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MINIMARK · Dec 13th, 2001, 04:29 AM

If i hadnt asked im sure someone else would hav.

Mark

Dogger · Dec 13th, 2001, 04:33 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by MINIMARK
Has anyone any pics then of different grips we can all try out?

Ahem
Mark

Knowing the Internet, I'm sure there'll be just such a fetish site before too long..

Makes me kind of glad I don't have leather seats..

JV · Dec 13th, 2001, 05:41 AM

So you guys are seriously considering getting someone else to hold your knobs on cold mornings? I once let my girl friend hold my knob whilst I was driving - it can be a very hit and miss experience. Her 'action' wasn't particularly smooth, and often resulted in a painful 'graunching' noise - she even sometimes slipped down a gear rather than up, which made me hit my rev-limiter more than once, so the message is clear. If you want someone else to hold your knob, only do so when the car isn't moving, otherwise permanent damage could result.

dietcokeplease · Dec 13th, 2001, 01:41 PM

Can I nominate this thread for MINI2 Thread of the Year?

The complaining and repetitive carping recently on the board has been depressing. I don't have a 100% fault free MINI but I'll get it fixed later. It's not exactly life defining stuff either. OK I'll probably get flamed by those with probs but I can take it. After the pages of constant whining and whinging on the board over the last week, this thread has shone like a ray of hope.

OK we Brits are good at whinging - but our American cousins whinge but get results! However nothing can beat a spot of innuendo/toilet humour on a wet, cold December day! To all those with a Carry On sense of mind - I salute you all!

dcfkan · Dec 13th, 2001, 04:21 PM

I had tears in my eyes after reading the original posting by Dogger, it got better and better!

I agree with dcp, just to show owning a MINI is fun, and not doom and gloom all the time.

Dogger · Dec 13th, 2001, 05:54 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by dietcokeplease
Can I nominate this thread for MINI2 Thread of the Year?

aaww shucks....I feel a moist acceptance speech coming on..

Quote:

The complaining and repetitive carping recently on the board has been depressing. I don't have a 100% fault free MINI but I'll get it fixed later. It's not exactly life defining stuff either. OK I'll probably get flamed by those with probs but I can take it. After the pages of constant whining and whinging on the board over the last week, this thread has shone like a ray of hope.

...Just picked up my baby from the dealers tonight after a week apart (I almost didn't recognise her..

)..still some niggly problems to fix, but hey, that's life..

All I can say is that it was a pleasure to get that stiff shiny knob back under my control (who know's who's rough burly hands it's been at the mercy of??

)

Quote:

OK we Brits are good at whinging - but our American cousins whinge but get results! However nothing can beat a spot of innuendo/toilet humour on a wet, cold December day! To all those with a Carry On sense of mind - I salute you all!

...ditto...I'm with Bambi on this one..."if you can't say anything nice, don't say anything at all"...well, apart from 'can I have a courtesy car while you fix it?'..

Keep smiling folks, we'll all be driving straight into the oncoming traffic before you know it..

Cape Cod MINI · Dec 13th, 2001, 06:18 PM

Dogger,
It's been warm here on Cape Cod lately. But generally when my knob is cold in the morning I have my wife sit on it.

Dogger · Dec 13th, 2001, 06:42 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by Cape Cod MINI
Dogger,
It's been warm here on Cape Cod lately. But generally when my knob is cold in the morning I have my wife sit on it.

..sounds a bit fishy if you ask me....

Oh come on!...how can I resist a line like that...

(and I was thinking of the Cod....honest...

)

MINIMARK · Dec 14th, 2001, 05:26 AM

Im sure i have seen a knitting machine on QVC's Christmas special! How about if we all club 2gether and purchase such a machine. Then me may go into production of a MINI2 Knob Warmer. We could create all sorts of designs, from strip's to spots. Come new year we could all have warm knobs together!!

Mark

Currently using a sport sock for testing!

JV · Dec 14th, 2001, 06:26 AM

No offence, but if someone's going to be warming my knob for me I would at least like to know their real name. So until then I'll have a cold knob...or rather I won't because my MINI still hasn't arrived. My current non-MINI knob is leather, and after 3 years of hard use (78,000 miles on an R-plate is hard use), my knob is looking somewhat worn - the, errrrrr, bulbous end to my knob is almost down to the steel shaft beneath, but it still works like a dream, even if it doesn't look as attractive as it once did - repeated testing with numerous 'helpers' has proven that my knob still feels as good in the hand as it did when it was a 'virgin' knob, having never been slotted into anything previously....and it's all nice and warm feeling, even on a cold morning.

smiffy · Dec 14th, 2001, 10:41 AM

I thought everyone that owns a MINI would be getting a bit of 'MORNING GLORY'

Simply because your all pround to own such a cool Car

MINIMARK · Dec 14th, 2001, 11:34 AM

Smiff you have a good point there, but if u started playing with that 2 much who knows what would happen, it could just all blow up in your face!

