hehe Robert....yeah, not forgetting the acronym for Ford too....Fix Or Repair Daily...  ;)

as for Mini's, they were bought by BMW in the mid-90's, as part of the Rover group buyout, and retained when BMW subsequently disposed of the (heavily) loss making Rover....which, yanno, supports your observation about the quality them  ;)

Now, if we could just persuade soem Germans to buy Poser, damn it'd be efficient.....

 "That which doesn't kill you is probably re-loading"