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Wintering a Mini

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I am considerng putting my mini away for winter - Nov. - March. Has anyone any advice?


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Here is an excellent article on Miniresource.
http://www.miniresource.com/winterstorage.php
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I put my woody away for winter storage today. I now have space in the garden and feel I should fill it with something.
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Apparently we're getting a heat wave next week - you might want to hold off garaging it for a few days!
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vincieshile wrote:I am considerng putting my mini away for winter - Nov. - March. Has anyone any advice?
when i kept mine outside i used a soft car cover next to the paint, a couple of sheets of polystyrene over the bonnet & roof and then cocooned it in a waterproof tarpaulin, tying it fairly tight but allowing a little "panting" for air.

Before wrapping it up i drained the rad, removed the battery (as a spare) went crazy with oiling everything and left the windows open by 2 inches or so.

When i opened it up after 6 months, the car was dry, fresh smelling and clean. the only issues were a mouse had nested in the engine bay up near the wiper motor and spiders.... so many spiders!
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Re: Wintering a Mini

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Thank you all for your comments. But has anyone used a 'bubble'? They are expensive but supposedly very effective. I have a friend who 'wintered' his beetle in one last year and swears it's the greatest thing ever.
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vincieshile wrote:Thank you all for your comments. But has anyone used a 'bubble'? They are expensive but supposedly very effective. I have a friend who 'wintered' his beetle in one last year and swears it's the greatest thing ever.
there's a kid down my street with a penknife.... so it wouldn't work for me.
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Re: Wintering a Mini

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These guys are now the agents for Carcoon in Ireland. http://www.cleancar.ie/
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and larry is on here, i'm sure if you tell him your here he'll be nice to you,
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Re: Wintering a Mini

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See the For Sale area for further details on storage solutions.

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Re: Wintering a Mini

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Thanks Coonas Cab. Had a look and will very likely buy one. Still have to do alot of thinking and talking to myself!!
Thanks also to everone else that responded.
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