Trust that you will soon get to enjoy that Classic Mini.

Recall that it was an automatic, interesting website about those transmissions:

http://www.austinamericausa.com/ (go to "Technical Advice" {left panel} and "AP Automatic Transmission")

Only Automatic Transmission to ever share the same motor oil (10W40) with the engine.

Oil/Filter (TR-6 ) changes every 1,000 miles and especially liked that "toilet paper & shellac" fix for leaking Torque Convertor.

Hope you can allow some extra time to enjoy some warm Florida Sunshine
(Silver Springs has one of the earliest 'tourist attraction' in the State), before venturing the trip back to the cold.

 

I feel bad bitchin about 13 degrees now. Skillet, how do you bring yourself to ever leave the house?

My hubby just called to tell me he thinks he spotted the MINI Wienermobile at the Children's Museum across the street from our house. I begged him to run over for pics!

 

So what's the deal? I skimmed through all the posts. (Most of them about popcorn. hahaha) and I didn't see anything about taking delivery of the car. So.. did ya get it yet, or are you still waiting?

 

I'd go crazy if I didn't... It's not bad. Just have to wear the Carrharts...

Just don't eat the yellow snow!!

 

Still waiting my friend, still waiting... Congratulations on your purchase BTW If I had the money, and knew this wasn't going to happen, I would've bought MiniVespa's car. Looks beautiful! Nice find

 

Thanks. You know that smell. The only real reason I didn't put the ear plugs in my nose was the fear that I would accidentally put the used ones in my nostrils and then have the earwax/ dirty scalp smell combined!

I guess that telling you I was looking at Christmas lights with the top down the other night @ 68 wouldn't help either, 'eh? (Or tell you that I was actually kind of cold.)

Sorry guys... I do feel your pain. I lived in central Maine for my whole life until moving here almost 10 years ago. Our house (when I was growing up) was so old and yucky that we always had to put up the REALLY thick heavy duty plastic on all the windows, run it down to the ground and then stack rectangular hay bales around the whole house. It was lots of work and for the entire winter we couldn't see out any windows. I can remember -40 lots of times and even -60... both the kind of air that literally takes your breath away. Usually that happened in Jan/Feb... after Christmas when there was nothing to do but freeze your nuggets off.

I just got an email from my little nieces in NH showing that they've got 18 inches of new snow since Friday. That is of course after the ice storm they just had where they didn't have power for 4 days. (And their friends aren't expected to get power back until AFTER CHRISTMAS!)

Skillet- You're alive! We'll all be patiently waiting for any new info. Good luck! BTW- Didn't anyone ever tell you not to stick your tongue on cold pipes?!?!

 

Miniola, you just made me laugh out loud with your decription of the concert!!!
But what made me laugh even more is when you said "before you turn 40"...
OH God I'm old!!! I will save my IcyHot for you when you catch up!!!

I would love to put the top down right now or at least wash my MINI... the ice storm was not enough but today is wind chill factor of -12 degrees and high winds... I'm coming to your place for a visit until say March- good with you???

 

Hmm................

 

So, I know skillet got the Mini I sent him, but did Big Norm get his?

Maybe there's a problem with classic Minis crossing the Florida state line!

 

Thanks Skillet. I really like the car, and it'll be mine if it looks anything like it does in the pictures. I hope your car comes through. It'll be a really cool story to tell if it does.

P.S. I like the band skillet too.

 

Wow, and I was complaining that it dropped into the upper 50's today.

 

30 Second Bunny Theater...something to go with your popcorn.

http://www.angryalien.com/

 

OK. We've got an extra bedroom or two. The pool is a little cold though. I think it's probably 70 or so. BRRRRR.

Before I left for the show (while getting ready)... I actually spotted my Icy Hot in the drawer. So there I am... having a moment where I'm thinking, "Ok, seriously... could I really get away with putting it on and nobody noticing? I mean... my face looks young so probably no one would ever suspect that the minty/menthol smell was coming from me.". I considered shoving it in my bag but was concerned about getting busted with it at the door. Then what?!? Had I known that I would be sitting close enough to a guy that needed his scalp crusts scraped I would have risked it... I could have had it to put some under my nostrils just like medical students do when they work on cadavers.

I just heard on the news that some place in Maine got 42 inches of snow!!!! That's awesome! There was another thread where someone was considering moving to Maine and getting a MINI and I said, with my sarcastic New England humor... "DON'T move to Maine but DO get the MINI". Anyway, some other ("woman"?) basically ripped me a new one about how it's SO great there and how I shouldn't try to influence someone to NOT move somewhere. I figured if the guy didn't move there because one person on a MINI forum said "DON'T DO IT", that he needs much more help than I am certainly qualified to give. Right now I find myself thinking, "Hope she's got a shovel!".

And last but not least- CNN just had a story about "Headbangers and Brain Damage"! Coincidence is so funny sometimes. They were showing AC/DC footage as an example for the theory. Apparently some "people" came up with a huge calculation of headbanging and the rhythm at which you do it determines what kind of brain or neck injury you'll have. Now where's my Icy Hot again?

**The coolest thing about MINI/Mini is that they are loved by all here. People of all ages and walks of life (who may not ever meet otherwise) are able to come together and share. I am younger than you but Skillet is younger than me. The fact that I even have to consider sneaking Icy Hot to an AC/DC concert means I am old enough!

