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Old Apr 1st, 2003, 08:21 PM   #1
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Sales of Mini on hold

Just heard on BBC site that Mini UK have announced that UK Dearlerships will be recieveing no more new Mini's from today. Apparently, Mini UK are concerned that the Mini is now becoming far too common on British roads and that production will be paused for upto 9 months to preseve what uniqueness remains.

During this time, a plan is to be drawn up where dealers will recieve cars in the future, based on surveys of percentage of Mini's on the road in a fixed radius. When questioned about the posibility of people buying from far afield and then bring their car back home, a Mini UK spokesman said, 'It would be foolish to attempt to control this risk, we will have to rely on the good nature of prospective Mini owners and hope they had the patients to wait until their local quota dropped below the threshold.'



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Old Apr 1st, 2003, 08:22 PM   #2 (permalink)
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April Fool finishes at 12pm

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Old Apr 1st, 2003, 08:32 PM   #3 (permalink)
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Is this story actually on the BBC website? If so, please can you share the link to amuse us all!

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Old Apr 1st, 2003, 08:37 PM   #4 (permalink)
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hahahahahahahahah




wish they would do this, makes all of us have rare cars !!!!

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Old Apr 1st, 2003, 08:40 PM   #5 (permalink)
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Oh mYyyyyyyy GOdddddddDDDDddddd (chandlers x in Friends what her name again)

Good job mine is ready for collection at the dealers as we read and speak very excited

Can't get time off work so have to wait

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Old Apr 1st, 2003, 08:48 PM   #6 (permalink)
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Old Apr 1st, 2003, 09:03 PM   #7 (permalink)
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How come there are so many spelling mistakes in that report???????? I smell something fishy!

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Old Apr 1st, 2003, 09:20 PM   #8 (permalink)
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haha ... way too many ... almost worked....
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Old Apr 1st, 2003, 09:22 PM   #9 (permalink)
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Original New Story at BBC News Site

Nicely done except for the typos.

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Old Apr 1st, 2003, 09:25 PM   #10 (permalink)
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Don't blame me for BBC typos....


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Old Apr 1st, 2003, 09:28 PM   #11 (permalink)
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Very detailed, very good !!!

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Old Apr 1st, 2003, 09:31 PM   #12 (permalink)
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Great success story for Britain there, just a shame that the company detailed with supplying the cockpits didn't employee a few more people to help screw the darn things together properly!!!!

Nice April 1st gag.
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Old Apr 1st, 2003, 10:01 PM   #13 (permalink)
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I was one post-response shy of freaking out and going on a rampage of drinking and test driving lesser cars, and then I forgot that it's april... geez.
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Old Apr 1st, 2003, 10:06 PM   #14 (permalink)
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Nice try. Best I've seen all day

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Old Apr 2nd, 2003, 12:11 AM   #15 (permalink)
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You had me until i realised what day it is today!!! ;D

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Igor says well done

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Old Apr 2nd, 2003, 12:24 AM   #17 (permalink)
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Anand,

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Old Apr 2nd, 2003, 12:25 AM   #18 (permalink)
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Yikes! Can any this be legal?

Nice job.

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Old Apr 2nd, 2003, 12:30 AM   #19 (permalink)
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Wish this would of happened the value of my would have doubled.

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Old Apr 2nd, 2003, 01:39 AM   #20 (permalink)
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my car is rare enough :P i peeped at someone today, another mini! hehe.
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