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Thought I’d check back in and see if the post ceramic coating pics had been posted yet 😎

Wowzers!! You must have been like a Cheshire Cat when that rolled out into the Sun.

I appreciate how hard it is to capture the finish, depth and intricate detail of the paint so I know if it looks this good on here then standing next to it on a Sunny Day will blow you away!

Fantastic Mate!

I wish you and Mrs GG a happy & healthy retirement with plenty nice road trips along the way 😊

ps Once the full power of that engine is released and you start pouring milk down the sink so you “Need” to pop to the local shop for more then Firstly be careful and keep that license intact!

Secondly make sure you give it the Beans.. The Full Beans now n again when the time is just right 😇🤭

Enjoy my friend!

Hope you and anyone else in your position stick around and continue to contribute 🫡

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That is a thing of beauty my friend 😍

im liking the interior colour too, goes great with the outside colour

I know it’s early and you might just be easing it in a little but what are your first impressions of it then? Have you sat at the traffic lights accross from another “quick” car and thought 💭 “I’m having you mate” 😬🤣🤣

How’s Mrs Gloss finding it? Have the kids insisted on being on the insurance and took it for a spin?

So many questions I know I’m sorry ha

I would be parking that car as far away as I could from all that building work! 🫣 and warning all the workers that anything heavier than a feather lands on that car and its back to medieval times with Impalent as the punishment 🤭

looks mint mate, must put a smile on your face when leave the house and see it sitting there

Congratulations mate 💪🏻😎🚗

wishing you lots of happy and safe travels in it 🙌🏻

 

and now I’m logging off and going to sleep cos it’s now 2-0 to England 😭😭😭😭🤣

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Hands up if you need some kind hearted and intelligent soul to first explain it, who it applies to and then perhaps add a few baby steps of how we would approach it… 🙌🏻

believe me I wish I had more than 2 hands 🤭

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Heiliger Strohsack! As they say on Google Transkate… 🤭

That car is a thing of beauty my friend 😍 whilst under the bonnet and bodywork it’s a beast!! What’s not to Love?! ❤️

Lovely Colour and Alloys too , it will give you and Mrs Glos a greater feeling of security and allow easier access & more storage with the overall size and height difference

It must be fun to drive too when the opportunity presents itself 😏 although… can it really hold a candle to a 2ltr Tdi 150ps Front Wheel Drive that many of us are so used to on here? 😬🤪🤣🤣

Good shout on upcoming work from your detailer , without doubt a must on a car like this. I’ve saw up close the difference it makes and how much easier it is to wash going forward.

As others have pointed out it’s important that members like yourself stick around on here, you guys have a sound moral compass and wealth of experience & knowledge that can be really beneficial to some other members who maybe struggle a little more than most

Also you folks have “earned” the right to be here ( as long as you want to )

So I really hope the ones that have contributed for years on here but have now moved away from the Scheme decide to stick around, In a world where loneliness and isolation is on the rise, coming in here for a little bit can help with that  😇

Even though my participation over the past 4/5 years has been scarce I’ve always thought of this place as a little community where everyone usually had each others backs. Now that’s  even more important than ever with the media and politicians trying to divide the population with the finger firmly pointing to the disabled in the blame game of why the Country is in such a mess

So please stick around 🫡

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Just had a quick look at some cars I was “interested” in some the same price, some a little increase of a couple of hundred bucks and then…. Blammo

leapmotor C10

AP from 3k to over 5.2k

nearly choked on my morning Hob Nobs.. 😭🤭🤣

think I’ll go back to bed and just wait for WW3, UK Wide Sharia Law or the Aliens 👽

hope there isn’t too many sad or angry member faces  Today

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Holy Moly.. catching up on this thread is the most reading I’ve done in ages.. I was tempted to run it all through Chat GPT to summarise with nice little bullet points 😜

Firstly I’m happy to hear that Glos has managed to secure such a sweet deal on his new ride  and finally has the Audi that gives him a little smile when he’s behind the wheel 😎🚙

 

lol, only joking mate I know if you were cut you would bleed BMW 🤭

So pls tell which Model/Colour/Spec you went for, or if you’ve collected it some pics would be even better 💪🏻

Dont worry about some loser having a go or negative reply towards it, There’s far more many of us in here who like and respect you, who are genuinely happy for you and are big car fans who would like to see it

Those discounts you were able to achieve were fantastic and all the info you posted about your transition… ( hey not that one lol ) your transition to privately owning a vehicle coming from MB will undoubtedly really help some people considering the same decision

