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The Minifinity Ultimate Buyers Guide is back !

This is an essential guide for anyone in the process of buying a mini

The Minifinity Ultimate Buyers Guide includes hints on what to look out for when buying a mini...... from mechanical to interior and bodywork issues. The guide even includes a checklist for you to take with you when inspecting a car !

We hope this will help anyone who is looking to buy a mini, but is a little bit unsure as to what to look for.

Click here to download the Minifinity Ultimate Buyers Guide (788KB)

The guide should help you avoid seeing costly horrors such as the example to the left !

We shall be updating the guide over the next few weeks, so please let us know if there are things that, in your experience, should be added.

If you have any experiences and pictures of 'bodge jobs' you have discovered on your mini please share them with us by posting them on the forum here.

The guide is a valuable resource for the non mini experts, so with everybody's help we can try to make it even better !

Many thanks to Mr Ed and Webmonkey for the guide and to Mr Ed for recovering the guide !

The technical articles are being reworked and you will find more of them being introduced to the Technical Guides section over the next few weeks. We will also be introducing a new resources download section so that essential material can be easily stored and printed for that fix-it weekend!

One of the most common questions relates to Carburettor setup and a common misunderstanding of how a SU works.

So if you have a minute or two to spare, why not have a read of Gilesy's article on the basics of how a carb works!

The 5th Annual Blackpool Mini Run is to be held on Sunday, 22nd June 2008 and promises to be a great day out for all.

As in previous years, convoys will be setting off from Liverpool, Skipton and Penrith, convening at Preston for a quick pit stop and then head off en masse to Blackpool. Here you will have the opportunity of taking part in the TotallyTransport event on Blackpools South Shore Promenade.

Those who attended last year will know what we mean, those who didnt, come and find out!

Entry is £5 per car with every penny going to Breakthrough Breast Cancer (larger donations are more than welcome).

To register for the event, download a poster or contact the organisers regarding further information please visit http://www.blackpoolminirun.co.uk. More info can be found here. Thanks to minimaster for supplying the run plaques.

Testing 1,2.....Is this thing on?

OK....Can you all hear me? What about you in the back?

Well I bet you're all wondering what the hell happened? Well tough, I ain't tellin ya nuffink!! (It was Him)

So anyway enough of the past, let's talk about the future. Well here it is, the all new, whizz bang, fiztastic Minifinity. It's proper bo I tell ya and we have worked hard (in a short space of time) to get it working.

The forum is back - as if it wouldn't be - It has been seriously upgraded and all the old posts are back too. Your username and passwords should still work, if not click on "forgotten password" and it will send you out another one.

The Gallery is working and is now part of the fourm, to get to it, click on forum and then on Gallery at the top.

There is still LOADS to do and we are trying to get it done, so please bare with us while we do.

The now very tired Development Team

Well it has finally arrived ! It has taken us a little while to compile, but Minifinitys 2008 Calender is now ready for downloading and its FREE (its actually Feb 2008 to Jan 2009 !)

Again there were many nice photos submitted and it would have been a shame to leave some out so there is a choice of two pages for each month !!

Thanks to Tim who had done us proud in his first Minifinity design project !

Click here to get your copy of the Minifinity 2008 Calendar

As the summer comes to a close some of us are beginning to put the minis into hibernation, but now we are faced with a bigger project...LUIGI. Hes been in the Heart of England (aka HoE) region for a few weeks and, much to our surprise, he isn’t as bad as first thought.

Sadly, whilst living with Hammy and Fluff, Luigi was hit by the recent floods that have terrorised much of the UK. Some thought he was a goner, others thought he was just wet… and Anglian Water thought he could be put to good use as a water purifier. Then the decision was made that we as Minifinity needed to decide what should happen to the club car. Put to the vote it was decided that Luigi will be saved and moved to a new home.

With so many people offering Luigi a home all over the country, the HoE region was chosen with Minimum offering a place to stay. We can now say he has arrived in style and to honour our commitment to him and Minifinty well be making regular posts and updates of Luigis progress.

So to begin with well start with his arrival and attendance to Stanford Hall.

Having endured the long haul drive from Newbury, Luigi at first decided to make a stand, with the effects of the flood leading to what looked like "anal seepage". **Dragging the remains of his gear linkage across the floor seemed a desperate plea to slow the efforts by made by Clem to get Luigi onto the back of the trailer.** Of course Fluff and Minimum had other things to sort out; I for one have to admit I like the sight of women working.

See the full story in the forum here

As the weekend has now drawn to a close and the sunburn has now stepped in full force, we say farewell to another fantastic Southern Mini Days!

This for me was the first SMD Ive been to and no words can describe how fantastic this weekend truly was!

Camping with the Minifinity lot was nothing short of amazing, We just seemed to keep on spreading as car after car of MF-ers turned up and we not only filled one complete camping aisle but had to spread in both directions as well! Im not alone when I say this; "Its great to finally be able to put names to faces!" It seemed to have been the pure essence of what Minifinity was about, getting drunk in a field. Whod have thought something so simple would have achieved so much! With a larger turnout then ever before it was impossible to miss the fact that Minifinity has well and truly arrived!

This weekend saw the highlight of Minifinity history!!

Fluff and Hammy got hitched!!

In true style they wanted a quiet do and found the ideal place to hold such a do in South Wales. It was spread over 4 days which meant that the distance in which most had to travel was bearable.

With the help of family and friends the manor house was transformed and the wedding of the century took place.

Most guests arrived on Friday to be greeted by Hammy with a very cheesy grin on his face and Fluff doing a few last minute panics but after relaxing on the terrace & winding down after a glass or three the evening passed & beauty sleep was in order ready for the “big� day!! (beauty sleep needed for Hammy not Fluff!!)

Saturday morning then appeared I’m sure far quicker than they had hoped and the preparations for the day began. With family members setting up the tables ready for the feast and friends gathering chairs to set up underneath the oak tree the time soon ran out and it was time to get our glad rags on!!

Thanks to all that have registered, and those who have sent your cheques in.

For those that havent sent the cheques in they need to be received by the 15th June in order for us to be able to process your place.

Tom has been busy so soory to people for getting back to people but he and Matt are unfortunately working full time as well as organising this event ! Its worth noting that they do not make any money from this, unlike the bigger organised events, they are doing it using their own equipment time and fuel!

Skipton Route is sorted and is being typed up as we speak, along with the Liverpool route which is sorted.

Anyone worried that they are not allocated a place should email This e-mail address is being protected from spambots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it and Matt will respond asap.

Thanks again to Minimaster http://www.minimaster.com/ for sponsoring the plaques.

(http://www.blackpoolminirun.co.uk)

The 4th Annual Blackpool Mini Run is to be held on Sunday, 24th June 2007 and promises to be a great day out for all.

As in previous years, convoys will be setting off from Liverpool, Skipton and Penrith, convening at Preston for a quick pit stop and then head off en masse to Blackpool. Here you will have the opportunity of taking part in the Totally Transport event on Blackpools South Shore Promenade.

Those who attended last year will know what we mean, those who didnt, come and find out!

Entry is £5 per car with every penny going to Breakthrough Breast Cancer (larger donations are more than welcome).

All entrants will receive a free 2007 Blackpool Mini Run Plaque, which are kindly being provided by Mini Master of Penrith who are supporting the event.

To register for the event, download a poster or contact the organisers regarding further information please visit http://www.blackpoolminirun.co.uk. More info can be found here. Thanks to minimaster for supplying the run plaques.