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Also didn’t realise they made so many.

One of my mums friends husbands worked there when I was a child, I remember he brought me a folder of press photos / brochures including some for the lotus Carlton, and I did a school project on them 😄

Weird seeing the photos and videos of the gathering ...

One for Harry……..

Shame he’s painted it black - the colour scheme was the best thing about it!


I think that was just a prep coat - he’s keeping the original colour AFAIK

https://i.ibb.co/7JT1651R/56023954-27de-4aa0-a374-d7f587b67916.jpg

https://i.ibb.co/tgKT2Zx/4c3d5c9f-3d1e-4875-ae4c-2f53d65cfd68.jpg ...

This has given me a thought- How’s it work for returning with regard to charge level? With an ice car you’d be expected to return with similar fuel levels, do they expect the same with the electric


They never mentioned anything
It said it had about 202 miles range when we picked it up - son’s ...

Rich B wrote: Sat Oct 04, 2025 8:45 pm Got to be an intentional marketing thing, MOTs only take about 40 minutes!

Exactly my thoughts

Was very surprised - never even got a loaner when took the Cooper S in for a service!

No just oil and filter. Looking at the invoice £150 of it was just the oil and a further £30 for the filter. That in itself is annoying as Eurocarparts sell the oil for £120 - why would a dealer buying in bulk pay over retail :roll:


Seems a shame they charge so much for labour but I guess ...

Local Mini dealer was doing a special deal on older car MOTs so took son’s R50 Cooper in for the test. Went to drop it off the evening before with him ( as we both start work early ) so he could have a lift back and rather unexpectedly, without prompting, he got offered a loan car. Bit surprised as ...

You can get decent looking late 80s/early 90’s 2 door ones for around 30-40k, the performance will be 0-60 in about 4-6 working days but if you want a retro looking g wagon why pay over £100,000 more just to pootle around London at 25mph


My friend paid a fraction of that for his - he sends me ...

911 is back - clatter seemingly fixed which is nice after listening to that, most times starting it, for over a year.

I asked them to do an oil and filter change whilst it was there which they charged me an extortionate £670 for - if I did elective maintenance like that again I think it would be ...

My friend with the 944 Turbo has been restoring a G-wagen for a fair few years - he bought it cheap like this

https://i.ibb.co/ZpNJJ5Bx/fbe62ba9-e67c-477c-a27d-d467ad582599.jpg


Bearing in mind it took him a few years to get his 944 up to scratch I think the Nerc should be finished in a couple ...

I had no idea he owned one - only ever see M3 posts :?


Presume he still has his S2000 as well


I only found out he had an Esprit the first time I met him, so he must like keeping it quiet...feel like I've let the cat out of the bag here :lol:

I think it's a 4cyl Turbot rather than a ...

duncs500 wrote: Wed Oct 01, 2025 6:27 pm Might have missed it, but what's the consensus on a simple user friendly replacement for imgur?

I’ve found imgbb quite easy - still got Flickr account but I’m over capacity so without paying loads…….

Cayenne has a big crack in the windscreen from a stone chip this morning. It's heated and has all the ADAS and active cruise gubbins in it, so I'm not expecting the insurance company's windscreen provider to be able to supply the right one but I'd rather go to the main dealer anyway. Looks like a ...

Hey Mike. It is indeed in inevitable, but condolences regardless.

The imgur issue isn't just you - I've got an ongoing technical query raised with them from 25-Aug on this subject. Still no progress..... :roll:


Looks like they’ve binned off the U.K. users today

Something to do with the online ...

mik wrote: Sun Sep 28, 2025 9:17 pm

Marv wrote: Sun Sep 28, 2025 4:36 pm
Also had a nice chat with Mike Rainbird who I haven't spoken to for years. He's doing well and was there in his rather lovely Lotus Esprit.

I had no idea he owned one - only ever see M3 posts

Presume he still has his S2000 as well

This lovely old Alfasud at an open day for a wheel refurb company in Ipswich:

https://i.imgur.com/iQqfNwr.jpeg

Sadly never caught up with the owner... Maybe next time Harry!

Also had a nice chat with Mike Rainbird who I haven't spoken to for years. He's doing well and was there in his rather ...

What sort of powers is yours producing Mike?


Enough to make you pay attention :P

I’d say about 370 mik - it was under 1200 kg at the weigh bridge without a spare in the well

i think they usually weighed in about 1205 - 1215kg when new and weighed on road tests with half a tank

So about the ...

Fantastic! Was it a proper review by Harris or just a taster to whet his appetite?

And is he shorter than me? 😄


About the same I reckon :)

It was just a taster, he didn't have time to drive it as he was fully committed to other stuff, he driven up from london then night before from the ...

Thanks guys



Condolences Mike but as others have said it’s good to see you post, I have such fond memories of chasing the cosseh and hearing the tyres chirping as they struggled to find traction at speed…one of these days we should have another blast across wales.


Haha - mad to think that was ...

Sorry to hear about your mum

Imgur kicks me out occasionally and when I eventually get back in It takes me an age to find the right button to access my photos :D




Cheers guys - inevitable for all of us

The Imgur thing ( that seems to be intermittent ) is that it won’t give you the BB ...