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mini5lover · Apr 10th, 2008, 12:22 PM

Quote: Originally Posted by rogan200 (original)

This has been the most ridiculous thread!! If you love your R53 JCW, THEN KEEP IT. No one on here has told you to go out and buy the new car, yet you've argued why you shouldn't do that. You start a thread, asking people what they think of the new car vs the old one. People who have OWNED both have said they feel the new one is quicker - you argue with this fact! Why ask if you are not going take peoples opinions in. You are correct, there is very little in it. The old car probably is more charismatic, the new one probably quicker in real world driving. You say it isnt worth £10000 to change - thats your opinion and really quite irrelevant - you seem to expect a car in the R56 that is light years quicker than yours - thats never going to be the case - the old one is very fast for a small 1.6litre car! The R56 JCW factory car (which i have ordered) probably wont be that much quicker either.

You buy a new car when you want to and don't bore everyone with your narrowmindedness! You are set in your ways, and every post on this thread has quite frankly just been another pointless argument. I would reccomend that if you really want to know how the new JCW drives, and compares to your car, go for a proper (ie drive the car as it is meant to be driven) test drive with an open mind!

Sorry for this rant, but i have been watching this thread since it started, and each time you post another rebuttal , i, like others who have posted, have just got more and more frustrated, and now want to speak my mind!

(Apologies also for this pointless post - i must be a hypocrit!)

Well thats your opinion then, but you like a lot of others are missing the point again and again. Mini is not selling well at the moment, look at the figures. I want a new mini but cant see enough car for my money, how difficult is that to understand. Also the people who have agreed with me through this thread have just been ignored, you are obviously going to praise the new one, you wouldnt if you drove Swiper.

Apr 10th, 2008, 12:22 PM	#64
mini5lover MINI2 Regular Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: West Midlands Local Time: 10:22 PM Posts: 171 Offline	Quote: Originally Posted by rogan200 (original) This has been the most ridiculous thread!! If you love your R53 JCW, THEN KEEP IT. No one on here has told you to go out and buy the new car, yet you've argued why you shouldn't do that. You start a thread, asking people what they think of the new car vs the old one. People who have OWNED both have said they feel the new one is quicker - you argue with this fact! Why ask if you are not going take peoples opinions in. You are correct, there is very little in it. The old car probably is more charismatic, the new one probably quicker in real world driving. You say it isnt worth £10000 to change - thats your opinion and really quite irrelevant - you seem to expect a car in the R56 that is light years quicker than yours - thats never going to be the case - the old one is very fast for a small 1.6litre car! The R56 JCW factory car (which i have ordered) probably wont be that much quicker either. You buy a new car when you want to and don't bore everyone with your narrowmindedness! You are set in your ways, and every post on this thread has quite frankly just been another pointless argument. I would reccomend that if you really want to know how the new JCW drives, and compares to your car, go for a proper (ie drive the car as it is meant to be driven) test drive with an open mind! Sorry for this rant, but i have been watching this thread since it started, and each time you post another rebuttal , i, like others who have posted, have just got more and more frustrated, and now want to speak my mind! (Apologies also for this pointless post - i must be a hypocrit!) Well thats your opinion then, but you like a lot of others are missing the point again and again. Mini is not selling well at the moment, look at the figures. I want a new mini but cant see enough car for my money, how difficult is that to understand. Also the people who have agreed with me through this thread have just been ignored, you are obviously going to praise the new one, you wouldnt if you drove Swiper. Mini obsessed