Smitty
10th February 2013, 07:14 PM
Hi Everyone
Some of you might remember me from before...I was previously just "Smitty" and this was my MINI: Smitty's Pure Silver R50 Cooper (http://www.newminiscotland.co.uk/forums/showthread.php?15282-Smitty-s-Pure-Silver-R50-Cooper/page1)
Fantastic to see that the site and the club is still going strong with plenty of old familiar names and faces and lots of new MINI owners too :thumbs up:
Unfortunately, my MINI and I parted company overt two years ago. It was a sad day but we just fell out of love with each other. His boot was too small, he didn't like bumpy farm tracks and fields and wasn't a fan of the word "economical". He didn't get driven the way he should either...the roads down south just aren't fun like in Scotland. He was also starting to leak and creak and it was just time to move on. Still, we had great times together and one day...I'll be a MINI owner again.
Now I drive a rather beautiful Alfa Romeo Guiletta in Alfa Red of course. And no, it hasn't broken down yet!!! For what it lacks in "fun" over the MINI, it makes up for in charisma, class, comfort and torque...and it does 65mpg :D
I'm back for a little bit as I'm having a clear out and got a few old MINI bits I'd like to pass on to a new home. Rather than go down the eBay option - I thought I would try on here first as I was lucky enough to pick up a few bargains from fellow members during my MINI ownership, so I want to repay the favour.
And mods....sorry, I couldn't get my old user name to work, despite multiple password reset requests, hence the new profile.
Cheers
Smitty (Martin)
Some of you might remember me from before...I was previously just "Smitty" and this was my MINI: Smitty's Pure Silver R50 Cooper (http://www.newminiscotland.co.uk/forums/showthread.php?15282-Smitty-s-Pure-Silver-R50-Cooper/page1)
Fantastic to see that the site and the club is still going strong with plenty of old familiar names and faces and lots of new MINI owners too :thumbs up:
Unfortunately, my MINI and I parted company overt two years ago. It was a sad day but we just fell out of love with each other. His boot was too small, he didn't like bumpy farm tracks and fields and wasn't a fan of the word "economical". He didn't get driven the way he should either...the roads down south just aren't fun like in Scotland. He was also starting to leak and creak and it was just time to move on. Still, we had great times together and one day...I'll be a MINI owner again.
Now I drive a rather beautiful Alfa Romeo Guiletta in Alfa Red of course. And no, it hasn't broken down yet!!! For what it lacks in "fun" over the MINI, it makes up for in charisma, class, comfort and torque...and it does 65mpg :D
I'm back for a little bit as I'm having a clear out and got a few old MINI bits I'd like to pass on to a new home. Rather than go down the eBay option - I thought I would try on here first as I was lucky enough to pick up a few bargains from fellow members during my MINI ownership, so I want to repay the favour.
And mods....sorry, I couldn't get my old user name to work, despite multiple password reset requests, hence the new profile.
Cheers
Smitty (Martin)