Mark

peteb · Dec 14th, 2001, 05:57 PM

The solution to this problem is easy.

Get down to your local golf shop and buy a single left handed golf glove - I would suggest that you get the all-weather version as they give better grip in the wet!!

zoooooom · Dec 14th, 2001, 08:19 PM

my knob is only cold not wet where have you been

Dogger · Dec 14th, 2001, 08:24 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by MINIMARK
Im sure i have seen a knitting machine on QVC's Christmas special! How about if we all club 2gether and purchase such a machine. Then me may go into production of a MINI2 Knob Warmer. We could create all sorts of designs, from strip's to spots. Come new year we could all have warm knobs together!!

Mark

Currently using a sport sock for testing!

I'm not sure which is the dodgiest statement here?..the fact that you admit to watching QVC, or that you're now 'working out' wearing only one sock?..

Does the sock have 'go faster stripes'..and is it a 'HEAD' brand sock?..

Personally I was thinking of adapting some kind of latex sheath that my Mum keeps putting into my wallet for 'special occasions'. They seem quite easy to slip over the end and you don't lose that much sensitivity either...most importantly, they're easy to grip onto if you get caught in a slippery moment. Be careful of any tears that might appear though or you could have a very expensive accident..

zoooooom · Dec 14th, 2001, 08:40 PM

doger do u know it s bed time u sad girt tghd

Dogger · Dec 14th, 2001, 08:46 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by zoooooom
doger do u know it s bed time u sad girt tghd

Bed time is for wimps..

...and I'm quite happy actually..

mr.bill · Dec 14th, 2001, 11:26 PM

Enough of this thread before BMW catches wind of it and adds a heated gearshift knob to the options list...

MINIMARK · Dec 15th, 2001, 04:13 AM

I know of the "sheath's" you have spoken about Dogger. There are many on the market, some of which are covered in some sort of slippery liquid, this could hinder the thursting of the knob into its different positions, or make you loose control of it all together.

And as for QVC, it has many attractive bargains on the run up 2 christmas, they offer a good selection of quality products at lo lo prices and they deliver them direct to your door.

OHHHH how sad!

Mark

Dogger · Dec 15th, 2001, 07:31 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by MINIMARK
...And as for QVC, it has many attractive bargains on the run up 2 christmas, they offer a good selection of quality products at lo lo prices and they deliver them direct to your door.

OHHHH how sad!

Mark

I've often wondered what people would resort to to raise funds for their MINI purchase..are you on commission for QVC by any chance?..

If so, put me down for some of those delightful 'diamond-esqu TM' steering wheel covers that were on the other night will you?..

Damn..did I say that out loud?..

As for the slippery sheaths...I find a good rub down with a shammy leather gets most of that gunk off, leaving it nice and firm to the touch as a result...*ahem*..

Dec 13th, 2001, 04:29 AM	#21
MINIMARK MINI2 Regular Join Date: Oct 2001 Local Time: 04:30 PM Posts: 306 Offline	Hmmmmmmm If i hadnt asked im sure someone else would hav. Mark MINIMARK

Dec 13th, 2001, 04:33 AM	#22 (permalink)
Dogger Moderator & Sponsor Join Date: May 2001 Location: Leeds (Garforth) Local Time: 04:30 PM Posts: 358 Offline	Re: Photo's Quote: Originally posted by MINIMARK Has anyone any pics then of different grips we can all try out? Ahem Mark Knowing the Internet, I'm sure there'll be just such a fetish site before too long.. Makes me kind of glad I don't have leather seats..

Dec 13th, 2001, 01:41 PM	#24 (permalink)
dietcokeplease Official MINI2 Fluffer Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Spearmint Rhino Local Time: 04:30 PM Posts: 5,304 Offline	Message for Paul/Casey Can I nominate this thread for MINI2 Thread of the Year? The complaining and repetitive carping recently on the board has been depressing. I don't have a 100% fault free MINI but I'll get it fixed later. It's not exactly life defining stuff either. OK I'll probably get flamed by those with probs but I can take it. After the pages of constant whining and whinging on the board over the last week, this thread has shone like a ray of hope. OK we Brits are good at whinging - but our American cousins whinge but get results! However nothing can beat a spot of innuendo/toilet humour on a wet, cold December day! To all those with a Carry On sense of mind - I salute you all! There is just one moon and one golden sun; And a smile mean friendship to ev'ryone; Through the mountains divide, and the oceans are wide; It's a small world after all.

