Car appreciation... the aesthetics, the engineering, etc

yeah his mini is mad. On 10" wheels too..is your mates project anywhere near completion?

Don't talk to me about mini's though - they are such a PITA to work on and all my weekend is going to be taken up putting the rear subframe back on mine. Nothing ever goes right.

+1 3-4 days to change the water pump on mine all because it's a stupid fickin' Jap import with Air conditioning and it has absolutely NO space under the bonnet, even with the bonnet and grill off it's a bitch to get in anywhere, add to that seized sleeves on radiator bolts and a lack of suitable tools and you have a lot of mangled fingers by the end of it... still not working properly either, think my alternator's fucked now...

Was driving home last night and it just cut out at the lights... restarted it and it was labouring like fuck and crawling along sounding unhealthy, if I let it idle it cut out... had to keep it over 3,000rpm all the way home with the lights turned off and use the handbrake to slow down to keep it running... :(

Any suggestions on possible fault? It's a 1997 Spi Works Cooper S...