Hello Everybody-
I just thought I'd take a moment to introduce myself as I know I'll be wasting massive amounts of time here, posting and learning over the next good amount of years
I'm just finishing school at Northwestern University in Evanston Illinois (right north of Chicago) and will be living in Chicago next year. When I was in High School I opened a car detailing business (if you have any car cleaning questions I'd be happy to give my opinion) which made a poor college student like myself enough money to waste it on cars. Three years ago I put down a deposit on a 2000 Audi TT Coupe and after taking delivery 2 years ago have enjoyed that car very much. I frequent the
Audiworld Forum and have been able to learn a great deal about the car and make friends with people all over the world. I hope this place is the same way!
So, after checking out the spy photos on the new Mini I knew I'd like to have one but didn't know if I could do it. Needless to say, I put deposit on one about a year ago and a few months ago had the opportunity to pick up a Cooper S at MSRP. I spent all day driving both the S and Cooper and while performance was nice, I had reasons for going with the cooper and knew I could modify it (probably be more fun to strap on a supercharger, right?
) I declined the car (it was dark silver with blue interior and my TT is silver with blue interior...I don't need two cars the same color let alone two cars) So, long story short, I wanted a British Racing Green car with Tan seats and the cordoba coloring isn't available in a sport seat (which the Cooper S comes with std) so I went with that combo in a Cooper.
The car should be here sometime in June and I got to completely spec it out. I can't wait till it gets here so I can rip it apart and start on it
This forum has been very helpful so far and I can't wait to read it and contribute over the next several years. The community seems so strong already...reminds me of the Audi TT folks.
Ok, so I just wanted to say hi!
