LOH's mini (2013 JCW-GP) adventure

[clarkmagpie]

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LaurasOtherHalf said:

Cheers mate, us 17mpg all you'll get out of the TVR?!

I've actually kept all the receipts for this trip so I can list up exactly how much it cost if anyone's interested? I might not want to dwell in that mind you.......

That's the rs6, the tvr gets slightly more!
I keep thinking about driving to the alps to snowboard this year but even with a car full it is prob cheaper to fly...

[LaurasOtherHalf]

clarkmagpie said:

That's the rs6, the tvr gets slightly more!
I keep thinking about driving to the alps to snowboard this year but even with a car full it is prob cheaper to fly...

True, but where's the romance in easy jet?! In all seriousness, I figure that driving is only going to get more expensive, more prohibitive & further out of reach for the common man & if that's going to be the case I want to enjoy the freedom of European roads while I still can

Using the hull ferry that saves us northerners a big chunk I reckon that I could get down to the alps in just under 2 tanks in the mini taking the scenic route, what's that £120 twice plus say £260 return for the ferry-£500. Obviously not everything's as frugal as the mini but that's still only £250 or thereabouts each if you rope in the mrs or a mate, not too bad in the grand scheme of things.

[anonymous-user]

Craig, may I be the first on PH to congratulate you on your recent magazine article that details how you set the lap record of 8 minutes 23 seconds for a Mini at the Nurburgring, and in icy conditions no less!

[LaurasOtherHalf]

NinjaPower said:

Craig, may I be the first on PH to congratulate you on your recent magazine article that details how you set the lap record of 8 minutes 23 seconds for a Mini at the Nurburgring, and in icy conditions no less!

many thanks Tim! You've got to love the local press & their endeavour to research a story properly, though I must admit-if they're going to get my lap times incorrect, its very nice of them to get them wrong in the right direction!

Hope all is well with the 993, if work lets up a little we'll hope to get on a run soon enough

[anonymous-user]

Ha ha!

Yes, would be good to go for a drive out. I hope next summer is as nice as this one was!

There's a few good local Performance car groups on Facebook now that have organised a few good things. PM me if you want more details

[Sandy59]

Talking about Mini GPs and Porsches, here's a wee video I made from a recent trip to Italy, this part in the Alps - hope you don't mind me sticking it in here.

https://www.dropbox.com/s/cb91dmq11vly356/Euro%20T...

http://youtu.be/-SPij6i18zM

[LaurasOtherHalf]

Looks like you had great fun there sandy, for those wanting some more vides of the cars, here's evo's track car of the year film;

http://youtu.be/Ad9arPad2BM

Looks like they really enjoyed the GP & I'm looking forward to their evo car of the year film where the little mini excelled as well.

[LaurasOtherHalf]

I've been thinking of an update for the thread, but thinking's pretty hard for a thick northerner like me so I'll just link some videos showing other people having fun in the GP.

First of all, the drive boys take one to that road race in America where they blast down the highway in the middle of nowhere;

http://youtu.be/DrrwDHZUK6I

Then, the evo car of the year special-which makes me a little warm & fuzzy inside cos they like it as much as me, as well as driving it sideways a lot

Part 1 http://youtu.be/t1wsRC0zE7g

Part 2 http://youtu.be/t1wsRC0zE7g


In all seriousness, I am going to write something a little more interesting soon as it's almost been a year since I bought the car (time flies!).

Enjoy

Edited by LaurasOtherHalf on Monday 25th November 23:55

[sagarich]

LaurasOtherHalf said:

In all seriousness, I am going to write something a little more interesting soon as it's almost been a year since I bought the car (time flies!).

Some sort of maintenance geekiness could be good. For example, how many tyres you've destroyed? Oil consumption etc etc.

[LaurasOtherHalf]

sagarich said:

LaurasOtherHalf said:

In all seriousness, I am going to write something a little more interesting soon as it's almost been a year since I bought the car (time flies!).

Some sort of maintenance geekiness could be good. For example, how many tyres you've destroyed? Oil consumption etc etc.

Noted, I'll make sure I include a run down of all costs so far (though to be honest I've been holding off totalling up all the invoices from the honeymoon!). Btw you're not an electrician are you by any chance?

[sagarich]

LaurasOtherHalf said:

Noted, I'll make sure I include a run down of all costs so far (though to be honest I've been holding off totalling up all the invoices from the honeymoon!). Btw you're not an electrician are you by any chance?

Nope, not me.

What gave you that impression?

[LaurasOtherHalf]

sagarich said:

LaurasOtherHalf said:

Noted, I'll make sure I include a run down of all costs so far (though to be honest I've been holding off totalling up all the invoices from the honeymoon!). Btw you're not an electrician are you by any chance?

Nope, not me.

What gave you that impression?

Used to have a customer called rich saga who was a sparky, unusual name so when I saw your user name I put 2&2 together (& came up with5 obviously!)

[irish boy]

Mine's parked up in the garage, not much fun on the slippery roads. Bought a volvo 740 which I'm enjoying, may just end up leaving the mini off the road till spring.

[Chipper]

Just picked up mine today. keeping this thing under 4k for a thousand miles is going to be so hard but first impressions are very good. just need spring to arrive

[LaurasOtherHalf]

Chipper said:

keeping this thing under 4k for a thousand miles is going to be so hard

Depends what you believe in

[GokTweed]

irish boy said:

Mine's parked up in the garage, not much fun on the slippery roads. Bought a volvo 740 which I'm enjoying, may just end up leaving the mini off the road till spring.

Your sporty mini is not fun on slippery roads? I think you may have bought it for the wrong reasons. In fact I am half tempted to notify mini of this statement so they can take it off you and give you a One D with that attitude sir!

[LaurasOtherHalf]

GokTweed said:

irish boy said:

Mine's parked up in the garage, not much fun on the slippery roads. Bought a volvo 740 which I'm enjoying, may just end up leaving the mini off the road till spring.

Your sporty mini is not fun on slippery roads? I think you may have bought it for the wrong reasons. In fact I am half tempted to notify mini of this statement so they can take it off you and give you a One D with that attitude sir!

Pah! I'm on the wear bars front & rear & it's still used every day (just in case you see a GP in the slow lane at 50mph in the rain give me a wave!)

[LaurasOtherHalf]

In other GP2 news, this turned up this morning & I don't think I've paid this little "road tax" since the 1990's

[melvster]

Bargain, same price as my car which is not even remotely exciting. Impressive how friendly new cars are now to the environment.

[irish boy]

GokTweed said:

irish boy said:

Mine's parked up in the garage, not much fun on the slippery roads. Bought a volvo 740 which I'm enjoying, may just end up leaving the mini off the road till spring.

Your sporty mini is not fun on slippery roads? I think you may have bought it for the wrong reasons. In fact I am half tempted to notify mini of this statement so they can take it off you and give you a One D with that attitude sir!

I know I must be getting old when a '88 volvo 740 has more appeal on a cold december morning

Mini's still lots of fun don't get me wrong but on the khumo tyres at 3 degrees on slime covered roads you may as well be driving a mini one d.

On a dry summer evening on the coast road from portrush to belfast it's a very very different story.