Most of those miles were in 1000 mile roundtrips between SE England and NE
Scotland, and I admit ti getting out at the end of the journey somewhat
hunch-backed with a buzzing noise in my ears.
To this day, I can't comfortably drive a car with my legs stretched out!
--
Piers
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From: olympus-owner@xxxxxxxxxx [mailto:olympus-owner@xxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf
Of Andrew Fildes
Sent: 07 September 2005 09:28
To: olympus@xxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [OM] Re: Some guys never learn
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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