it's a MINI which is really a car for FAGS! > Or you could do something really stupid like say buy a BMW with an > identity crises that thinks it's a MINI which is really a car for FAGS! Or you could take a flying leap off of London Bridge. And you just said that your mini, is a car for fags. I hope you can speak English better than you write. I would be inclined to get it repaired. Mini panels and rear subframes are still relatively inexpensive. It is pre engine management systems, which has to be a bonus. It's a 1984 mini - doesn't that put it close to tax exempt.  Signature"Your Only Supposed To Blow The Bloody Doors Off!" > I would be inclined to get it repaired. Mini panels and rear subframes > are still relatively inexpensive. It is pre engine management systems, > which has to be a bonus. It's a 1984 mini - doesn't that put it close > to tax exempt. Sadly no as the tax exempt status stopped rolling when Labour came to power in 1997, so unless your Mini was made before 1973, you still have to pay road tax. Taffy ------------- Get FREE newsgroup access from http://www.cheap56k.com >I would be inclined to get it repaired. Mini panels and rear subframes > are still relatively inexpensive. It is pre engine management systems, > which has to be a bonus. It's a 1984 mini - doesn't that put it close > to tax exempt. hi Flash, It may be coming up to 25 years old ,but I believe it will never be eligible for tax exemption, Fitzy Cheers guys, Will start saving up the pennies !!! Look forward to lots of questions G >>I would be inclined to get it repaired. Mini panels and rear subframes >> are still relatively inexpensive. It is pre engine management systems, [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > eligible for tax exemption, > Fitzy Very soon me thinks with the current government they will scrap car tax! you will all pay congestion charge for the time your on the road, all cars will need a small box fitted, they will be tracked by satellite, ( not sci fi, these are being trailed right now) or even worse car tax + congestion tax! Steve. > Cheers guys, > [quoted text clipped - 11 lines] >> eligible for tax exemption, >> Fitzy > Very soon me thinks with the current government they will scrap car tax! you > will all pay congestion charge for the time your on the road, all cars will > need a small box fitted, they will be tracked by satellite, ( not sci fi, > these are being trailed right now) or even worse car tax + congestion tax! > > Steve. Trailed or trialled ? Most likely they will be scrap heap taxed. Lucky for me I walk to work, but its also a matter of time before my company are forced to charge employees to park, there is a levi on business car parking, so companies will have to recoop the money some how, all the other companies around me including my HQ in London charge already! Lucky for me I have a permit which entitles me to free park as i dont at my satelite branch. J > Very soon me thinks with the current government they will scrap car tax! > you will all pay congestion charge for the time your on the road, all cars [quoted text clipped - 19 lines] >>> eligible for tax exemption, >>> Fitzy The wife works for the NSH. They charge £150 for her to park at work. And they wonder why noone wants to work for the NHS. The Muffin Man > Lucky for me I walk to work, but its also a matter of time before my > company are forced to charge employees to park, there is a levi on [quoted text clipped - 30 lines] >>>> eligible for tax exemption, >>>> Fitzy ------------- Get FREE newsgroup access from http://www.cheap56k.com hey its the local elections tomorrow, make your voice heard! Steve. > The wife works for the NSH. They charge £150 for her to park at work. > And they wonder why noone wants to work for the NHS. [quoted text clipped - 39 lines] > ------------- > Get FREE newsgroup access from http://www.cheap56k.com There is no election here. I do make my voice heard at every opportunity :D The Muffin Man > hey its the local elections tomorrow, make your voice heard! > [quoted text clipped - 44 lines] >> ------------- >> Get FREE newsgroup access from http://www.cheap56k.com ------------- Get FREE newsgroup access from http://www.cheap56k.com Im gonna vote labour, because I want foreign criminals to run riot, all senior ministers should have affairs with secretaries, nurses should all be sacked, ministers should all smoke dope, tax on small cars should go up as high as 5litre 4x4's, inheritance tax should be higher, more speed cameras, i want a disillusioned police force, i want crap parole officers, terrible social workers, I want paedophiles living next to schools, i want less local services for higher council tax, i want my rubbish taken away every fortnight, i want elderly ladies arrested for hitting muggers on the head, I want human guinei pigs killed, I dont want the English to wave english flags in Germany and do spitfire impressions.....oh its already all here...cool.....:-( > There is no election here. I do make my voice heard at every opportunity > :D [quoted text clipped - 53 lines] > ------------- > Get FREE newsgroup access from http://www.cheap56k.com > Im gonna vote labour, because I want foreign criminals to run riot, all > senior ministers should have affairs with secretaries, nurses should all be [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > in Germany and do spitfire impressions.....oh its already all > here...cool.....:-( I know it's bloody depressing, I really thought things would get better in the UK when Labour came to power in 1997, well any morons would be better after years of Tory damage, but well as you just said ahem. Yes Tony your a prat! Taffy > > There is no election here. I do make my voice heard at every opportunity > > :D [quoted text clipped - 53 lines] > > ------------- > > Get FREE newsgroup access from http://www.cheap56k.com ------------- Get FREE newsgroup access from http://www.cheap56k.com He's not such a bad bloke, he only sent 103 British members of the armed forces to their deaths as they had insuffiecient body armour, and averaged 25 years old, look at Bush, far worse record...:-) >> Im gonna vote labour, because I want foreign criminals to run riot, all >> senior ministers should have affairs with secretaries, nurses should all [quoted text clipped - 91 lines] > ------------- > Get FREE newsgroup access from http://www.cheap56k.com > He's not such a bad bloke, he only sent 103 British members of the armed > forces to their deaths as they had insuffiecient body armour, and averaged > 25 years old, look at Bush, far worse record...:-) Oh I know all this Iraq war stuff and there we were thinking Tony knew something we didn't and it was all justified and it turns out he didn't after all! Anyway if your reading this Tony sort the bloody trains out and give us real Mini owners a tax brake or something, for god's sake our cars are tiny and are a significant British creation which surely deserves a rebate of some kind for being amazing and special etc? Taffy > >> Im gonna vote labour, because I want foreign criminals to run riot, all > >> senior ministers should have affairs with secretaries, nurses should all [quoted text clipped - 91 lines] > > ------------- > > Get FREE newsgroup access from http://www.cheap56k.com ------------- Get FREE newsgroup access from http://www.cheap56k.com Blunket should look into it.... >> He's not such a bad bloke, he only sent 103 British members of the armed >> forces to their deaths as they had insuffiecient body armour, and [quoted text clipped - 127 lines] > ------------- > Get FREE newsgroup access from http://www.cheap56k.com > Blunket should look into it.... Ohhhhh that's cruel, LOL Taffy > >> He's not such a bad bloke, he only sent 103 British members of the armed > >> forces to their deaths as they had insuffiecient body armour, and [quoted text clipped - 127 lines] > > ------------- > > Get FREE newsgroup access from http://www.cheap56k.com ------------- Get FREE newsgroup access from http://www.cheap56k.com I sent our request to Tony. at http://www.number10.gov.uk I'll update you as to what he says Please others do the same >> He's not such a bad bloke, he only sent 103 British members of the armed >> forces to their deaths as they had insuffiecient body armour, and [quoted text clipped - 127 lines] > ------------- > Get FREE newsgroup access from http://www.cheap56k.com I actually cant vote, no election locally, but if I could, think It would be UKIP, close down the borders and become self sufficient for the next 10 years! >I sent our request to Tony. > [quoted text clipped - 141 lines] >> ------------- >> Get FREE newsgroup access from http://www.cheap56k.com |
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