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chris.russell - 20/11/05 at 09:54 AM

After spending all day surrounded in fog and not seeing a single ray of sunshine I wke up to find this outside my house. Does the weather think its winter or what!





Looks like snow but its not


Peteff - 20/11/05 at 10:13 AM

Bastards, somebody dumped that on your drive while you couldn't see them ?


omega 24 v6 - 20/11/05 at 10:34 AM

If it's not snow then it's either

1 heluva frosty in your area
or

2 Get the brush and pan out cause all that columbian marching powder could finance some serious locost parts

3 Or maybe the bakers van has shed its load

4 Or maybe it's a load thats been shed some folk have no taste and i would not w***k over a Mini


chris.russell - 20/11/05 at 02:03 PM

well, the car is my neighbours, thats for sure.

The white stuff tastes damned cold and of water so I guess it must have just been a very heavy frost, although it did not stop the kids next door having a "snowball" fight and making "snowmen". winters finally on itys way....


smart51 - 20/11/05 at 02:29 PM

Aw look! A little Christmas mini all covered in icing sugar.


steve_gus - 20/11/05 at 11:22 PM

quote:
Originally posted by chris.russell
well, the car is my neighbours, thats for sure.




yeah, right

must admit, in a moment of madness a couple years back I looked at the mini as an alternative to a company car

when the salesman came over, i couldnt actually say it was for me, and told em it was for my wife. I rapidly went off the idea!





atb

steve


Hellfire - 21/11/05 at 12:00 AM

quote:
Originally posted by steve_gus

must admit, in a moment of madness a couple years back I looked at the mini as an alternative to a company car

when the salesman came over, i couldnt actually say it was for me, and told em it was for my wife. I rapidly went off the idea!





atb

steve


Must admit - so did I, the Cooper S. Backed out when I read the reviews about them overheating and being quite unreliable. Space didn't worry me - which was just as well!

The dealer was so SMUG that's the reason I didn't persue the car any further.


chris.russell - 21/11/05 at 05:15 PM

i did test drive the new mini several years ago and it was a really good drive, I would have got one apart from the boot is almost zero. Went for a focus oil burner instead.

Just foundout is actually was snow afterall, I live and work near Didcot Power Station (<1 mile away) and with all the cold weather the steam coming out of the cooling towers can turn into snow. You learn something new everyday...


steve_gus - 21/11/05 at 07:47 PM

its really only a two seater if you adjust the seat to suit - and im only 5ft 9 and a bit. For a car thats bigger than the original mini, they wasted the space a bit

atb

steve