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No Golf Clubs at all · Sep 1st, 2003, 11:12 PM

I feel motivated to write at this point, please bear with me and humour me....

The Ups
I have had my lovely cr/w cooper now for 6 weeks or so in that time I have clocked up a careful 1210 miles. Despite some terrible traffic jams between Glasgow and Edinburgh these have been the most enjoyable miles in my time (19 years) of driving!

I have toured some of the West Coast of Scotland, been on a Road Trip and actually wanted to take the car out for a drive!! I've been flashed and waved at, I have (or rather the car has) had the attention and admiring glances of young women for the first time in years!

I have added my own BMW CD stacker in the boot (easiest installation on the planet), a fancy Richbrook Mini Tax disc holder, put on some nice shiny chrome vents from mini spares, installed a lovely mini2.com sticker on the rear window, replaced the interior footwells with red lights and invested in some Meguiars shampoo and wax. Brilliant! What a shine!

She has been returning about 35MPG on Optimax during this run in and apart from 1 recurring rattle near the passenger side front pillar and a tiny paint blemish on the silver trim the car is perfect.

I am now looking forward to the 1250 mile point and trying to see how she handles on the red line.

The minor downs

I am still seething about the ASC+T mix up on my order (I know, I really have to let that one go), I am worried about the runflats and their replacement costs. I wish I got an S, but bottled out of the extra costs at the time D'Oh! still that gives me something to work for I suppose!

I also wish I didn't take out of the order the Xenons, the MFSW and the Visibility pack, but did so as the bottom line was creeping ever upward.

Conclusion
I love this car, it has put the fun back in driving; a hobby to which I previously lost to shopping trips, nursery runs and going to the hell hole that is my corporate graveyard. The moral if you are contemplating getting a mini cooper at all - buy the car, spec it up and enjoy. Life is no dress rehearsal.

...............Now,.....I just wonder how long I will take before I go to the dealer and get a test drive of an s?

Sep 1st, 2003, 11:12 PM	#1
No Golf Clubs at all MINI2 Senior Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Glasgow Local Time: 06:36 PM Posts: 350 Offline	1210 Miles, 40 to go!! I feel motivated to write at this point, please bear with me and humour me.... The Ups I have had my lovely cr/w cooper now for 6 weeks or so in that time I have clocked up a careful 1210 miles. Despite some terrible traffic jams between Glasgow and Edinburgh these have been the most enjoyable miles in my time (19 years) of driving! I have toured some of the West Coast of Scotland, been on a Road Trip and actually wanted to take the car out for a drive!! I've been flashed and waved at, I have (or rather the car has) had the attention and admiring glances of young women for the first time in years! I have added my own BMW CD stacker in the boot (easiest installation on the planet), a fancy Richbrook Mini Tax disc holder, put on some nice shiny chrome vents from mini spares, installed a lovely mini2.com sticker on the rear window, replaced the interior footwells with red lights and invested in some Meguiars shampoo and wax. Brilliant! What a shine! She has been returning about 35MPG on Optimax during this run in and apart from 1 recurring rattle near the passenger side front pillar and a tiny paint blemish on the silver trim the car is perfect. I am now looking forward to the 1250 mile point and trying to see how she handles on the red line. The minor downs I am still seething about the ASC+T mix up on my order (I know, I really have to let that one go), I am worried about the runflats and their replacement costs. I wish I got an S, but bottled out of the extra costs at the time D'Oh! still that gives me something to work for I suppose! I also wish I didn't take out of the order the Xenons, the MFSW and the Visibility pack, but did so as the bottom line was creeping ever upward. Conclusion I love this car, it has put the fun back in driving; a hobby to which I previously lost to shopping trips, nursery runs and going to the hell hole that is my corporate graveyard. The moral if you are contemplating getting a mini cooper at all - buy the car, spec it up and enjoy. Life is no dress rehearsal. ...............Now,.....I just wonder how long I will take before I go to the dealer and get a test drive of an s?