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jasemini · Nov 2nd, 2004, 11:52 PM

Well after about 10 weeks my CR/W MCS has finally sold and it is going to a good home. I must say that never before has a car or a car community played such a massive part in my life, thank you to all of you that contributed to that enjoyment

My car based personality and that of my wife too will now take a sabbatical for around 4 to 5 years whilst we concentrate on our new house and enjoy the economical and reliable motoring that is a 2003 Toyota Camry

yes it's a huge step down from the the MCS but it's pretty hard to argue with $20K for a one year old Camry with cruise and full electrics, I must say that I am actually looking forward to driving a smooth, comfortable, roomy and quiet car for a while, I'm kind of looking forward to blending into society and having room to put my esky and groceries somewhere without having to put down the seats! Yes I will miss the MINI but I won't miss the constant niggles and rattles, I won't miss the harsh ride in peak hour traffic and I won't miss the constant goading to race young ne'er do wells in Commodores and Sylvia's. I will miss that supercharger wail at 6:00am on a cold August morning screaming over the mountains with a great bunch of guys.

Cheers all and thanks again.

n00b · Nov 3rd, 2004, 12:00 AM

Jase, must congrats the buyer for buying such a mint MCS. I gathered he's not one of us?

The Camry is plain and boring, personality-free but it do wonders at crushing bugs

my last Melbourne-Sydney stint was done in a '03 Camry and at the end, there was a shitload of bugs and flies collected up the front!

minigolf · Nov 3rd, 2004, 12:21 AM

Good news Jase, well, kind of ... you know what I mean.

And no Passat.

Oh well, enjoy the Camry, happy families, happy mortages and all that.

Cheers Liam

jasemini · Nov 3rd, 2004, 12:36 AM

Quote: Originally Posted by minigolf

Good news Jase, well, kind of ... you know what I mean.

And no Passat.

Oh well, enjoy the Camry, happy families, happy mortages and all that.

Cheers Liam

WOAAH there big boy, no families for me, children are the devils work

luckily my wife feels the same way. As for the Passat, well they have the huge potential to become quite a headache, which is a risk I don't really want to take at this point. Shame really as they are quite a nice car. Maybe I'll buy a new one in a few years.

Todd! · Nov 3rd, 2004, 01:14 AM

Its a shame to see yo leaving the community!! (I make it sounds like cult!!

)

But, you have to do what you have to do... a car is only one part of your life...

Best of luck for the future, and if you want to go for a fang in a mini, Im sure one of the clubmini guys will let you ride shotgun one sunday moring!! LOL

Keep popping on to say G'day to us all!

Todd

minigolf · Nov 3rd, 2004, 04:23 AM

Quote: Originally Posted by jasemini

WOAAH there big boy, no families for me, children are the devils work

luckily my wife feels the same way. As for the Passat, well they have the huge potential to become quite a headache, which is a risk I don't really want to take at this point. Shame really as they are quite a nice car. Maybe I'll buy a new one in a few years.

Oops, sorry mate ... I thought I'd read somewhere you guys were expecting, obviously not!

Oh well, all the best with the Camry anyway.

Todd! · Nov 3rd, 2004, 04:38 AM

Camry's do great handbrakeys!!

and over 180km/h!!

My mate beat another friend of mine in his family Hire car businesses camry up against a Mercedes Benz E320... LOL

P platers!! Those were the days

Todd

Sooper Cooper s · Nov 5th, 2004, 07:22 AM

Jase, I'm happy that you got the result that you needed, but at the same time sad to see you leave the MINIhood. I sincerely hope that you don't become a stranger around these parts as your insightful and witty comments are always a joy to read.

Boo · Nov 5th, 2004, 08:01 AM

Sad to see you parting with the MINI.
I hope that you will be staying close to the group up there...

kenhenry · Nov 5th, 2004, 11:27 AM

Quote: Originally Posted by Boo

Sad to see you parting with the MINI.
I hope that you will be staying close to the group up there...

Camry or no Camry, try keeping the big fella from our Thursday night pizzas - it would be nigh on impossible.

I must admit, it is good to see it go to another good home.

