Meet Dinky....

[Moli]

Hubby and I both drive 2 ltr cars, I need a 4 wheel drive for the dogs and the winters up here, but with the price of fuel going up, we decided to get a small car just for short runs, like nipping to the shops etc....So we bought Dinky to use in the summer months....:)



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[angieh]

I think "Dinky" is very cool Moli! Be interested to hear how you get on with her/him.

[Moli]

I think "Dinky" is very cool Moli! Be interested to hear how you get on with her/him.
Dinky is a she Angie, its a brilliant little car, 1 ltr turbo, and she will do 100mph...;)

[Mags]

It's a great little car Moli......do you get half price parking with it? :-D

[Moli]

It's a great little car Moli......do you get half price parking with it? :-D
I never thought of that Mags, I should as its really only half a car!:lol:

[smudgley]

Hi Dinky, funnily enough I saw Dinky in your photos of the farden earlier & wondered who little Dinky belonged to. :-D

[Moli]

Hi Dinky, funnily enough I saw Dinky in your photos of the farden earlier & wondered who little Dinky belonged to. :-D
Well spotted Smudgley!!;)

[Mags]

Does it have a boot to put all your shopping in Moli?

[Moli]

yep, can get a load of shopping in the boot...

[Sweet]

Dinky is brilliant, and what a lovely name x

[Kim]

Dinky certainly lives up to her name, great idea Moli.

I have a little car, although not quite as small as Dinky. I fulled up with petrol troday and it cost me £39, not so long ago it cost about £30 to fill up. It's scary the way the cost of driving is so expensive now.

[Kazz]

I love Dinky and adore the name but think I would have calld him "Arfur" Half A Car.......;)

[Kazz]

You are right there Kim I used to fill my Rover25 up for between £38 - £40 depending how low I went; filled up last week and it cost me 30p short of £50.............................

[yola]

Dinky's lovely - great colours!

When I started my business 6 years ago, my then business partner had a grey and black one. We went to a few meetings in it; a bit hairy-scary on the motorway but otherwise a really nice little motor and not as small inside as you would imagine.

I must admit I was a bit cruel to him and used to joke and call it a wheelie bin :oops:

[PoshPuss]

Small is beautiful :-) but then being just 5' I am biased!
Loved my little Mini GT, back in the early 80's. Had a lot of oomph when called for :-)

[angieh]

I had a Mini too, but in 70's - my first car. I wonder if I have any photos of her - do you PP???

[PoshPuss]

No Angie I don't have any pics of my Mini, unfortunately, it was in the days when I was a poor student (sob sob) and didn't own a camera then. I remember the reg number and everything; she was blue, had a small leather steering wheel fitted, bucket seats and for a 1300 engine could go a bit! Had the bad habit of cutting out in wet weather tho. Probs with the distributor cap, found out it was a small crack in the bakerlite but it cost me £££ to find that out!:shock:
I gave her up after qualifying, went in for a smart white Fiesta, with black n white check seats, very 60's retro. But I never felt the same about this one as I did about Mini.

[Moli]

This was a mini my son bought, it was red and very rusty, this is it after he did it all up...
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[PoshPuss]

Wow! How smart is that ! He's a clever guy! :-D

[angieh]

Yes, what a clever young man. A great looking car. I do love the older minis still!

Oh yes, mine was blue too PP and used to cut out in wet weather until I found out it had a hair line crack in the distributor cap. I used to do all the mechanics on it that I could, with my dad's help. No computerised bits and bobs in those days - eeek sound like one of my old aunts!!!!