Not me though, I’m too stupid to understand half of it… 😭😭😭😂

You know folks we only have the 1 go at this life of ours and the fact we are all members of this forum should tell us that perhaps its not been or will be all Sunshine & Rainbows

So if you are able to grab an extra little slice of happiness in whatever form floats your boat, whether it’s Turkey Teeth, a Turkey Barnet, a 24ct Golden Toilet Seat or a new car that puts a smile back on your face then go for it! Don’t let anyone else’s opinions hold you back or steal your joy! It’s your life and your journey.

i completely get having bad days, bad times and bad mental health which as a result can allow you to let your standards slip and end up saying cruel and hurtful things and it’s so easy to lash out , believe me I do that more than most and it’s something  I really need to work on as  a person

But it’s not an excuse or justification for what was said by Mr South, anyone who knows Glos or has been on the Forum ( albeit sporadically ) for as long as I have knows what a genuine and caring man he is, having helped lots members with his knowledge and experience and he’s put a lot of time and effort into his posts over the years

it’s not for me to tell anyone to apologise, that has to come from within when you’ve realised that you were in the wrong, so I hope that time has come Mr South

Finally I hope you stick around Glos , I know for a fact you’re very well liked and have lots to offer many members on here

Have a great day out there folks and if you’re gonna be anything then Be Kind

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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I did the same with the Mini key, each to ther own and all that but I found  the circle ⭕️ design like a Jaffa Cake , not cool one bit. So I already had 2 rectangle covers from AliExpress ready to fit. Some people might think, what’s the fuss it’s only a key… but to lots of us it’s def a lot more than just a key it seems 🤪

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Yes that seems strange about not being allowed to add options/packs. Maybe he made a mistake , maybe that particular dealer doesn’t do that incase someone cancels and they’ve got a car sitting there with some added options.

as far as the privacy glass I would worry as it’s never dark enough and go to your local window tint company and it shouldn’t be more than £200

allnmy cars including my current JCW came with privacy glass but I’ve always paid a firm to add a dark tint

congratulations on the new order 💪🏻 what sort of time scale they give you for delivery?

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It might have been discussed or mentioned before but I remember flicking channels a few weeks ago on budget day and just caught the… cough cough “chancellor”s swipe at MB which only lasted about 1 minute but it contained a part that went something along the lines of…
It wasn’t set up so people could go along and pick up the keys to their new Mercedes Benz

Followed by a lot of MP’s Shouting, Cheering & Stamping Feet

So wrong on so many levels, to me a clear indication of desperately looking for votes regardless of the division and ramifications it would cause

If you can turn 1 very large group of Voters ie The Working Class against a much smaller group Us aka Motability Customers and create a narrative of unfairness that we are used to seeing from the Daily Mail then there’s a good chance a lot of that big group of people who are unhappy and looking to blame someone are gonna vote for you

Deflect Deflect Deflect and we’re an easy target.

Not a lot suprises me these days, but that was very very poor.

MB and its customers are not the reason this Country is in the state it’s in.

Coupe, Convertible and the Big 3 German Brands all of a sudden dirty words, but if you can afford the AP you can drive away in car worth well over £50k but no basic Audi A1 that’s worth half that 🤦🏻‍♂️

they talk about banning social media for under 16’s. I think they should ban it for over 18s So we can all go back to a time of common sense, respect, morality and not giving a care in the world what anyone else thinks

if it doesn’t affect you then keep your mouth shut

and you’ll be glad that’s exactly what I’m gonna do now lol.

goodnight 😴

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Thanks guys I appreciate those responses, I had always thought that after this current car F56 JCW I would go to back to that trusty old Tiguan or explore and maybe look at some Hyundai/Kia as they look interesting 🧐. It’s only when I saw the new JCW appear I thought I’d find out more. It’s not that much of a big deal if I can’t make it work for me. I love the current car I have , it’s very quirky you’ll either love it or hate it.

if anything relevant pops up I’ll post it on here

Shame things on MB aren’t as rosey now as they once were , but i guess that’s more of a countrywide issue rather than a specific MB one

 

thanks again, much appreciated

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Hey folks

thanks for the replies

Oh believe me Ive built about 6 different JCW’s already

im not sure if yous remember the options available 3 years ago? I can barely remember what I had for dinner last night lol

so my model F56 came with a lot of kit as you can imagine, the 2 trim levels available were Premium & Premium Plus. Which are now called  Class 2 & Class 3 those packs are still the same price