Morton's Driving School now has 3 MINIs teaching kids the joys of MINIdom. A Cooper and 2 S's - business is going to skyrocket.

brett · Nov 7th, 2004, 12:45 PM

Jase,
Don't forget to phone up John Laws for your new watch and bottle of Jack Daniels, or what ever it is

AussieMini · Nov 7th, 2004, 08:33 PM

Quote: Originally Posted by jasemini

Well after about 10 weeks my CR/W MCS has finally sold and it is going to a good home. I must say that never before has a car or a car community played such a massive part in my life, thank you to all of you that contributed to that enjoyment

The truth be known Jase has bought a Camry so he can hang around high schools at 3pm to perve at 16-year-old girls in school uniforms while looking like a father coming to pick up his children.

With a jar of vitamin E cream and an evil smile he awaits the school bell. With all that vitamin E cream he may be 32 but has the youngest looking todger in Brisbane!

jasemini · Nov 8th, 2004, 12:23 AM

With humor like that of Aussiemini's how could I ever abandon the MINI2 forums? I have made some great mates via my now defunct MINI habit and I intend to maintain those slightly dysfunctional and irreverent friendships for many years to come. I will miss the chilled glove box in the MINI as it used to keep the Sorbolene nice and cool so it gives you that little chill derived shudder.

A tip that Aussiemini put me onto.

swamos · Nov 8th, 2004, 02:53 AM

Ahhhh... This banter brings a tear to my eye, both for the quality, and for the memories of the early days of the Aussie forum

cjay · Nov 8th, 2004, 03:05 AM

Quote: Originally Posted by swamos

Ahhhh... This banter brings a tear to my eye, both for the quality, and for the memories of the early days of the Aussie forum

Ahhh... the good old days when we all happily bantered on with the bottle of Sorbolene at the ready

swamos · Nov 8th, 2004, 08:05 AM

Quote: Originally Posted by cjay

Ahhh... the good old days when we all happily bantered on with the bottle of Sorbolene at the ready

A few people got rubbed up the wrong way too

There were a few softies around though

jasemini · Nov 10th, 2004, 06:47 AM

I may be moving into a car with next to no individuality in the name of financial common sense for a few years, but I always have and always will take pride in my irreverent sense of humor and the manner in which I get people to not only laugh at things the shouldn't but to make them laugh at themselves when they should really be punching me in the chops, perhaps that's why I get on so well with guys like Danny & Rob and why we manage to shock the bejesus out of guys like Steve"awwh, it's not my fault" Swamos and Ken. It's also probably why many of the more conservative types didn't come for Thursday night Pizza's. I still don't know how I got elected President of clubMINI and how I lasted through the positions term? But it was fun and thanks to the guys who helped me and the club through those frustrating but rewarding early days.

Hey the other great thing about the Camry apart from the shopping bag hooks in the boot ! (yes!) is that the armrest storage bin is seriously huge, I could fit one of those bulk pump packs of sorbolene in there no worries at all. Keep me running smooth for days

AussieMini · Nov 10th, 2004, 07:58 PM

Quote: Originally Posted by jasemini

I always have and always will take pride in my irreverent sense of humor and the manner in which I get people to not only laugh at things the shouldn't but to make them laugh at themselves when they should really be punching me in the chops

...and I was only laughing about this last night when I saw one of our members who previously owned a Cooper but now has an "S".

Nice people like SWAMOS would say to Cooper owners (I was one of them) "Ahhh yehh they're not a bad car, in actual fact they are quite amazing."

Then comes along Jasemini with his "Ahhh they're PUS! Why you driving a girl's car ya ****? If any of you Cooper owners puts an S bonnet on your Cooper I'll smash it with an axe!"

Jasemini has an uncanny ability to shame male Cooper drivers into trading it in on an S just weeks after buying it. But hat's of to Cjay, he remained steadfast... ya big ****!

swamos · Nov 10th, 2004, 08:35 PM

Quote: Originally Posted by AussieMini

Jasemini has an uncanny ability to shame male Cooper drivers into trading it in on an S just weeks after buying it. But hat's of to Cjay, he remained steadfast... ya big ****!

He's not a ****, not that there would be anything wrong with that of course... He just aspires to be a hairdresser that's all

cjay · Nov 10th, 2004, 08:52 PM

Right you bunch of S driving poofs...

