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chillbean
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Posted: Tuesday April 1st, 2008 01:53 pm |
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Have a look at this:
http://www.pistonheads.com/news/default.asp?storyId=17823
Ian 
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Glen Ponder
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Posted: Tuesday April 1st, 2008 02:22 pm |
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Taffy !! 
Didn't think you could April fool after midday ! 
Actually I think BMW could maybe use some of the old BL advertising too with a twist, how about.... "MINI - massive on the outside.. not enough room to swing a cat on the inside !" It's a work in progress...
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minorparts
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Posted: Tuesday April 1st, 2008 05:59 pm |
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....."in Europe the Metro is held in high regard"!!!
Is that where they all went? Soon after the Metro came out I thought about buying one (I worked for a BL garage). Even the manager said I must be mad and should buy a Fiesta instead!
Having said that, I can see some nostalgic appeal in finding a really good early MG Metro - if such a car still exists....
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taffy1967
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Posted: Tuesday April 1st, 2008 08:19 pm |
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That has got nothing to do with me LOL. I did think it was serious for about 2 seconds though.
Anyway yes an MG Metro would be great to own, because then you can rip the engine out and use it for a Mini restoration/upgrade etc, etc.
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minorparts
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Posted: Wednesday April 2nd, 2008 08:33 am |
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I think that is where most of them have gone already Taffy ! Not that the engines were always that great. I recall several MG Metros, including my wife's, which broke crankshafts at 20,000 - 30,000 miles .
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taffy1967
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Posted: Thursday April 3rd, 2008 07:16 pm |
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| Well I've got a similar engine in my Mainstream Mini Cooper and touch wood it's still going strong at 97,000 miles.
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severnmini
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Posted: Friday April 11th, 2008 02:16 pm |
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| When i worked for minimail it always amazed me when the local scrappy would bring in about 30 metro engines on a trailer this happens quite a few times and most went to the states hard to believe the rate they must have been killing them as they were all 1300
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hawaiianblue
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Posted: Saturday April 12th, 2008 10:32 pm |
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minorparts wrote: ....."in Europe the Metro is held in high regard"!!!
In Paris it is.............. millions of people use it every day.
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