After 5 years with One D's I have decided the extra cost now to switch to a dooper is not economical so I have just ordered a prebuilt One which fit my basic spec perfectly. Hope to get it in about 10-14 days and will post pics ASAP.

58 reg MINI One bulit Nov.
Pepper pack
White vipers

Will try and put the new & old together for a photo before I swap them over!

Cool sounds good with the vipers, what colour is?I'm sure you'll enjoy the sweeter sound and that little extra power once you've worn him/her in :)

Be sure to post some pics asap!!!

Cool sounds good with the vipers, what colour is?I'm sure you'll enjoy the sweeter sound and that little extra power once you've worn him/her in :)

Be sure to post some pics asap!!!

Definately won't miss the diesel sound! Always chilli red for me as change the car through mileage and want to keep same colour scheme whenever I change.

Pics as soon as collected, never get over the exitement of getting a new MINI!;)

Chilli red - The best colour, and seems very popular with r56 ones on here (me included)
White stripes are unusual though so thats cool!

Chilli red - The best colour, and seems very popular with r56 ones on here (me included)
White stripes are unusual though so thats cool!

Went for that design with my first MINI to stand out a bit as I use it for work and stuck with it ever since, don't see many around but big waves when I do! It's costly and hard to do yourself so I think that puts people off.

Nice welcome to the club! Alike Alex I also have a Chili red One, and retained the red roof unlike some people ;)!! You'll love it, waiting for photo's now! Are you a modder as such, or will it stay as it comes?

Nice welcome to the club! Alike Alex I also have a Chili red One, and retained the red roof unlike some people ;)!! You'll love it, waiting for photo's now! Are you a modder as such, or will it stay as it comes?

Can't mod too much as I use it for work as a driving instructor but may be more tempted to with the petrol version. Would mainly be cosmetic at first though.

Have to say when I took one for a spin I was really surpised how well it went, felt more like my wifes old r53 cooper in terms of performance. Compared with the 1st gen I have to say it felt much better through the revs and quicker than I expected. And of course as chuckable as ever;)!

Can't wait now....

retained the red roof unlike some people ;)!! ?

;)

Lol I tried to be subtle Alex!

Car arrived at dealers today!! If stripes, tax, dual controls can be sorted I may be able to pick it up Friday afternoon. Then get as many miles on it as possible Sat & Sunday before work again Monday!:D

excellent John, can't wait to see some piccies :D

excellent John, can't wait to see some piccies :D

Cheer Ian, 1ist time I've had one from a MINI only dealership so get the whole drive out the showroom thing so pics aplenty hopefully!

ooooh fab, that'll be a great day then :D

Cheer Ian, 1ist time I've had one from a MINI only dealership so get the whole drive out the showroom thing so pics aplenty hopefully!
Driving out the showroom in your new car is great :cool: Have fun putting the miles on it before you let the learners loose in it :p :)

Driving out the showroom in your new car is great :cool: Have fun putting the miles on it before you let the learners loose in it :p :)

Cheers Supa, have found out that the stripes can't be done until Monday. Really need to run it in a bit over the weekend so will get it Friday without the stripes, weekend jaunt to Coventry & back, then back to dealers for a clean and stripe fitting Monday!

Wonder if they'll let me drive it out the showroom again Monday after stripes fitted? LOL

Picked the car up late this afternoon, loved the showroom drive out!

Mucked up camera setting so only pic below came out, doh! Will try to take some more before viper stripes go on it Monday.

Taking it away for the weekend to run it the clutch etc so will have plenty of time to see how it compares to the old One D! Loving it so far although I really want to rev it up. Soon....;)

Looks good from what I can see! I know its a Mini but you have to zoom out on the camera :p You'll love it, but it'll hurt handing it over to some of those learners!!

Looks good from what I can see! I know its a Mini but you have to zoom out on the camera :p You'll love it, but it'll hurt handing it over to some of those learners!!


LOL yeah the arty shot worked but the basic ones I forgot to change the settings! Promise to do better next time:D!

nice one mate, looks good :D:D:D

looking good John :D makes me want to learn to drive all over again :o:p

Looks great, can't wait to see some white vipers on it :)
I didn't get to drive mine out :( cos I was only 16 years and 364 days old when we picked it up, suppose I can't really complain tho lol.

Mine was delivered for some reason, would have liked to drive out of the dealership. It beats the Corsa I learnt to drive in all day long, some lucky students that's for sure! I'll have to take your details down for when I retake my test lol ;)

Just got back from putting a few miles on it over the weekend (400 now) and managed a couple of pics Saturday.

Can't wait to get the stripes on, kind of weird for me after 5 years to not have thenm on the car at the moment!

Going in tomorrow to get them done:D

Some none blurry pics before stripes attached.

congrats John - look forward to seeing you all in March :D

congrats John - look forward to seeing you all in March :D

Cheers Paul, will be great to see you again (and your car!:cool:). Thought I'd get a new car for the run in March as it is a special occasion:D

Nice looking car :cool: Will be interesting to see it with the stripes on :D

Funnily enough, I learnt to drive in a Red OneD with White Vipers :cool:

Nice looking car :cool: Will be interesting to see it with the stripes on :D

Yeah, will try to take photo's in same place/angle when stripes fitted to get a true comparison.

Why not set up a video feed of them fitting the stripes :p
Mine's finally been booked in to have the wheel arches painted, so I'll be driving around with no arches on my car!!

Why not set up a video feed of them fitting the stripes :p
Mine's finally been booked in to have the wheel arches painted, so I'll be driving around with no arches on my car!!

Nice idea but no video at moment unfortunately!:(

Love to see pics of you archless MINI tho LOL!

That's if they agree to taking the arches off and leaving me with the car, they could leave me car-less :(

However if I can keep the car I'll put some pictures up for your amusement!