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 Post subject: Please remember
PostPosted: Sat Jan 23, 2016 12:29 pm 
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that you own a purebred 2-seater sports car

don`t put people in the back seat, you ruin it for everyone :-)

unless , of course, you like bottoming out suspension, going slow, cornering terribly
being very uncomfortable, hot, cramped, etc etc etc

happy Austrayla day

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 Post subject: Re: Please remember
PostPosted: Sat Jan 23, 2016 3:19 pm 
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My kids were the envy of everyone getting out of the back of the mini at primary school drop off every day. Now my son is at uni in Canberra, my daughter is in Year 12 and the mini is in the garage in a million bits. My daughter wants it finished before the end of the year so she can get dropped off at school in it again before she finishes.

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 Post subject: Re: Please remember
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My kids loved the back of the S. Especially after I Armorall'd the vinyl.


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 Post subject: Re: Please remember
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I think it is ok to have 2 people in the back.....when the car is parked and no-one is in the front.....and the seats are flipped forward.... :wink:

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 Post subject: Re: Please remember
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I agree with BBY755, never seemed to notice if the rear suspension suspension bottomed out when we were in the back, but then again I never got out to see what the suspension looked like at that time.

Never found that it was hot or cramped, the cornering did not seem to change either, do know that the windows used to fog up very quickly, but that was possibly from the cool sea breeze drifting along something called 'tail light alley' at Sans Souci.

Could never work that name out as you very rarely saw a tail light for more than a couple of minutes, I know that many young people used to enjoy the view out across Botany Bay for many hours nearly every night of the week, also some cars had suspension that need attention as it used to make a lot of squeaking noises even when the car was stationary.

Sort of reminds me of going to the Bass Hill Drive-in, it was amazing just how much room there was in the back seat of a mini. ;)

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 Post subject: Re: Please remember
PostPosted: Tue Jan 26, 2016 8:50 pm 
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My wife loved the back seat in the 70's try and get her in there today not in your nelly.

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 Post subject: Re: Please remember
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I thought the back seat passengers were there to slide to the high side when cornering heavily? I thought seat belts were left out of the back to prevent any hindrance in carrying out this important task.

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 Post subject: Re: Please remember
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Darrell wrote:
My wife loved the back seat in the 70's try and get her in there today not in your nelly.


Well that's sad :wink: :lol:

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 Post subject: Re: Please remember
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Darrell wrote:
My wife loved the back seat in the 70's try and get her in there today not in your nelly.


Who's Nelly?


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 Post subject: Re: Please remember
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http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.p ... our+nellie

one for the Doc...

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Not_On_Your_Nellie

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