Dec 13th, 2001, 04:21 PM	#25 (permalink)
dcfkan In exile, down SOUTH! Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: London WC1 Local Time: 05:30 PM Posts: 13,362 Offline	This is fun! I had tears in my eyes after reading the original posting by Dogger, it got better and better! I agree with dcp, just to show owning a MINI is fun, and not doom and gloom all the time.

Dec 13th, 2001, 05:54 PM	#26 (permalink)
Dogger Moderator & Sponsor Join Date: May 2001 Location: Leeds (Garforth) Local Time: 04:30 PM Posts: 358 Offline	Re: Message for Paul/Casey Quote: Originally posted by dietcokeplease Can I nominate this thread for MINI2 Thread of the Year? aaww shucks....I feel a moist acceptance speech coming on.. Quote: The complaining and repetitive carping recently on the board has been depressing. I don't have a 100% fault free MINI but I'll get it fixed later. It's not exactly life defining stuff either. OK I'll probably get flamed by those with probs but I can take it. After the pages of constant whining and whinging on the board over the last week, this thread has shone like a ray of hope. ...Just picked up my baby from the dealers tonight after a week apart (I almost didn't recognise her.. )..still some niggly problems to fix, but hey, that's life.. All I can say is that it was a pleasure to get that stiff shiny knob back under my control (who know's who's rough burly hands it's been at the mercy of??) Quote: OK we Brits are good at whinging - but our American cousins whinge but get results! However nothing can beat a spot of innuendo/toilet humour on a wet, cold December day! To all those with a Carry On sense of mind - I salute you all! ...ditto...I'm with Bambi on this one..."if you can't say anything nice, don't say anything at all"...well, apart from 'can I have a courtesy car while you fix it?'.. Keep smiling folks, we'll all be driving straight into the oncoming traffic before you know it..

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Dec 13th, 2001, 05:41 AM	#23 (permalink)
JV MINI2 Regular Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: Hertfordshire Local Time: 05:30 PM Posts: 169 Offline	So you guys are seriously considering getting someone else to hold your knobs on cold mornings? I once let my girl friend hold my knob whilst I was driving - it can be a very hit and miss experience. Her 'action' wasn't particularly smooth, and often resulted in a painful 'graunching' noise - she even sometimes slipped down a gear rather than up, which made me hit my rev-limiter more than once, so the message is clear. If you want someone else to hold your knob, only do so when the car isn't moving, otherwise permanent damage could result.

Dec 13th, 2001, 06:18 PM	#27 (permalink)
Cape Cod MINI Exposing the Beast Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: Cape Cod, MA Local Time: 12:30 PM Posts: 5,365 Offline	Dogger, It's been warm here on Cape Cod lately. But generally when my knob is cold in the morning I have my wife sit on it.

Dec 13th, 2001, 06:42 PM	#28 (permalink)
Dogger Moderator & Sponsor Join Date: May 2001 Location: Leeds (Garforth) Local Time: 04:30 PM Posts: 358 Offline	Quote: Originally posted by Cape Cod MINI Dogger, It's been warm here on Cape Cod lately. But generally when my knob is cold in the morning I have my wife sit on it. ..sounds a bit fishy if you ask me.... Oh come on!...how can I resist a line like that... (and I was thinking of the Cod....honest...)

Dec 14th, 2001, 05:26 AM	#29 (permalink)
MINIMARK MINI2 Regular Join Date: Oct 2001 Local Time: 04:30 PM Posts: 306 Offline	Knitting Im sure i have seen a knitting machine on QVC's Christmas special! How about if we all club 2gether and purchase such a machine. Then me may go into production of a MINI2 Knob Warmer. We could create all sorts of designs, from strip's to spots. Come new year we could all have warm knobs together!! Mark Currently using a sport sock for testing! MINIMARK

Dec 14th, 2001, 06:26 AM	#30 (permalink)
JV MINI2 Regular Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: Hertfordshire Local Time: 05:30 PM Posts: 169 Offline	No offence, but if someone's going to be warming my knob for me I would at least like to know their real name. So until then I'll have a cold knob...or rather I won't because my MINI still hasn't arrived. My current non-MINI knob is leather, and after 3 years of hard use (78,000 miles on an R-plate is hard use), my knob is looking somewhat worn - the, errrrrr, bulbous end to my knob is almost down to the steel shaft beneath, but it still works like a dream, even if it doesn't look as attractive as it once did - repeated testing with numerous 'helpers' has proven that my knob still feels as good in the hand as it did when it was a 'virgin' knob, having never been slotted into anything previously....and it's all nice and warm feeling, even on a cold morning.

