FS: Mini Mayfair

Apr 25, 2004 7 Replies

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Stuffed 22 years ago

Yeah, I know there's a car ads group, but as I've taken the front carpets out due to rot, I figured the Mini is modified ;)

MOT July, tax end of August, bodywork tatty but generally solid, starts first time, sees about 85 in third downhill, but 60 in 2nd would be past the red line so I've not taken it that far (honest!).

Needs general odds and sods to make it nice, but it pretty much works, goes, stops etc.

In Dorset, near Weymouth.

Anyone interested make me an offer - I'm after three figures by the way, and no, that does not mean £2.50 or other silly comments!

Already got someone interested in it, but I'm trying to grab a bit more cash in my pocket, because I've got three Triumphs to sort out and my PC is shagged.

It's not on Ebay because I can't be arsed trying to explain to someone the other end of the country that no, I can't send it Royal Mail for 2 quid...

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Stuffed 22 years ago

Quick note - Anyone who can come up with 400 quid or near offer in the next

45 minutes or so gets it!

mail: ebay at iamme dot f2s dot com

Be a better bet than a Starlet ;)

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Michael Rodgers 22 years ago

£400 for a rotted old Mini?

Thats a joke right? ;)

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Stuffed 22 years ago

Nah, the joke is I got it free, thrashed it, needed some quick cash, and got

300 quid for it from the first person who saw it! :)

Personally, though I like Minis, I wouldn't pay more than a hundred quid or so for one in the condition mine was in, but have you seen the prices these things fetch!? If I'd been more patient, I could've patched the wheel arch, replaced the bootlid, sorted the frotn carpets and been walking away with twice what I got for it. Daft, I know. I was going to do some of that work and stick it on Ebay, but I decided not to be greedy and just take the first sensible offer I got. Just about covers some of the bits I need for my Triumphs and PC, so not everything I wanted, but enough to make it worthwhile :)

Oh, and I gave some of the money to the previous owner, because I'm nice like that!

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Dan405 22 years ago

Bout time you got yourself a worthy PC then ;) My GFX and RAM is worth more than that ;)

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Doki 22 years ago

My bike's worth more than this PC. And it's not a flash bike ;).

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Stuffed 22 years ago

Then you've got more money than sense :p

And/ or you're buying in the wrong places...

I'm using a cheapest of the cheap Radeon 7000 card because - I don't play games, I wanted TV out, and the hardware DVD comes in handy now I've finally got myself a DVD drive a few weeks ago :)

My PC's worth bugger all, other than the DVD burner, but it did me fine till I started wanting to do any serious CPU intensive work on it. Plus the board is making some very odd whistling and squeaking noises, so I think that might have to be replaced.

Then there's all the bits I need for the cars - Getting the drveshaft pressed out the hub on the 1300, buying a full set of front sub bushes for the auto, paying for a complete set of bearing shells for the spare engine - It's nice to be able to sell a car I got for free to cover those costs :)

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Dan405 22 years ago

I'm not sure how much more my PC can take heat wise :) It's overclocked by

500mhz as it is.... And i have an excessive and pointless GB of DDR :) But then, my DVD burner is a bit pikey, it was only £48 tho :) Some Toshiba, 4x.

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