[BlackOne]

Had some old friends of my wife over to the house last night for drinks and during a long conversation about various cars ( he has worked with classic Jaguars for years)
we got to the subject of the MINI.

" Well I have heard that MINI'S have no boot space" he pronounced, "so I think that it would only be usable as a second car"

I was trying to be polite, so made a joke about only being able to fit one and a half sainsburys smart boxes in the back but joking aside said that he should come outside and I could show him the car.

As we walked out I pressed the key to unlock and walked to the back of the car and opened the boot,
" Not so bad and you can fold the seats down" I said and he looked quite impressed and after showing him over the car he said
"I take it back, this is a car that could be used every day,
it really is quite practical"

Having happily converted his opinion, I shut the tailgate and it did'nt lock, I shut it again and it was if the lock was permanently open, I tried locking the car and unlocking it but the Bl**dy tailgate just would'nt lock, of course this guy had been watching my stress and said he thought that the lock was broken and perhaps I should get some string to tie it shut for the night.

On leaving he said "shame about that tailgate problem I was begining to like that little car"

I was back where I started and now, I know that all I had to do was hold the unlock button on the key!

How stupid am I

[goonermini]

My boot occasionally doesn't close too. I find that it is as if the open catch stays open - I have to 'reset' it by pressing the boot open button again, while the boot is still open.

Weird.

gm