I have put the hairdressers car up for sale and I'm going to get an S

An S2 Elan that is! now I'll be able to blow what's left of my hair off and blow away most Cooper S's

cjay

PS Does anyone want a slightly used MX 5?

Nov 2nd, 2004, 11:52 PM	#1
jasemini MINI2 Senior Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Brisbane - Queenslan Local Time: 06:29 AM Posts: 421 Offline	Thanks Guys Well after about 10 weeks my CR/W MCS has finally sold and it is going to a good home. I must say that never before has a car or a car community played such a massive part in my life, thank you to all of you that contributed to that enjoyment My car based personality and that of my wife too will now take a sabbatical for around 4 to 5 years whilst we concentrate on our new house and enjoy the economical and reliable motoring that is a 2003 Toyota Camry yes it's a huge step down from the the MCS but it's pretty hard to argue with $20K for a one year old Camry with cruise and full electrics, I must say that I am actually looking forward to driving a smooth, comfortable, roomy and quiet car for a while, I'm kind of looking forward to blending into society and having room to put my esky and groceries somewhere without having to put down the seats! Yes I will miss the MINI but I won't miss the constant niggles and rattles, I won't miss the harsh ride in peak hour traffic and I won't miss the constant goading to race young ne'er do wells in Commodores and Sylvia's. I will miss that supercharger wail at 6:00am on a cold August morning screaming over the mountains with a great bunch of guys. Cheers all and thanks again. 02 MCS gone after 2 years of fun and new friends, and 10 visits to the service dept at Brisbane BMW. You don't know the meaning of practical until you've owned a Camry! (seriously it's not a bad car though )

Nov 3rd, 2004, 12:21 AM	#3 (permalink)
minigolf Blue is the colour! Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Canberra, Australia Local Time: 07:29 AM Posts: 13,849 Offline	Good news Jase, well, kind of ... you know what I mean. And no Passat. Oh well, enjoy the Camry, happy families, happy mortages and all that. Cheers Liam Sabine Schmitz: Fear disturbs your concentration.

Nov 3rd, 2004, 12:36 AM	#4 (permalink)
jasemini MINI2 Senior Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Brisbane - Queenslan Local Time: 06:29 AM Posts: 421 Offline	Quote: Originally Posted by minigolf Good news Jase, well, kind of ... you know what I mean. And no Passat. Oh well, enjoy the Camry, happy families, happy mortages and all that. Cheers Liam WOAAH there big boy, no families for me, children are the devils work luckily my wife feels the same way. As for the Passat, well they have the huge potential to become quite a headache, which is a risk I don't really want to take at this point. Shame really as they are quite a nice car. Maybe I'll buy a new one in a few years. 02 MCS gone after 2 years of fun and new friends, and 10 visits to the service dept at Brisbane BMW. You don't know the meaning of practical until you've owned a Camry! (seriously it's not a bad car though )

Nov 3rd, 2004, 01:14 AM	#5 (permalink)
Todd! Boy who made the wolf cry Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Geelong, Vic, Aus Local Time: 06:29 AM Posts: 10,450 Offline	Its a shame to see yo leaving the community!! (I make it sounds like cult!!) But, you have to do what you have to do... a car is only one part of your life... Best of luck for the future, and if you want to go for a fang in a mini, Im sure one of the clubmini guys will let you ride shotgun one sunday moring!! LOL Keep popping on to say G'day to us all! Todd PROJECT POLARIS - Die Wiedergeburt eines kultautos

Nov 3rd, 2004, 04:23 AM	#6 (permalink)
minigolf Blue is the colour! Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Canberra, Australia Local Time: 07:29 AM Posts: 13,849 Offline	Quote: Originally Posted by jasemini WOAAH there big boy, no families for me, children are the devils work luckily my wife feels the same way. As for the Passat, well they have the huge potential to become quite a headache, which is a risk I don't really want to take at this point. Shame really as they are quite a nice car. Maybe I'll buy a new one in a few years. Oops, sorry mate ... I thought I'd read somewhere you guys were expecting, obviously not! Oh well, all the best with the Camry anyway. Sabine Schmitz: Fear disturbs your concentration.

