Thanks everyone, all the feed back was very helpful.
Test drove the manual diesel the other week. Great car, very refined - in fact more so than the cooper. It was so much quieter and more relaxed than the cooper to drive that it seemed to lose some of fun. Some how the extra noise that the cooper generates compared to the diesel made it a more involving experience.
Bit of a surprise really, so I'm very glad we had the test drive. The only snag was it made us realise the main requirement for our second car was out and out fun.
You probably know what's coming next, borrowed a
MCS for the weekend - brilliant fun. Decision, reduce the spec we had on the MCA and go for the
MCSA instead!
The car should arrive some time in early September, then its off for a mini holiday.