25th October, Starkholmes
Discussion
Just found out that we got ranked 8th in the mixed teams! Woohoo! 
Balmoral Green said:
(higgidy haggidy hoggidy Hi!)
Google, dont you just love it. Not found, but helpfully suggested higgidy raggedy hoggidy? so I hit it, still not found.
It's the fumes I tell ya, the fumes!
Three wheels on my waggon
but I'm still rolling along
Them Cherokees are after me
Big war cry, arrows fly
But I'm singing a happy song
I'm singing Higgidy Haggidy Hoggidy Hi
Pioneers we never say die!
Right around that corner there's a hidden cave
and we can watch those Cherokees
Go galloping by
Two wheels on my waggon etc etc
One wheel etc etc
No wheels on my waggon
and I'm not rolling along
Them Cherokees have captured me etc etc
Ed "stewpot" Stewart used to play it on the radio on a saturday morning when I was a lad.
This has been a public service announcement
Andy
EmmaP said:
Sporty front fog lamps too 
In Pimp Gold tooCan you get it with blacked-out windows?
all you would need is a hydraulic lifter on the front wheel so it could bounce on the spot and you'd have a real mapperley plains playa car!
p.s thanks to all concerned, home safe with the help of some fantastic (ability to walk on water etc) people putting themselves out for me, ongoing problems concerning spanner monkey with a brain that if a hungry cannibal cracked open his head he wouldn't find enough inside to cover a small water biscuit. but i'll get by...
minimax said:
ongoing problems concerning spanner monkey with a brain that if a hungry cannibal cracked open his head he wouldn't find enough inside to cover a small water biscuit. but i'll get by...
Presumably this relates to the mini is not the chap who knows all about mini's and is doing the refurbishments for you ... ?
LongQ said:To be fair to Tom, I remember a few posts where Tom had some unkind words for this bloke, based on a few consulations, Tom thought the guy was a t
Presumably this relates to the mini is not the chap who knows all about mini's and is doing the refurbishments for you ... ?
t. He got flamed for it. Tom listened to what folks have had to say in the Mini geezers defence, and decided on balance to give the guy a try, with disasterous results. Now I understand Tom is getting grief off the guy. I really feel for Tom, and those who were defending this f
wit should take their heads out of their arses. We all loooked at his shiny new suspension in the car park, and we all looked at it again at the bottom of the hill when it had come apart.
Balmoral Green said:
Presumably this relates to the mini is not the chap who knows all about mini's and is doing the refurbishments for you ... ?
To be fair to Tom, I remember a few posts where Tom had some unkind words for this bloke, based on a few consulations, Tom thought the guy was a t
I really feel for Tom, and those who were defending this f
We all loooked at his shiny new suspension in the car park, and we all looked at it again at the bottom of the hill when it had come apart.
Ah! I sort of assumed that the top bloke was different to the one who seemed to be going around in circles not quite fixing things earlier in the year.
Personally I am reluctant ever to label anyone as an expert because the legend always seems to blow up immediately.
Commiserations to Tom. If the hill involved is the one down towards the old mill it is quite likely to show up any defects. It has a good go at the Saab at lower than low speed.
If it was the one towards the chip shop - that'll be the speed humps (
) so approach the council for compensation. (Worth a try surely?) Beyond that, well, I think genuine tell it like it is Mini experts are a rare breed these days - probably always were bit then there were more Mini's around so more coverage locally. I suspect the real enthusiasts who can properly hack it with customer cars are spread far and wide. Travelling may be required.
Of course, it's pretty much the same story with main dealers on current technology as well. They sound plausible and charge the money and the service reception is often an OK area to sit (it needs to be if you spend a lot of time there), but require more than an oil and filter change and a top up of the screen wash and things can start to go awry rather quickly.
Mind you I find it's the same with central heating systems, ho water boilers and vendors of bathroom suites - just examples which instantly come to mind without effort - so perhaps such problems are the norm and we simply expect too much?
Whilst on the subject of suspension, we are just getting suspension breaking speed humps installed on our estate and so am now trapped into crossing at least 4 obstacles to get anywhere. Think I need a 4x4. Any recommendations on something unbreakable that will not be troubled by the humps, bumps and newly intrusive kerbs?
LongQ said:
Whilst on the subject of suspension, we are just getting suspension breaking speed humps installed on our estate and so am now trapped into crossing at least 4 obstacles to get anywhere. Think I need a 4x4. Any recommendations on something unbreakable that will not be troubled by the humps, bumps and newly intrusive kerbs?
LandRover 90. Perfect for the job, (preferably with a V8
) Anything big and bouncy I have driven seems to cope fine with humps without needing to slow from 30. If it wasn't silly it would be ironic.
Boosted Ls1 said:
Tom,
What is the diagnosis and has somebody independant taken a look such as the AA. They are first rate at stuff like this if you need them. PM me if you like.
Boosted.
that is a good thought, I haven't tried them..the garage chap on radciffe road in west bridgford (
) denies ever having had a look at the suspension and says that he looked at other things...when it was only in there for the suspension 
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