Been lurking here for a while and posted the odd thing or 2, thought it was time to introduce myself.
Name is Luke, 53, in the print trade, currently residing in deepest darkest Essex with wife and 2 grown up kids.
Learned to drive in a mini 850 in the mid 80's, great fun little car. Had mostly boring family cars for the last 25 years (motorbikes before that) until my wife decided she wanted a mini when her last car had been flogged/kerbed to death. (about 2 months ago)
We started looking at One's and eventually both took one for a test drive.
I was hooked straight away. Loved it.
We looked at a few more One's and ended up with "Vicky" (reg ends in VVC)
She has had the odd issue, new intake Vanos solenoid and clutch is slipping a bit (swear it wasnt when I test drove it). Is it possible to trash a clutch in 6 weeks?
Hunted for a couple of weeks for my Cooper S.
Sold my diesel Fiat Stilo estate and bought myself this little beauty.
This was after one of my first solo drives in it, on well known twisty b roads. Was so in love I had to jump out and take a photo.
Again, one or 2 issues.
Air con needed re-gas.
It had a split and badly repaired intake hose
Which I replaced with this
and currently have issue with turbo switching off and car going into limp mode when hot and driven hard, codes 2c56 and 2c58, reliably informed its the Turbo divertor valve, or at least thats the easiest and most likely place to start.
Still getting to know her and sorting post purchase issues. Would like to make a few changes, first on the list is to get rid of the run flats, unfortunately they have loads of tread left on them so I cant just bin them. Possibly coilovers, though dont want to go too low as I am old and have a bad back. Also want to sort a digital dash. Mini instruments are somewhat lacking........
Dont know much about Minis, 20 years since I did any spannering so tend to leave it to the pro's, but will have a go at the simpler stuff myself.
So thats me.

Name is Luke, 53, in the print trade, currently residing in deepest darkest Essex with wife and 2 grown up kids.
Learned to drive in a mini 850 in the mid 80's, great fun little car. Had mostly boring family cars for the last 25 years (motorbikes before that) until my wife decided she wanted a mini when her last car had been flogged/kerbed to death. (about 2 months ago)
We started looking at One's and eventually both took one for a test drive.
I was hooked straight away. Loved it.
We looked at a few more One's and ended up with "Vicky" (reg ends in VVC)
She has had the odd issue, new intake Vanos solenoid and clutch is slipping a bit (swear it wasnt when I test drove it). Is it possible to trash a clutch in 6 weeks?
Hunted for a couple of weeks for my Cooper S.
Sold my diesel Fiat Stilo estate and bought myself this little beauty.
This was after one of my first solo drives in it, on well known twisty b roads. Was so in love I had to jump out and take a photo.
Again, one or 2 issues.
Air con needed re-gas.
It had a split and badly repaired intake hose
Which I replaced with this
and currently have issue with turbo switching off and car going into limp mode when hot and driven hard, codes 2c56 and 2c58, reliably informed its the Turbo divertor valve, or at least thats the easiest and most likely place to start.
Still getting to know her and sorting post purchase issues. Would like to make a few changes, first on the list is to get rid of the run flats, unfortunately they have loads of tread left on them so I cant just bin them. Possibly coilovers, though dont want to go too low as I am old and have a bad back. Also want to sort a digital dash. Mini instruments are somewhat lacking........
Dont know much about Minis, 20 years since I did any spannering so tend to leave it to the pro's, but will have a go at the simpler stuff myself.
So thats me.