For too long I have owned a classic Mini that has been nameless. I have grown very tired of having to differentiate my cars by calling one 'the big MINI' and the other 'the little Mini'. I have never been one to name my cars, always seemed a bit silly to me to be honest (hey! put down those rocks, somebody could get hurt!). But those days are over. So... this is a long preamble to an announcement: I hereby introduce you to my friend, Emma.
No, I wasn't thinking of Emma Peel. (but I am now) oohh... Emma Peel... Leather jumpsuit... Lotus Elan... "Mrs. Peel, your are needed"... Sorry, I drifted off there for a minute. .
"Random White Box" was actually a pretty good name.......:biggrin5: Bruce, now that it has cooled off a bit (ha! but it's going to be in the mid 80's all next week) are you going to get Emma out and drive her?
Nice Classic. I used to call my previous car, a VW Jetta, "Emma". It was short for "hemorrhoids", a pain in the arse. And yes, I have a typically English sense of humour. Everything that could go wrong with that car, did. Every sensor, cruise control module(s), A/C, etc. At the time of trade-in, non of the power windows worked.
It has not cooled off around here (it was 100 degrees yesterday). But I have taken her on some short, early morning trips to try to beat the heat. This past weekend I got the annual state inspection completed for Emma. And for the first time, I actually got to drive my car during the test. You see, there is a goofy requirement here in Texas to take the car to 20mph in the parking lot and then brake hard so as to prove the vehicle being tested can stop quickly within a measured distance. None of the 20-something guys at the quick oil-change place (that also does state inspections) were too comfortable driving a manual shift car, and certainly not if they also had to use their left hand to shift. Today's youth! But after passing the inspection I headed home to avoid the heat. I really wish I could get the pop-out rear windows to stay open - they would help with airflow. Unfortunately, unlike in a Mk. I Mini, the rear window catches on the later cars don't have an over-center feature to hold those window open. I've tried the method of using tennis balls to prop them open, but at some point the vibration or force of the wind pops the tennis balls back inside the car.
Nice Mini... I have named every car I have ever owned. The ones I remember with fondness are 1. 1962 M/B sedan, named slingshot ( 0 to 60 in 4 hr.22 min) 2. 1970 VW Convertible, named Bug-Off (metallic purple with a silver metal flake interior) 3. 1971 VW camper, named Goldie (Champagne gold and white with a very custom interior) Goldie was on the road for 7 years from completion all the way from Canada to Florida and out west to Tucson and won over 50 awards at shows...driven to each. And there is Pepper, my 2005R52 which has kept me sane through good times and bad and is doing a fantastic job of keeping my spirits up...
Mine does the same thing, someone suggested to me to cut a piece of fuel hose to hold them open, I have a piece that's kinda old and stiff and I'm gonna try that.....
Wow, that is a nice Mini! I can definitely see Mrs. Peel taking her for a spin. Starting to get a little nostalgic here, might need to pull up Hulu here in a bit.