Passed! Finally.
- Thread starter Hxc
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nice oneis the mini road legal?
Just taxed it and now onto the hunt for any sort of reasonable insurance!
Flux are crap compared to Footman James. Have been calling round all sorts for the past few hours and just paid £675 TPFT for a years insurance with FJ. Quality
Going out with step dad to learn the ropes of the car tonight. Gonna be a big change from a diesel corolla!Fully in my own name etc.
Footman James mate. They destroy all of the other insurers for classics when you are young!. I don't earn no claims but in all honestly if I was on a real car policy rather than classic I'd be paying SO much more it just wouldn't be worth it.
1.3i 1992 cooper
Took it out tonight and it was rather eventful! Blew a fuse, it's been standing for a while and it died of shock, leaving us with no brake lights or indicators. Was er, "fun".
Very, very different. Changing gear takes some thought as you've gotta really find the gear rather than just push right down and right up etc. Pulling away requires muuuch more throttle than I'm used to, causing a couple of stalls!
After replacing the fuse for the lights/indicators we now have no fuel pump for some reason, going to look into it properly tommorrow.
Enjoying it, though. Handling is something else compared to the Corolla.
Definitely up for a Norwich meet when I'm used to actually driving the car! Won't be able to do anything that requires over 18ness, obviously though.
In reply to the above; after one year without any no claims, Bell quoted £800 fully comp. I'm expecting someone like Footman James to quote less than that so I reckon when I'm 19 insurance won't be too bad! Probably will have been sold by then, or just stuffed in the garage as I'll be off to uni.
In reply to the above; after one year without any no claims, Bell quoted £800 fully comp. I'm expecting someone like Footman James to quote less than that so I reckon when I'm 19 insurance won't be too bad! Probably will have been sold by then, or just stuffed in the garage as I'll be off to uni.
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I'm sure it's nothing major, it was working fine until we started messing with the fueses. It's late and dark and cold outside and I don't need the car for a little while so we're gonna have another go tommorrow night, then another drive for a bit to see if anything else falls off 
The actual drive is so much nicer than the diesel of the corolla, so much more responsive. NSL roads are a tad...less refined, though 
It's purely the gears. Having to really move into neutral, then into gear rather than just pushing up or down is a different experience. Think it was heightened by the fact I had no indicators or brake lights for at least half the journey!
It's purely the gears. Having to really move into neutral, then into gear rather than just pushing up or down is a different experience. Think it was heightened by the fact I had no indicators or brake lights for at least half the journey!Made a right prat of myself at the petrol station at tesco 
Couldn't get the nozzle in properly for ages and the auto cutoff just didn't work! petrol went all over the shot
Getting used to the thing now though, it's funn.
Mum would've been confused if you'd tootled, she insisted on coming out to see that I was a safe enough driver. Apparently I'm a bit quick for her, despite her doing higher speeds down the same roads most of the time
Up for a Norwich meet any time now, will be a little bit younger than you folk, though!
Couldn't get the nozzle in properly for ages and the auto cutoff just didn't work! petrol went all over the shot Getting used to the thing now though, it's funn.
Mum would've been confused if you'd tootled, she insisted on coming out to see that I was a safe enough driver. Apparently I'm a bit quick for her, despite her doing higher speeds down the same roads most of the time
Up for a Norwich meet any time now, will be a little bit younger than you folk, though!
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