Anyone else get invited to test drive a R57?

[Hipsi]

enlighten me Nix, what's the food like there. the menu looks pretty decent.

[J u s t]

Quote: Originally Posted by Mike Clarke (original)

Hi Justin, its going to be a low profile launch at Auto Classic on Saturday morning between 09:00 and 13:00

I'll probably drop by about 10:30 and see what all the fuss is about.

Damn. I read this too late.

So .. how was it?

[85NIXMIN]

Quote: Originally Posted by Hipsi (original)

enlighten me Nix, what's the food like there. the menu looks pretty decent.

The food was pretty decent! I'd definetely go back!

[gok4rt]

I got a invite to drive the new cabrio thanks to GR8MNI. I noted the comment from Rellik666 about being an R56 in disguise....what's wrong with R56's??? From memory, our very friendly MINI woman said that the TURBO has a lot of punch...and uses less fuel than the 'older' one - not that I'm biased!!!

[dsakko]

Quote: Originally Posted by gok4rt (original)

...and uses less fuel than the 'older' one - not that I'm biased!!!

Old one??? Prior to 2001 they used to go 56,247km on the smell of an oily rag!

I actually felt a little more cramped in the R56 compared to the R50/R53. Maybe it's psychological??? Also you notice how BIG the "A" pillars are in the Cabrio compared to the hard top, where you're used to not being able to see at all.

[rellik666]

Quote: Originally Posted by gok4rt (original)

I got a invite to drive the new cabrio thanks to GR8MNI. I noted the comment from Rellik666 about being an R56 in disguise....what's wrong with R56's??? From memory, our very friendly MINI woman said that the TURBO has a lot of punch...and uses less fuel than the 'older' one - not that I'm biased!!!

Guess who's getting one to take home for the night......

[Hipsi]

umm, the dealer principal?

[dsakko]

Here's some pics from the SA launch at the Monarto Zoological park. They went with a safari theme and had prizes for the best dressed people and cars.

Got a close up of the open gauge too, that times how long the hood's been down.

[21Blue]

here are some pics from Albert Park over the weekend....love the colour

[pw4]

Quote: Originally Posted by rellik666 (original)

Guess who's getting one to take home for the night......

And the verdict??

[Old Yella!]

Quote: Originally Posted by 21Blue (original)

here are some pics from Albert Park over the weekend....love the colour

So whats it like in the flesh as the photo's don't do the colour justice, looks like a fluerescent yellow... not too sure at the moment will wait to see it in the flesh.

Rellik666 had one for the last 2 days, went for a cruise down the coast yesterday evening, sounds quite noisy, handles speed bumps better though.

[rellik666]

See......

[pw4]

Quote: Originally Posted by 21Blue (original)

here are some pics from Albert Park over the weekend....love the colour

At risk of showing my age - this colour reminds me of my favourite colour on the small BMWs years ago. They looked great with the BMW tricolour stripes too (can't put those on a MINI though)

[pw4]

Quote: Originally Posted by Old Yella! (original)

...went for a cruise down the coast yesterday evening, sounds quite noisy, handles speed bumps better though.

Oh I'm so glad it handles speed bumps better! (Talk about "damning with faint praise"!)
Cruising a coast with the roof down sounds rather nice...

[85NIXMIN]

Very nice!