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Nov 3rd, 2004, 12:00 AM	#2 (permalink)
n00b Twincharge??? My Classifieds Join Date: Jun 2004 Local Time: 06:29 AM Posts: 2,283 Offline	Jase, must congrats the buyer for buying such a mint MCS. I gathered he's not one of us? The Camry is plain and boring, personality-free but it do wonders at crushing bugs my last Melbourne-Sydney stint was done in a '03 Camry and at the end, there was a shitload of bugs and flies collected up the front!

Nov 3rd, 2004, 04:38 AM	#7 (permalink)
Todd! Boy who made the wolf cry Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Geelong, Vic, Aus Local Time: 06:29 AM Posts: 10,450 Offline	Camry's do great handbrakeys!! and over 180km/h!! My mate beat another friend of mine in his family Hire car businesses camry up against a Mercedes Benz E320... LOL P platers!! Those were the days Todd PROJECT POLARIS - Die Wiedergeburt eines kultautos

Nov 5th, 2004, 07:22 AM	#8 (permalink)
Sooper Cooper s MINI2 Lurker Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Brisbane Local Time: 06:29 AM Posts: 1,145 Offline	Jase, I'm happy that you got the result that you needed, but at the same time sad to see you leave the MINIhood. I sincerely hope that you don't become a stranger around these parts as your insightful and witty comments are always a joy to read.

Nov 5th, 2004, 08:01 AM	#9 (permalink)
Boo Sponsor and Widget Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Nth Beaches, Sydney Local Time: 06:29 AM Posts: 1,735 Offline	Sad to see you parting with the MINI. I hope that you will be staying close to the group up there... The original SWORKS

Nov 5th, 2004, 11:27 AM	#10 (permalink)
kenhenry MINI2 Master Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Brisbane - Australia Local Time: 06:29 AM Posts: 839 Offline	Quote: Originally Posted by Boo Sad to see you parting with the MINI. I hope that you will be staying close to the group up there... Camry or no Camry, try keeping the big fella from our Thursday night pizzas - it would be nigh on impossible. I must admit, it is good to see it go to another good home. Morton's Driving School now has 3 MINIs teaching kids the joys of MINIdom. A Cooper and 2 S's - business is going to skyrocket. www.clubmini.com.au

Nov 7th, 2004, 12:45 PM	#11 (permalink)
brett 1st MINI Owner in QLD !!! Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: St George Local Time: 06:29 AM Posts: 2,390 Offline	Jase, Don't forget to phone up John Laws for your new watch and bottle of Jack Daniels, or what ever it is 1968 Mk1 Morris Cooper S 1310cc Downton Lake Green - White 1974 Leyland Mini 1098c Country Cream 2008 MINI Cooper S Chilli Pepper White - Black Roof

Nov 7th, 2004, 08:33 PM	#12 (permalink)
AussieMini MINI2 Senior Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Brisbane Local Time: 06:29 AM Posts: 687 Offline	Quote: Originally Posted by jasemini Well after about 10 weeks my CR/W MCS has finally sold and it is going to a good home. I must say that never before has a car or a car community played such a massive part in my life, thank you to all of you that contributed to that enjoyment The truth be known Jase has bought a Camry so he can hang around high schools at 3pm to perve at 16-year-old girls in school uniforms while looking like a father coming to pick up his children. With a jar of vitamin E cream and an evil smile he awaits the school bell. With all that vitamin E cream he may be 32 but has the youngest looking todger in Brisbane!

Nov 8th, 2004, 12:23 AM	#13 (permalink)
jasemini MINI2 Senior Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Brisbane - Queenslan Local Time: 06:29 AM Posts: 421 Offline	With humor like that of Aussiemini's how could I ever abandon the MINI2 forums? I have made some great mates via my now defunct MINI habit and I intend to maintain those slightly dysfunctional and irreverent friendships for many years to come. I will miss the chilled glove box in the MINI as it used to keep the Sorbolene nice and cool so it gives you that little chill derived shudder. A tip that Aussiemini put me onto. 02 MCS gone after 2 years of fun and new friends, and 10 visits to the service dept at Brisbane BMW. You don't know the meaning of practical until you've owned a Camry! (seriously it's not a bad car though )