If i remember correctly the JCW  Advance Payment including  The Premium Pack was £3000

With the Premium Plus Pack it was £3500

it was fantastic value getting a pack worth £3800 for £500

so that’s all I was looking to find out

the dealer came back to me this evening and at this this time they are only offering 1 JCW configuration and that with Level 1

to me that’s disappointing, even though as standard it comes with good kit I like the toys and things to figure out that others don’t like

i could live with level 2 but I’m not prepared to pay the best part of £5.5k

as we know with Motability the cars and offers can change quickly and not just every quarter.

its one of those MB dilemmas do you wait and see if they ad on a more attractive package and run the risk of it dropping off completely.

atleast for today im happy to wait it out. But ill be checking that Motability website daily 🤣

so thanks again for the replies , if I do uncover any updates I’ll certainly post them

Thanks Glos, very kind words.. I hope you and the family are happy and well, same with you Mitch and the rest of the guys

I’ll be popping on more often

hope u all have a great weekend

 

cheers

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Thanks for the replies folks and it’s nice to see some of the old names I remember , brings back memories of happier times

I didn’t know the grants team had anything to do with that, I thought they were for New Cars only, so this is great thanks. That’s the road I’ll go down next month

 

just out of curiosity

the New Mini F66 JCW is on the scheme , new version of my current car

mini have renamed their trim levels, Used to be Premium & Premium Plus , but now it’s called Class 1,2 and 3

all the other minis on the MB website have the Class listed but the JCW doesn’t, I asked MB they couldn’t tell me 🤣. Has anyone looked into this car and know the answer?

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Haha , that’s what I thought but didn’t want to assume that just in case there was a secret button that cleaned the reverse camera or another part of the car

But you’re spot on, it gets dirty sooooo easy eh? Every time I go a decent run it comes home looking like I’ve sneaked onto some rally stage!

My Alloys get particularly filthy!

But the cars there to be enjoyed and driven so well just need to deal with it ha

Sometimes if I’ve had a lousy week and barely looked at the car let alone driven it I forget how enjoyable it is behind the wheel – So its nice when I sometimes find myself starting to smile like a right wally after a few mins of driving

def one of the best decisions I’ve made for a good long time ??

do you ever wave or get a wave/flash when you pass another Mini?

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Hi Windy

thats great to hear that you’re enjoying your Mini so much, when you mention self clean function I don’t know if you’re having a laugh because they get dirty so quickly lol or if you’re being serious ?

 

 

 

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Hello my fellow Mini drivers ?

it took me some time to scroll back and find this thread ?

I was just wondering how everyone is getting on? Full of Love or Full of Regrets? ?

i’m assuming by now there is a few more Mini drivers on here so let’s hear how you’re getting on

here’s a little clip of mines the other week when I was testing out my drone before the snow got too heavy!

When the action is sped up and the drone is tracking the car it sure reminds me of those Benny Hill chases ?

 

https://www.instagram.com/reel/C2bKTmYI3nW/?igsh=MWJuMmM1NDY2djh5MA==

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If you ever get stranded mate and need a tow just gimme a shout ??

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Elliot wrote:

My wife got her Cooper S convertible in 7 weeks from ordering to delivery.

not related to the original post sorry just wondered how your wife is getting on in her mini? Have yous had before , what do you think of it?

just curious ?

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wmcforum wrote:

Spoiler alert: customer cancels Cupra Formentor to order Audi Q4.

 

I like this version better ?

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Hi Brydo ?

is it too early to ask if if you got your early Xmas bonus? Or shall I ask you after the weekend ??

I wish I was in some secret bunker , that’s right up my street! But the only thing that resembles a bunker in my house is the old 7ft thick concrete walls lol

i still play the exact same lottery numbers and all I can say is I’m still on Motability and driving a Mini, a fun one but still a Mini

but you need to be in it to win it as they say

I’m sorry to hear you’ve had a few health issues , I hope they are under control or manageable ☹️

any progress with your Virgin Media?

I got the iPhone 15 pro max yesterday and this is my speeds today

can’t get much better! And that’s something I never thought I’d ever say about VM ?

 

what car are you driving now? You got long left on the lease?

