John (GMINI on MINI2 and NEMINI) recently had a terrible accident in his MINI:
I’m afraid there’s very bad news regarding Che, MC40 #995 … a tree with a diagonally striped sign on it, patch of grass before it and the asphalt just next to it … hit it with his front right quarter, and flipped. Wound up on the other side of the road, passenger’s side down.
The driver clamored to climb out of the stinky smoke filled car, tried kicking out windows, and finally succeeded on opening the drivers door past the pinched metal. It was an odd way to exit a MINI …
(click to read more on the NEMINI forum)
John posted pictures of Che, showing how serious the accident was, but also how well Che held up and protected him …
(more pictures from John in his NEMINI gallery)
My very best wishes to Johns quick recovery from the back pain and other minor injuries he suffered, and my hopes that he is soon enjoying driving a MINI once more …
(As well as the NEMINI thread, there is a MINI2 thread)
M&I / GBMINI 
Thanks for the write up, Ian.
I’ll take the wheels…
I’ll take the rims!
Who wrote the description Hemingway?
John / GMINI wrote the description, in the third party. Maybe for dramatic effect, or just for amusement 😉
Again, so sorry bout Che. I feel much safer in Bootsi now…..