Irish Mini Owners Club

Often the question comes up are minis reliable and a good car, well, I have driven mine from Dublin to Tarifa in the south of Spain, the southernmost point in Europe in the last two months, just 8 miles from Morocco. All that has gone wrong with it is an incorrectly fitted water pump, every thing el...

Just today I finished driving from Dublin to Madrid, had contemplated changing the RHD to LHD before leaving but decided I would give the drive a try on the RHD, I just changed the headlamps to the correct side. After driving all around France and down through Spain I didnt notice any problems with ...

So far - and in the event that it is of any use to others who may find themselves in this situation. I called around a few places in Spain and got a broker in Cadiz who is among the very few who are willing to quote a car remaining on Irish plates in Spain. There are lots who will quote UK registere...

thank you both for the replies, I´ll most likely go ahead and change them as it will be longer than 3 months, with a bit of luck.


Craig

Thanks Billy, I will be driving at both night and day and it will be for a few months, so I guess I will change them then. It has been suggested to me that you can get deflector stickers but I would be happy to get the lens changed if it was a case of just an easy swap on the front either. If you kn...

Hello, I am looking at taking the car through Europe, it will be driven on "the opposite" side of the road for the foreseeable future. As a few of the people on the forum will have more experience driving in Europe than me they might be able to tell me. Should I get the headlights changed ...

I bought a mini 18 months ago same issues / lock nuts with no key for them, the only place to sell it was ryans in blanchardstown which i believe charge 27 euro for the key. I just tapped away at it slowly with a hammer and long flat headed screwdiver / took me about an hour but it did the job of lo...

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Thank you all very much for your replies so far.

If any of you can recommend a good place that looks after repairs in south dublin or wicklow area let me know.

Cheers

Thanks Woody, would you have a ballpark figure on what replacement can cost ?

thank you

Thanks for the reply woody, what do you reckon the costs of getting this scuttle panel replaced and spread. the two rust spots are only about the size of a two euro coin and there is no hole through from what i can see. also would you have any idea what the cost of the engine out gearbox/ differenti...

thanks vm for your advice so far! I have all the manuals I;ll just need to figure out what to put where if anything goes wrong!

More feedback welcome on any of the prices re fixing teh gears and replacing, spraying an A panel welcome.

Cheers

Thanks very much for your reply, I am over in Madrid at the moment and the car is parked up, I was thinking I would plan it all out and get the car fully serviced, breaks checked and ask someone who looks at minis to take a look at the second gear problem, as I wouldnt like anything to go wrong with...

Hello, First posting here, I have had a mini for the year or two, and for the last 6 months I have been out of the country, I am living in spain and am thiking about taking the car over here in a couple of months. The car is a 99 black/anthracite cooper sportsback that I left at home as a friend wan...