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I am so sorry for what I almost did…

So I have been driving my mini for a few weeks now and I was enjoying it.  But then I had a wobble.  Listen to this… After I had the oil leak fixed - which was a cracked oil filter and pissing the black stuff everywhere - The guys in the garage advised me to let the car stand still for a day to see if the leak stops. So I did and I took the wife’s Megane to work, although now I’m not sure what she did to get to work or how she picked up our little boy from nursery?? Anyway that isn’t the point.  The drive to work in the Megane was smooth.  If I compared it to the drive in the Mini, the Megane is like being transported to the office in a soft warm quilt.  No bumps and no noise.  Before the Mini was in my life, I hated the Megane, I would have quite happily burned the car on a school field.  Then I had the car for one day and I was instantly thrown in to a bubble of doubt.  I began to think about the the pro’s & con’s of having a mini as my main car and logic was beginning to get the better of my mind. 

The Pros to owning a mini are:
• It’s a mini
• It’s insurance is unbelievably cheap

The Cons to Owning a mini are:
• High Maintenance
• Unreliable in winter (I have no factual evidence for this particular mini - but i can only presume this because it’s a 30 year old car)
• If I have a fairly bad crash, there is a good chance my life will end.
• Add in any other silly excuse you can think of and I would count it as a negative towards the mini.
So within a day, I had convinced myself I was going to sell the mini.  I knew somebody that wanted to buy it too.   Good job I had the sense to wait on my decision and go to play five a side.  All the guys there told me I would be stupid to sell it. 
The next morning on the drive to work, the sun was shining and the roads were clear.  My music was playing and Henry was happy.  I was thankful that my bubble of doubt had burst and as I looked at all the other miserable drivers on the roads, I knew that I could never sell Henry.  They get in there cars, that practically drive themselves and they grump all the way to work.  There is no fun in driving a Megane, or any other car.  It’s boring.
So the mini stays - and im going to love it and make my alterations to it.  Making it truly my car that people will look at and go “Ooooh… Mini”….
I have some plans for Henry - I will reveal all soon.
 
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