Sounds like it is time to start a list of things Mini owners should or should not do. Ok. I'll start a new thread.

A few years ago, l had a mini in my detailers shop for a cleanup

When l came to pick it up it looked gorgeous but he looked like he S*** his pants, in front of the mini on the floor were all of the yellow blades from the fan-laying in a neat pile

He apparently left a cleaning rag in the engine bay and started it up-

Might l say it never happened again

Big AL

Wow! that fan is completely destroyed , you should have bought a few lottery tickets seeing that the radiator escaped unscathed!!!!!

Ouch! I took off on a test drive a couple of months ago and left my oil fill cap on top of the motor. After a couple of blocks I heard a huge noise—I thought for sure I'd thrown a rod. I opened the bonnet and saw that the filler cap had destroyed my plastic fan. Coulda' been worse—coulda' taken out my aluminum radiator. Now I count all my tools, make sure all my shop rags are accounted for and everything I messed with is buttoned up tight. Lesson learned. 

That reminds me, i need to check my engine stabilizer. 

That will buff right out there... :)

Hello Fellow Miniacs

I haven't posted here in quite some time but I just wanted to share a quick video of what could go wrong when excitement takes over common sense.

I bought this mini after it had been parked for 5+ years and spent almost a year getting it running and driving again.
Hearing it start up and and driving out of my garage got me all excited and I got carried away.. Hey it's happened to all of us right?

Giving it a few short blasts up and down my cul-de-sac had me giggling like a schoolgirl .....until this happened..

https://youtu.be/1FjArNVVEaU

So as a reminder, please make sure all your parts are bolted down properly and your mini is safe to be on the road before getting caught up in the excitement as I did

Happy Mini-ing!!