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

Well speaking of minis breaking down - I've done over 1000 miles since owning it and it never has broken down so to speak. Never needed a breakdown truck and has always started first time (rain or not)
I made a new circuit board for the gauges so they work and have repaired quite a lot of things myself but as said before, I've spent around 2k now repairing the mistakes of years gone by of clueless owners and a lack of regular maintenance with professionals.
Tomorrow its back in the garage to have both brake servo and master cylinder replaced (found brake fluid inside when I took the servo out)
The brakes had been the last thing annoying me - the pedal would not fully return immediately. This is the last part of the brakes now that hasnt been changed and if the problem remains I will be very very confused indeed!
Gonna be pricey though - £200 in parts alone then a couple hours labour its gonna be around 300 before VAT %$£&!!!
But the drive home from the garage makes it all worth it and the car acts as a motivation for me to work harder and subsequently keep it on the road longer :)
p.s. literally cannot wait for cadwell park!

Although yours hasn't broken down you've done a lot of preventative work and fixing things up. Which proves my point, if you don't do that, it's going to start going wrong.