So fond was I of the idiosyncracies of the old Minis - so extreme
that they made Lucas look reasonable - that I even reverted to a
Morris Minor for a while. Now that had some REAL eccentricities.
Overheating was judged by that most immediate of instruments - the
human nose.
Anyone who could do 25,000 miles per year in a Mini in the pommy
climate deserves a medal and immediate hospitalisation for therapy.
Andrewf
On 07/09/2005, at 12:38 AM, Piers Hemy wrote:
> Reminds me of a Mini I once had which was fitted with heated
> washers. That
> particular car did a *lot* of miles (>50000 in 2 years) and they
> did an
> EXCELLENT job of cleaning off the grime, but really came into their
> own as a
> forewarning of engine overheating. The sight of two plumes of steam
> erupting
> from the washer jets caused me to stop and think hard! I didn't try
> operating the washers - would have cracked the screen, most likely.
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