"To me" - "to you"

Off we went to collect blue from the salvage yard, it was a cold icy day with snow here and there and a typical Garmin not knowing where the destination is. Lucky we had Google with us on our mobile phones to pin point the destination.

On arrival we are told to put on our hi-vis jackets which we do not have... I would like to thank co-part for lending the jackets.
Having our paperwork from the co-part office we told to wave it at the bloke driving the fork lift truck. We then wait till I catch a glimpse of blue straddling the largest forklift I had seen. The driver proceeded to place blue on the back of the flat bed trailer. This gave Dave (thinkmini) and I a good chance to crawl over the car and see what I had purchased. We purchased it with no keys so we where prepared to snap the lock out and black box the column but I was happy to see there was a key.



I realise that this is a good spec mini with cruise control, climate control, chrome line interior, heated full leather interior, twin sunroof, DSC, a joke huge pencil in the boot and a umbrella in the boot.

After a 2 hour drive and a huge BK which was very nice as it usually is, we arrived back at my house Dave carefully reversed the trailer up to the garage which at this point is covered in sheet ice. We manage to roll blue off the trailer only to discover that with two flat tires and on sheet ice its incredibly difficult to push. Dave and I try and move the car to the garage which is also up a slope. At this point I am ready to give up and just leave it where it is, partly because its getting late and I am feeling quite guilty that I have kept Dave out for so long. To give it one more go I rope Jeff in (a local neighbour) who helped to get the car into the garage. when the car was almost in the garage I hit a physical wall and realise I have no energy, I feel sick and my head is spinning. Not a good feeling. After a short break we all give it one big push and manage to tuck blue away.

This was a terrible thing to experience and believe me a mini with flats, on ice, up a hill is a very heavy and difficult thing to move! I get the feeling that I will get lynched if Jeff or Dave ends up with a bad back "I hope they have a good Christmas"

I would like to thank Dave at thinkmini again for his time, efforts, and just for being a good honest person. Thanks to Jeff for the extra man power.

Well the next post will involve parts being removed from blue to get to the bottom of what parts are needed and parts ready for the scrap man