Dec 14th, 2001, 10:41 AM	#31 (permalink)
smiffy MINI2 Master Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: Here Local Time: 04:30 PM Posts: 5,778 Offline	I thought everyone that owns a MINI would be getting a bit of 'MORNING GLORY' Simply because your all pround to own such a cool Car S for Smiffy "Kids in the front seat cause accidents, accidents in the backseat cause kids!"

Dec 14th, 2001, 11:34 AM	#32 (permalink)
MINIMARK MINI2 Regular Join Date: Oct 2001 Local Time: 04:30 PM Posts: 306 Offline	This is a very valid point Smiff you have a good point there, but if u started playing with that 2 much who knows what would happen, it could just all blow up in your face! Mark MINIMARK

Dec 14th, 2001, 05:57 PM	#33 (permalink)
peteb MINI2 Newbie Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: Congleton Local Time: 04:30 PM Posts: 26 Offline	The solution to this problem is easy. Get down to your local golf shop and buy a single left handed golf glove - I would suggest that you get the all-weather version as they give better grip in the wet!! Silver Cooper with a black roof in Congleton

Dec 14th, 2001, 08:19 PM	#34 (permalink)
zoooooom MINI2 Master My Classifieds Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: Aberdeen,Scotland Local Time: 05:30 PM Posts: 2,470 Offline	my knob is only cold not wet where have you been

Dec 14th, 2001, 08:24 PM	#35 (permalink)
Dogger Moderator & Sponsor Join Date: May 2001 Location: Leeds (Garforth) Local Time: 04:30 PM Posts: 358 Offline	Re: Knitting Quote: Originally posted by MINIMARK Im sure i have seen a knitting machine on QVC's Christmas special! How about if we all club 2gether and purchase such a machine. Then me may go into production of a MINI2 Knob Warmer. We could create all sorts of designs, from strip's to spots. Come new year we could all have warm knobs together!! Mark Currently using a sport sock for testing! I'm not sure which is the dodgiest statement here?..the fact that you admit to watching QVC, or that you're now 'working out' wearing only one sock?.. Does the sock have 'go faster stripes'..and is it a 'HEAD' brand sock?.. Personally I was thinking of adapting some kind of latex sheath that my Mum keeps putting into my wallet for 'special occasions'. They seem quite easy to slip over the end and you don't lose that much sensitivity either...most importantly, they're easy to grip onto if you get caught in a slippery moment. Be careful of any tears that might appear though or you could have a very expensive accident..

Dec 14th, 2001, 08:40 PM	#36 (permalink)
zoooooom MINI2 Master My Classifieds Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: Aberdeen,Scotland Local Time: 05:30 PM Posts: 2,470 Offline	doger do u know it s bed time u sad girt tghd

Dec 14th, 2001, 08:46 PM	#37 (permalink)
Dogger Moderator & Sponsor Join Date: May 2001 Location: Leeds (Garforth) Local Time: 04:30 PM Posts: 358 Offline	Quote: Originally posted by zoooooom doger do u know it s bed time u sad girt tghd Bed time is for wimps.....and I'm quite happy actually..

Dec 14th, 2001, 11:26 PM	#38 (permalink)
mr.bill MINI2 Senior Join Date: Jun 2001 Location: USA Local Time: 04:30 PM Posts: 577 Offline	Enough of this thread before BMW catches wind of it and adds a heated gearshift knob to the options list...

Dec 15th, 2001, 04:13 AM	#39 (permalink)
MINIMARK MINI2 Regular Join Date: Oct 2001 Local Time: 04:30 PM Posts: 306 Offline	Extra Safe! I know of the "sheath's" you have spoken about Dogger. There are many on the market, some of which are covered in some sort of slippery liquid, this could hinder the thursting of the knob into its different positions, or make you loose control of it all together. And as for QVC, it has many attractive bargains on the run up 2 christmas, they offer a good selection of quality products at lo lo prices and they deliver them direct to your door. OHHHH how sad! Mark MINIMARK

Dec 15th, 2001, 07:31 PM	#40 (permalink)
Dogger Moderator & Sponsor Join Date: May 2001 Location: Leeds (Garforth) Local Time: 04:30 PM Posts: 358 Offline	Re: Extra Safe! Quote: Originally posted by MINIMARK ...And as for QVC, it has many attractive bargains on the run up 2 christmas, they offer a good selection of quality products at lo lo prices and they deliver them direct to your door. OHHHH how sad! Mark I've often wondered what people would resort to to raise funds for their MINI purchase..are you on commission for QVC by any chance?.. If so, put me down for some of those delightful 'diamond-esqu TM' steering wheel covers that were on the other night will you?.. Damn..did I say that out loud?.. As for the slippery sheaths...I find a good rub down with a shammy leather gets most of that gunk off, leaving it nice and firm to the touch as a result...ahem..

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