I've wanted one of these for longer than I can remember...

Champ wrote

You sound more like an old woman by the day.

 

"Trumpet"? I've heard Moggies fart, tootle, splutter, gasp and rattle,
but never heard one trumpet.

Indeed, the closest to a trumpet noise I've heard is a discreet rasp
about the 2k mark, something akin to a headmistress passing wind.

 

Thus spake Grimly Curmudgeon () unto the assembled multitudes:

I'm talking about the noise they make on the overrun, when changing gear
when accelerating. You have to be behind one to hear it best.

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Champ wrote

Heh. Why a Minor - It's a second car so it'll rarely go more than 20
miles from home which means speed isn't a consideration and it'll
probably only get used a couple of times a week, so the VED free
status, lack of depreciation and cheap classic insurance all make some
financial sense. Because I've liked them since childhood, because
they're cool, because it has a bit of space for when I need to carry
things that won't fit in the Mini and mainly because I can.