Classic Austin Mini 30 Edition 15k mile one owner survivor - First drive and MoT

Like now I'm going to do some laps around the center on my height, run over my windows down, so what are you doing in your hair, then Gary, you're a mouse man, there's too much room to cover here because you're brushing his head. with a. On the other hand, there are some certain rules that he must follow before you stop him. He's outside the front door. What you see is not everyone at all. It's a little annoying why I'm always late. Well, it's pretty easy. Johnny. It's because you're not very organized. , that's why, okay, welcome to the car pervert, this is me, Johnny Smith, and this, more importantly, is my 1989 30th anniversary

mini

car.

They made a limited run of them back in the '80s, obviously, sorry again. I'm stressed. MOT day just had that butterfly feeling and that feeling of pure nervousness, essentially a very, very cold day today is a very, very cold but sunny day and this little

mini

, as you saw, we started it after buy it, it doesn't really work, took a It's a bit risky, very low

mile

age, a family friend's car

owner

, but he hasn't

drive

n much and hasn't been on the road for about five years, which may be a bit risky, frankly, I just put the choke on.

It's funny how quickly you lose touch with the whole choke thing. It's funny, the steering wheel always feels too horizontal for me, but you feel in contact with the road. Communication in a Mini is very good and that's why. people love the way they lead you, you feel alive, intimate, yes sometimes a little too intimate, you are very aware of the fact that the euro doesn't count, it's nothing, I'll let it warm up and then I will chat. I love the fact that I see myself. In the rearview mirror I can see the name and phone number of the original shop that sold this car.

Helsby district workshop oh nine two eight two two two nine four, so this car was sold new in Chester and Cheshire, which is strange because I used to live in Chester and I moved there because I got my

first

job in journalism, motoring journalism, they are working on some sort of

classic

, custom VW magazine so it's strange that when I looked at the documents for this car I realized that's where it was delivered new and then the lady moved from there to the Highlands from Scotland. He fills the car box, his water boxes very quickly. In fact, it's better than I expected.

I mean, some old cars are so muddy and forgetful that they have Alzheimer's or Auto trans. somehow they do everything that gamers are supposed to do at work, everything they want to do, okay and this is not so, actually now it will divide opinion on the fact that this Mini is a car and they tend to not be so desirable. because you buy a mini, I guess for the nurse type of karts, although most karts, mister car, but anyway, because it's so young in

mile

age fifteen thousand five hundred and eighty eight miles, what that means is that the suspension everything feels good, it feels very good, so the mini thirty was a special

edition

that only came in two colors, like burgundy red and black, they made 2000 burgundy ones, they made a thousand black ones and apparently, from what I've read, of the three thousand. special

edition

cars, only 250 were cars, so clearly the car was never a particularly popular choice.

I have the bill of sale for this car, this shows how much extra was in the box of the car. It was something like seven hundred pounds, well, here we are. I didn't even check if the tasks you know or things like that last minute brake test. I'm not a man, Kia, it's time to chat to the MOTD. Are you OK. MOT. The MOT test carried out simply failed, but the positive news is that I always have to get a positive result from an MOT test below. It is absolutely splendid. I don't use the word splendid lightly.

It's really splendid. Your front brakes are sticking a little from lack of use so I'm going to take the long way home and just keep testing the brakes because I think I just want to determine if it's the caliper piston stuck or if it's just corrosion on the discs that they stop it so I'll do that and I have to turn on the fog light the light doesn't work I think it's just a light bulb so it's minutes of work and then a Gator breaks off again in the steering probably not a job very long so the really expensive stuff is good or fundamentally it's a really nice little survival car so I'm very happy.

We've also left him sitting idle for quite a while and he seems much happier, it's the lack of skills, cars, let's see if the damn heater works. It's funny, how big all the other cars really look when you

drive

a mini. You know, it would have felt dated in the 80s. Sorry to hear the induction noise. I'm not convinced we have the MOT exemption for

classic

s, which will happen in May 2018, so in May this year for cars that are over 40 years old, I'm not convinced. I'm convinced it's a good idea. That's what I really like about MOT time: it's a chance for you to look around your car in a way that you probably don't regularly and that at the end of the day you don't want to. crashing your car because of something you didn't see that was wrong, the brakes are sticking really hard or this is woefully slow yes, I think the brakes are sticking yes, the brakes are sticking yes, they're not good they're not good Not at all, oh dear bastards, cars try to stop while driving, the brake pedal has become quite hard so I'll try to drive carefully home the back way, wish me luck it's so basic on a mini and of course In fact, there's plenty of legroom once you get it.

What if you're tall like me? Once you get in and tuck your legs under the steering wheel, there is plenty of legroom. Cars have become very complex and this is a real reminder of how basic motorsport can be and also how amazing its design is. It may be that when you boil it down to it, it's a sort of roots car design, what draws people to the Mini is that it was a mass-produced front-wheel drive car that fit five people and could be incredibly good. It was fun, the wheelbase was pushed outwards, there was almost no overhang, remember the wheels are right on every corner and it became a goq.

He had that thing, we could just stick him in a corner and you knew you could get out of it, you knew that. It was one of those cars that you could drive like hell, even if it was just, you know, 900 CC, all like that, this is, you know, they were called door cards, they used to be called door cards instead of interior trim panels or anything else. I called them and the reason is it's just a piece of cardboard that had a fabric stretched over it and then you just attach it to the door using little snaps or snap panels or screws it's so basic I'm going to low here I love driving by bat lanes that's what this car was for this is not a no for my car it's not a road car the minis were born for B roads