Now I need to go get some shtuff done. Bye.

 

As sad as it truly is, does everyone remember what this thread was about?

I know there has been some great conversations that had NOTHING to do with a Classic Mini, but we must come to reality here. There is not going to be a free car give-away!

Read my earlier posts...........this simply does not happen.

Now here is what I recommend. The mod's close this thread and open another named, "Free Classic Mini.....NOT"

Skillet, check out the 79 Mini Classics on eBay, they are going for under 10 grand! Not as good a FREE but still reasonable!

Sorry dude....... It sucks, I know!!

 

i just got it when i got home last night......just to tired to type anything.....lol......thanks again,

 

my moment of revelation came a few months ago while I was still a smoker. One morning I was at the supermarket to pick up some cigs. On the way I grabbed some TUMS on the way to the courtesy desk.

Not even thinking twice about it I plop the TUMS on the counter and said to the girl behind the counter "Can I have a pack of Parliament Lights please?" As I start to bust out my debit card and ID the girl behind the counter grins and looks towards the TUMS, saying "if you need those I don't need an ID". We both start laughing.

5 months smoke free-though and counting so hopefully I'll get some years back.

Anyway, back to the scheduled program. Fingers still crossed Skillet!

 

DrewN, that is funny!!!
Another funny story- years ago my ex and i were out, having dinner and drinks, the waitress came over and asked for ID, we both started to reach for our wallets and she looked at me and said " oh -not yous just his".

Needless to say she received no tip!

SKILLET, I'M STILL HERE FOR YOU TOO, AND KNOW THERE ARE KIND PEOPLE OUT THERE STILL! KEEP THE FAITH!!!

 

 

And as there's more ice and snow on the way, I'm dreaming of an orange Mini Christmas/New Years Just got around to sending Sandy and e-mail this morning, so no updated news yet.

 

 

Elprofe- I nominate you as "As the Mini Turns" official Stand up comedian!!!
Don't know where you get your material but you haven't missed a beat yet!!!

very very funny!!!

 

FIRST- Congrats on quitting the smokes!

Now as for the rest of this story... I can't stop laughing. I'm like coughing, choking, crying laughing! (Yeah, that's way more than "LOL"!) Hysterical! Who knew that TUMS was equivalent to an ID? So when you got out to your car did you bust out laughing or were you still in shock? Thanks for sharing that one!

gemgirlpa- I think your story combined with DrewN was just too much for me... I couldn't even drink my coffee! I've seen the "wanna be" slick waiter dudes in action that ask old ladies for "ID" to make them feel better (and to help ensure that they leave a bigger tip for making them feel young). That waitress you had could have just humored you by at least LOOKING at it. But she had to CLARIFY that she wasn't speaking to you? No tip? She got off easy... I would have tripped that *itch!!

I had an incident at Bed, Bath and Beyond around Thanksgiving. I had these crazy "Turkey" placemats in my hands and a lady asked me if i needed help looking for something else (which I did). She said she had the same placemats (and obviously I could tell she was a little younger... but apparently I seem to have no concept of age anymore). The conversation progressed to the fact that I don't have kids to blame my crazy buys on. She said she didn't either and that she was 18. (I can deal with that.) So I said, "Well, I'm 37 so I really have no good excuses.", and she said, "Oh, my MOM just turned 37!". As I try to keep the "shock and awe" look off my face, she says, "Yeah, she has 6 kids and I'm the oldest.". I was like a deer in headlights and all I could say was "WOW"... (instantaneously, calculations of age started) and thoughts quickly went through my mind about how I still don't feel old enough to have kids yet. Must have missed that memo somewhere along the way. Question- at what age does a person feel old enough?

 

You're totally bumming me out, man! I had wondered why you rolled your eyes on # whatever post... but I guess there's no need to ask. You say, "Read my earlier posts"... but you just summarized it in your latest one. Sure, things we're talking about lately have nothing to do with a Classic Mini... we're all just waiting and trying to pass the time... think we ran out of beer and popcorn awhile ago... just trying to have fun.

The few of us that are still posting are just trying to keep this alive for Skillet's sake. He has a dream and the rest of us (most of us wishing WE could have a Classic Mini of our own) are living vicariously through his dream. I don't understand why you want everyone to know that you are right and have been from the beginning.

At this point, I believe that we are not supposed to hear anything until after Christmas anyway.

Now, I don't know this as 100% true, but I think that you can actually start a "FREE Classic Mini... NOT" thread without a mod.


Or maybe you could join in and share a funny story with all of us? Perhaps a quip about when you realized that you were old?

 

i've spoke to both parties about what was going on, that is why the thread is still here.....if i get word that it is not what it is then the thread will be locked if skillet or apple say to do so (unless it goes sour).......everyone has been really cool, and this is the most activity in the classic mini section in a long time......some think it will happen, and some dont....only time will tell, and Skillet will let us know as he finds out more.......I'm still pullin for ya Skillet !!!

im not old yet so no stories frome me....


keep the thread fun

 

BTW, I'm gonna have to go out and put a bandage on the front bumper now... I was turning the corner (from a stop) and slid into a pile of ice (on our own freaking property). Cracked the lower portion of my aero kit... I'll probably pull it off sometime this winter, put my stock S bumper back on, and send it out to be fixed... Not what I needed...