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Car Forum / MINI / December 2003Minis to Colombia?????
Hi All A good friend of mine wants to import a few minis into Colombia.Seems he had so much fun in ours when he was here! Where should he look for them? The Uk or in OZ. The advantage of OZ is that i can look at them beforehand Any other ideas as to where to buy or were to start and any shipping info. THANKS STUART SYDNEY Well you could try http://www.barnhillminis.co.uk/ for a kick off? Taffy > Hi All > A good friend of mine wants to import a few minis into Colombia.Seems he [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > STUART > SYDNEY > A good friend of mine wants to import a few minis into Colombia.Seems he > had so much fun in ours when he was here! > Where should he look for them? The Uk or in OZ. In the UK you will be able to find more recent models than Australia since our last Minis were built in 1978. Cars in the UK depreciate so fast that a 10 year old UK Mini will be price competitive with a 25 year old Aussie Mini, and will have disk brakes, 1275 motor, etc. On the other hand, a 25 year old Aussie Clubman will probably have very little rust compared to any Brit Mini. Does he want something special, a CooperS, a round front or a clubman front, an injected Mini? Has he considered a Moke? > The advantage of OZ is that i can look at them beforehand > Any other ideas as to where to buy or were to start and any shipping > info. No one here will have any shipping info for Sydney or UK to Columbia, thats just too "odd". Chances are that a 20' shipping contained will be cheaper than moving the car as a car, in which case, you may as well ship two Minis and lots of spares, since the second Mini won't cost any extra to ship. Of course if you're shipping Mokes, you can probably get more like 4 into a 20' contained with a little ingenuity.... The advantage of Oz is that it wont have been dunked in salt water for half of the year. The Muffin Man > Hi All > A good friend of mine wants to import a few minis into Colombia.Seems he [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > STUART > SYDNEY no no no not aussie mini's keep them here or get him to move to australia permanantly makka > The advantage of Oz is that it wont have been dunked in salt water for half > of the year. [quoted text clipped - 11 lines] > > STUART > > SYDNEY no stuie not aussie mini's we don't have enuff left makka > Hi All > A good friend of mine wants to import a few minis into Colombia.Seems he [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > STUART > SYDNEY Hey Makka I was thinking of going to NZ and stripping the place clean!!! STUART Flame away!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! > no stuie not aussie mini's we don't have enuff left > makka [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] > > STUART > > SYDNEY "stuie" <stuie87@optusnetSPAM.com.au> wrote in news:3fc45f7e$0$20395 $afc38c87@news.optusnet.com.au: > Hey Makka > I was thinking of going to NZ and stripping the place clean!!! > STUART > Flame away!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Just try it! :) splam splam i'm trying to get tuim to get me a set of metro or later 8.4 disks makka > "stuie" <stuie87@optusnetSPAM.com.au> wrote in news:3fc45f7e$0$20395 > $afc38c87@news.optusnet.com.au: [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > > splam who the f**k is Tuim? Tim ( no U LOL) > splam i'm trying to get tuim to get me a set of metro or later 8.4 disks > makka [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] > > > > splam sorry tim it should have been tum you know with the een zed accent ;) makka > who the f**k is Tuim? > [quoted text clipped - 12 lines] > > > > > > splam To late the yanks have already been and stripped away all the family jewles! 600 Mini's alone last year shipped to the USA and that was just from the South Island > Hey Makka > I was thinking of going to NZ and stripping the place clean!!! [quoted text clipped - 14 lines] > > > STUART > > > SYDNEY > To late the yanks have already been and stripped away all the family > jewles! 600 Mini's alone last year shipped to the USA and that was > just from the South Island :~( > > To late the yanks have already been and stripped away all the family > > jewles! 600 Mini's alone last year shipped to the USA and that was > > just from the South Island > :~( Are they better off as old unloved cars approaching the end of their service life in NZ or as much loved expensive restoration projects in the US? > Are they better off as old unloved cars approaching the end of their > service life in NZ or as much loved expensive restoration projects in > the US? Well, I saved my grandmothers car from this fate, and it was by no means unloved. I think all to often aging owners think that selling their cars to these 'mini people' will keep the car alive. - to often their stripped and wrecked with the shiny bits going on another car to be sold for a mint overseas. I've no qualms with people enjoying mini's - but selling them for stupidly large amounts really bothers me. > I've no qualms with people enjoying mini's - but selling them for stupidly > large amounts really bothers me. Hey, when the time comes for me to part company with a vehicle, I'm always looking for someone who wants to give me stupidly large amounts of money! > > I've no qualms with people enjoying mini's - but selling them for stupidly > > large amounts really bothers me. > > Hey, when the time comes for me to part company with a vehicle, I'm > always looking for someone who wants to give me stupidly large amounts > of money! I get the impression that the complete Mini market (as opposed to parts) is easing up a little in the US now. We are still sending 20 percent of our turnover to the US in parts though. Long may it continue, I say!  SignatureRgds Steve steve@dsnclassics.co.uk www.dsnclassics.co.uk hiya why look in uk or us ? mini's were in production in Venesuela for some time and quite popular, although made from GRP which is no bad thing as they dont rust. fragged > Hi All > A good friend of mine wants to import a few minis into Colombia.Seems he [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > STUART > SYDNEY |
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