Nov 8th, 2004, 02:53 AM	#14 (permalink)
swamos MINI Traitor Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Brisbane, Australia Local Time: 06:29 AM Posts: 4,985 Offline	Ahhhh... This banter brings a tear to my eye, both for the quality, and for the memories of the early days of the Aussie forum

Nov 8th, 2004, 03:05 AM	#15 (permalink)
cjay "No Works for me!" Join Date: Jan 2003 Local Time: 06:29 AM Posts: 481 Offline	Quote: Originally Posted by swamos Ahhhh... This banter brings a tear to my eye, both for the quality, and for the memories of the early days of the Aussie forum Ahhh... the good old days when we all happily bantered on with the bottle of Sorbolene at the ready

Nov 8th, 2004, 08:05 AM	#16 (permalink)
swamos MINI Traitor Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Brisbane, Australia Local Time: 06:29 AM Posts: 4,985 Offline	Quote: Originally Posted by cjay Ahhh... the good old days when we all happily bantered on with the bottle of Sorbolene at the ready A few people got rubbed up the wrong way too There were a few softies around though

Nov 10th, 2004, 06:47 AM	#17 (permalink)
jasemini MINI2 Senior Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Brisbane - Queenslan Local Time: 06:29 AM Posts: 421 Offline	I may be moving into a car with next to no individuality in the name of financial common sense for a few years, but I always have and always will take pride in my irreverent sense of humor and the manner in which I get people to not only laugh at things the shouldn't but to make them laugh at themselves when they should really be punching me in the chops, perhaps that's why I get on so well with guys like Danny & Rob and why we manage to shock the bejesus out of guys like Steve"awwh, it's not my fault" Swamos and Ken. It's also probably why many of the more conservative types didn't come for Thursday night Pizza's. I still don't know how I got elected President of clubMINI and how I lasted through the positions term? But it was fun and thanks to the guys who helped me and the club through those frustrating but rewarding early days. Hey the other great thing about the Camry apart from the shopping bag hooks in the boot ! (yes!) is that the armrest storage bin is seriously huge, I could fit one of those bulk pump packs of sorbolene in there no worries at all. Keep me running smooth for days 02 MCS gone after 2 years of fun and new friends, and 10 visits to the service dept at Brisbane BMW. You don't know the meaning of practical until you've owned a Camry! (seriously it's not a bad car though )

Nov 10th, 2004, 07:58 PM	#18 (permalink)
AussieMini MINI2 Senior Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Brisbane Local Time: 06:29 AM Posts: 687 Offline	Quote: Originally Posted by jasemini I always have and always will take pride in my irreverent sense of humor and the manner in which I get people to not only laugh at things the shouldn't but to make them laugh at themselves when they should really be punching me in the chops ...and I was only laughing about this last night when I saw one of our members who previously owned a Cooper but now has an "S". Nice people like SWAMOS would say to Cooper owners (I was one of them) "Ahhh yehh they're not a bad car, in actual fact they are quite amazing." Then comes along Jasemini with his "Ahhh they're PUS! Why you driving a girl's car ya **? If any of you Cooper owners puts an S bonnet on your Cooper I'll smash it with an axe!" Jasemini has an uncanny ability to shame male Cooper drivers into trading it in on an S just weeks after buying it. But hat's of to Cjay, he remained steadfast... ya big **!

Nov 10th, 2004, 08:35 PM	#19 (permalink)
swamos MINI Traitor Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Brisbane, Australia Local Time: 06:29 AM Posts: 4,985 Offline	Quote: Originally Posted by AussieMini Jasemini has an uncanny ability to shame male Cooper drivers into trading it in on an S just weeks after buying it. But hat's of to Cjay, he remained steadfast... ya big **! He's not a **, not that there would be anything wrong with that of course... He just aspires to be a hairdresser that's all

Nov 10th, 2004, 08:52 PM	#20 (permalink)
cjay "No Works for me!" Join Date: Jan 2003 Local Time: 06:29 AM Posts: 481 Offline	Right you bunch of S driving poofs... I have put the hairdressers car up for sale and I'm going to get an S An S2 Elan that is! now I'll be able to blow what's left of my hair off and blow away most Cooper S's cjay PS Does anyone want a slightly used MX 5?

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