heya.. yet another newbie

[McDuck]

heya, thought i better introduce myself.. im sam and i bought my first car about 6 months ago! somthing nice and sensible, so i ended up coming home with a little blue mini city instead and its been nothing but fun... fun and rather alot of money. i thought id look up you lot as ive seen some of the club minis around brighty/burgess hill and this is my first mini and i have no idea what im doing so any advice would be very very welcome!!

look forward to meeting everbody!:)

[MINI ME]

hey welcome to the forum!! any pictures?

[mollymini]

Hi, nice to meet a newbie, hope to see you at the club meets, and then you can find out what owning a mini is really all about.

[RNRMF]

Welcome to the forum :D Hope to see you at the next meet.

[Michelle]

Hello and welcome to the nut house! Congrats on buying a little piece of British history - they are loads of fun, and can be very expensive to maintain, normally thanks the the English weather and the dreaded tin worm!

Come along to a meet soon, it'll be good to meet in the person. Don't forget to wave when you see us as well.

Michelle.

[Jam_meister]

Hey McDuck, it's taken you a while to introduce yourself since joining the site but it's good to see you posting on here and a warm welcome to the forum to you, Hopefully meet you in person at the next meet :)

Peace,
James :)

[Minus Man]

Hi and welcame to the bmc forum .

[McDuck]

thanx, when is the next meet? i'm def gonna come down and say hi to everyone and try and get some pics up when i find my camera!!

[RNRMF]

Meetings are on the second Tues of the month at the Swann Inn, Falmer (click for map (http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?f=q&hl=en&geocode=&time=&date=&ttype=&q=BN1+9PD&ie=UTF8&ll=50.863611,-0.07287&spn=0.03543,0.07184&z=14&iwloc=addr&om=1)) and start at about 7:30.

[Iceman]

Hi ya mate as Daz said meeting are on tuesdays at Falmer we are a friendly bunch so come and pop along and join in with the fun.
FAZ

[McDuck]

12th feb then? thats kewl.. just have to work out how to get there as i havnt reali driven in brighton much since i passed my test, should be fun!

[Jam_meister]

There's a couple of other people that come down from Burgess Hill/Haywards heath so you could hook up with one of them and they can show you the way, Darren in Burgess Hill is a good bet as he's usualy at all the meets, he's the one that owns the shortend mini with no roof that you may of seen driving around up there, most of it is painted in oxide red primer at the mo waiting (for some time, lol) to be re-painted.
His name on here is Darren Divall, send him a private message saying thatyou will need to know how to get here and I'm sure he'll be willing to meet you that evening and show you the way.

Here's my quick directions anyway just incase (they might be slightly wrong which hopefuly someone will pick up in if they are, lol) -

The easiest way for you to get down to us for the meet is getting onto the A23 from Burgess Hill down towards Brighton and follow it down and towards Brighton, when you go past the 'Brighton pillars' make sure you're in the correct lane to turn off onto the road to the left, you will see some a sports field on your left with big huts in it just before you need to turn off to your left to join the A27 towards University Of Sussex and Lewes.
Then follow the A27 untill the exit on your left for the University of Sussex, take that exit up to the roundabout, take the first exit at the roundabout going towards the Uni,
Take the right hand turn just after the roundabout, then right turn again,
Drive down there around the side of the pub and round to the front where you should see at least 1 or 2 minis unless you're the first one there, lol.

Sorry if that sounded a bit confusing, I'm not always that good at writing directions down, it might just be best if you send a private message to Darren Divall, if you're not sure how to send one just ask and I or someone else will take you through it.

cheers dude,
James :D

[McDuck]

cheers that makes it easier lol, but that does mean your all going to see what a complete state my poor mini's in! *hangs head in shame and tries to hide the gaffa tape*

[Iceman]

No mate we don't put any mini down we all have to start somewhere and i started with plaster and bandages :p.
FAZ

[Jam_meister]

Yeah don't worry we won't put your mini down dude, a lot of the club members have probably had some shocking minis in their time (and some may well have shockers now :p :D). You've got one up on me anyway because I don't even own one now, lol.

[McDuck]

kewl, yeh my poor lil mini looks a bit of a state atm,onli 3 wheel arches n 2 are gaffa taped back on prettymuch n half my dash is held on by tape... aww well n everythings covered in paint splatters from where the guy before me tried to spray it, i think ive still got the offending can of airforce blue paint sumwhere lol. feel reali bad coz ive had it six months n havnt reali touched it!

[DrDivall]

Hello and welcome

Will have to keep an look out for you as i'm also in Burgess Hill

You can't miss me, i'm the idiot with the shorty :LOL:

[McDuck]

Hello and welcome

Will have to keep an look out for you as i'm also in Burgess Hill

You can't miss me, i'm the idiot with the shorty :LOL:

it looks wicked lol.. im the idiot with the grey/blue/gaffatape mini

where abouts in burgess hill are you? coz i dont think ive seen your mini around much

[DrDivall]

I live near the Railway pub, car not my daily driver as i have a work van
Might have to change jobs soon so that may change

[McDuck]

that wud most likely be why lol, u live pretty near me then, im bottom of silverdale road sumwhere

[Minus Man]

Hi and welcome.

[MiniChris]

Hi there mate, Welcome!
sorry should have said hi before-as i am also in your neck of the woods!-i am burgess kinda end of Haywards Heath. So of course i would be happy also to give u a hand geeting to the club meets.
I am also resonably new-only at the end of my first year:)

What 'age group' are you in!? -im part of the 'younger' group!!;) lol

[McDuck]

thats kewl, im also one of the babies, not long turned 18!
it would be reali nice if i could meet up with u before the next meet as i dnt reali know how to get there without going up ditching beacon and im not even going to attempt that in my car!! where bouts in haywards/burgess are you?

[MiniChris]

wahay! another younger member-im a very young 20!;) im beech hill estate-just down from the hospital.
if honest the only real way/quickest way is ditchling beacon way!-mine manages it (slowly!) and its only a 998cc!

def can meet up though!
have any pictures of your pride and joy?!

[McDuck]

thats pretty near me then as im folders lane end of burgess hill and meeting up would def be good!
i would go up ditchilng beacon but i think thermostat on my mini is going/gone :( as its been running kinda warm lately and ive been advised by parents etc not to go that way "incase your car blows up", that and be being the muppet i am i have no idea how to fix it!

as for pics, none as yet until i find ways of photoshopping out the gaffa tape!

[MiniChris]

haha hmm we might both have to work out a new route then!
u work or at college/ uni?

[McDuck]

yeh.. sorry im being a pain in the ass lol

i work up in crawley at the moment and at uni part time studying bioscience

u?

[Jam_meister]

Like I said I'm sure you can just come down the A23 from Haywards heath/burgess hill and then join the A27 without having to go up over Ditchling beacon.

[MiniChris]

oh yeah of course james-thts def the route to do.

Sam im kinda back in haywards heath college at moment!

[Jam_meister]

lol, see there you go :D

[McDuck]

good idea

haywards heath college aint that bad, i was there last year tooo, what u studying?

[MiniChris]

doing photography,media and it! pretty good -glad ive gone back! :)

ill pm u my mob number, have to arrange meeting up

[STEALTH GT]

HELLO :)

[whitey]

hello mate...i only joined here a couple of months ago...great buch of people have really helped me out!! hope to see you at the next meet!!