Well,

The MINI COOPER S I ordered some 3 years ago arrived today and I picked her up. It is a great driving car and I am REAL impressed with how solid the car is and how well it handles. It is not an ITR but it will be a great car for everyday driving. Unfortunaltely I can't afford to keep it so it is forsale at the dealership. I do have some pics of is so I can at least remember what it looked like. One day I will have one to keep....but for now ( thanks NASDAQ ) I need to sell her.

Anyway I thought I would let you guys know about it. I think if they ever make an "M" version of this car the RSX R could be in trouble. I am still amazed at how crisp this car handles. Even with only 160 BHP it is a peppy car. It's not fast , but for VIR south it would be a blast.

Here are those pics:





Here is the whole thing:

http://www.sportauto.cc/B045min03slv/B045min03slv.htm


See you guys at the track!!!!!

Ciao'

 

Nice color choice. I would love to have one as a daily driver but I couldn't afford one of those and the R. And I dont think I will ever part with m Type R.

Enjoy

 

Cool car, I wish I had one to daily drive too...

 

Nice car.

I have one question... those wheels look awfully heavy! Do you know how much they weigh? I bet, getting some lightweight wheels on those would do some magic. (Unless they are already lightweight... please excuse my lack of knowledge on Mini's.)


[Modified by Cosworth, 4:57 PM 5/27/2002]

 

Very nice, it's a shame you can't hang on to both.

 

i saw a MINI S at the beach yesterday. that thing is pimp! it sounds sweet too

 

I have been seriously looking at one of those as a daily driver that I dont have to worry about getting ganked. I have been a fan of mini coopers for as long as I can remember.

I have to by my wife an IS300 first, then its my turn for a new car. I am looking at the mini cooper or the WRX. I guess I wont know till the end of the year when its my turn. I think I am going to drive both and decide. Hopefully the STI comes out soon.

 

I guess I am a minority with this but everytime I see one of those I like them less and less.

 

Off the hook.

If I ever get rid of my EG... That's where it's at.

 

Funny, the more I see them (saw one in the flesh for the first time last week), the more I like them.

If yours was on a trailer at some point this weekend, I think my Mom saw you. She was using the giant Suburban to carry some stuff down to her sister in NC. I just got off the phone with her...

"Karl I saw two Minis this weekend!.....the other one was silvery gray, I think, and was on a trailer."

Before I pull the trigger on a daily driver I will test drive one. Although, after having her '02 MR2 for the weekend, I'm having a hard time thinking of anything else I would possibly want.


[Modified by krshultz, 8:10 PM 5/27/2002]

 

BMP design is working on right now. So look out in the mags in the near future

 

3 years?!?

 

Me too. Got to take a few rides in one at an autoX a few weeks ago - car was bone stock, right off the dealership lot with Kuhmo Ecsta V700's. The car was the base model, and it handled very nicely, and the cooper S suspension can be fitted to the car for about $500. Once those are setup and developed, they'll be a force even next year when they get bumped to g-stock. I would like a Cooper S tho. Getting the DVD/Nav system gets rid of the center mounted speedo and places it on the dash next to the tach - but then thats a $1600 feature that i'd never use, getting it for the sole purpose of relocating that silly speedo.

RJ

 

 

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Yep,

The manager of the new MINI store in NC called me up back in 99 and asked me to "make a deposit" on a new car they are trying to get the dealership for. HE said it all depended on who had the most pre-sale deposits as to who got the dealership. So I told him I would help out....I didn't realize he would keep my $1000 for 3 years almost till I saw a car!!!!

 

I just saw one (base model) for the first time yesterday and :wow:

Sorry you couldn't keep her.

 

6 Speed sequential


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dude, get the selling info correct on the site.

 

hehehe...oops,

maybe I was going to put in a sequential box...yeah that's it...F1 style

edit: my spelling sucks


[Modified by N24RE, 11:18 AM 5/28/2002]