 

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Hi Mate ?

long time ? hope your good self and the fam are keeping well

I have a small one bed flat but the walls are that thick I’m certain I’d be safe from a direct hit of a nuclear missile ?

i reluctantly switched to VM nearly 2 years ago and I’ve had the usual problems of it dropping regularly , They sent me 3 of those Wi-Fi pods ( one for each important room )  as pretty much everything here is connected , usual stuff  Alarm, Hive, ring door bell , bPhilips Hue , TV’s PS5 and plenty of other devices and so on but with upgrading my cctv on the outside about 6 months ago the Wi-Fi was becoming more unstable with drop outs were getting more frequent

So I bought a mesh system and I initially noticed a slight improvement but then it quickly got worse than ever , so much so I couldn’t play the PS5 because it would drop all the the time only for 20 secs or so but that disconnect from the current online game and was starting to miss ring door bell notifications

so I sent the mesh system back and bought a more expensive one on prime day

I reset the full VM system back to factory defaults and set up the new mesh wifi system and holy moly it’s the best I’ve ever saw it

Since July it’s not dropped once and the speeds are amazing

I have the 1gb plan with Virgin Media

on my phone I have saw speeds of up to 800 mbs , and on the PS5 which is connected directly by Ethernet over 900 mbs upload speeds on all devices are steady at 105 mbs

Ive just had a look at the system I bought and it’s on sale then now , I’ll attach the link

my own personal experience of those pods is they are not much more than decoration that take on the space of 2 plugs

but this mesh system is fantastic

I’ve just checked and I’ve currently got 23 devices connected just now including Eufy 4k cameras on my outside walls and I can stream the live feed seamlessly

I always change  my WiFi networks name and password , but once I had reset it the system goes back to the default log in details , but once I  changed it back to my personalised one all the devices rember it and log in automatically

so I’d def go down the reset procedure first before you set up the WiFi pods to hopefully get rid of any gremlins in the system

good luck mate ??

here’s the system I bought in July

 

Deal: TP-Link Deco X55 AX3000 Whole Home AI-Driven Mesh Wi-Fi 6 System, Three Gigabit Ports, Coverage up to 6,500 ft2, Connect up to 150 devices, HomeShield Security, Pack of 3, Amazon Exclusive https://amzn.eu/d/4iuwkV3

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Thanks for the replies guys , seems a wide range of prices right enough

I’ll do another quick search tonight and I’m fine with that

my Uncle is £600 for a year so I’m glad I’m not in that category yet lol

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Strap Set Up ?

Fits perfectly into its Bosch tool bag

 

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So since ordering the Mini I’ve been watching tonnes of videos and I saw that caught me eye and it was a guy drying his car with a leaf blower

That got me thinking ?

So after some investigation I discovered this was an actual thing and some folks used those big blowers for drying dogs etc , those ones have to be plugged into the mains and I couldn’t be annoyed with more cables to trip over

As I have a few Bosch Pro tools and batteries I figured I’d give this little thing a bash , quite light in the hand , no cables and easy for me to balance whilst holding my crutch

It Did work and it was fun and games for about 27 mins blowing the little heads of water around until both shoulders felt like I’d been hanging from Monkey Bars ( remember them ) for hours on end

I was convinced the principle was sound I just needed a little more oomph!

By luck Bosch had just released a brand new model, something much bigger and more powerful , If the Terminator was a gardener this looks like the one he’d use ?

The power is unreal with a scroll wheel to easily control the power from a breeze to a Hurricane in your hand! –

If  still use a skateboard I swear I could use this blower to get me to the shops and back lol

My own little Tesla Skateboard ?

I bought a couple of straps from Amazon and a few fasteners and came up with a system that’s super comfy and balanced

So there’s no strain on my shoulders and when no one is looking I can pretend I’m Big Arnie

The water just disappears! And it would even better if I had a proper ceramic coating

Although I’d never hold the blower near the ground where it could suck up a bit of grit or stone I’ve attached a filter to the blower just to be 100% sure I won’t sandblast the car ??‍♂️?

it honestly works a treat with no risk of swirl marks or scratches when drying it

anyone else use something similar?

I’ll attach a couple of pics of little and large 

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Windy wrote:

@Winston Hi Winston my door fix arrived can you send a link where you place them just so I’m sure thanks for your help

 

Hi Mate,

Sorry im just seeing this after jumping ( well rolling ) into bed ?

I’m going to attach a link to the video I watched on YouTube and he shows you exactly how it goes , honestly it’s super easy and I’d hate to think how it would look now if I hadn’t installed it

 

how is the car looking after the Ceramic Coating? I’ve been on the fence with whether or not to get it done ??‍♂️

I do have something that you might be interested in now yours is coated , I’ll explain in the next post

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