Wake of the Flood

My Midget just got caught in a nasty rainstorm. With the top down! About three and half inches of rain collected under the seats of the car. And, of course, it won't start. May have to have it towed home to dry out. In the mean time, I saw this orange Mini for sale online. A hard top car is looking pretty good to me right now.

Classic Mini's

I'm starting to look at getting a classic Mini again. I was originally turned off to these cars because of the high prices they seem to go for. $8,000 for a real basic model seems unreasonably high to me. Many go for over $15,000 and even into the $20,000s! Seems crazy to me, especially since an MG Midget, which has the same engine and is just as "cute" can be had for $3,000-$5,000. But recently I have seen some in the $5,000-$6,000 level which is about right. When one comes up for sale at this price it is snatched up pretty fast. In the mean time I'm happy with my Midget.