Calling for all Mini owners in Finland!!!!

[Superior S]

Any Mini owners from Finland here?

I now there are some but I have been too lazy to contact or answer your messages, so here goes, if there are any Mini owners from Finland here who would like to have some sort of an unofficial meet exchange thoughts of your car and dealership opinions or something like that please feel free to answer this thread.

p.s damn dashboard noise in my car is driving me crazy !

[Rick38]

Hello Superior S.

I am going to take part in a dutch rally. www.arctic-challenge.nl
Non stop from Holland to Kuusamo Finland.

Wich tyres and wheelsize would you recommend?

[Silakka]

Hello Superior!

I would be wery interested in a Mini-meeting, and I know a few other mini-drivers who probably would like to participate too. Please, send private mail if you get something organized.

P.S. I like your sig! We share the same experiences...


Rick38:
I would recommend 16" or perhaps even 15" wheels (I drive 205/50/16 with studded tyres). You probably need friction winter-tires because studded tires are prohibited in some countries like germany. I think Continental CONTIVIKINGCONTACT 3 won the tests here in Finland, Bridgestone Blizzak:s are a good choise too. Nevertheless I don't think you need to go down to 15" wheelsize if money is not the matter, a narrower tire is a little grippier in snow but in the long run might be a little uncomfortable(floppy) on dry roads.

[Rick38]

Thanks for the advise Silakka,

You would not expect me to have problems with the road clearance if there is much snow?
How do you cope with that where you live?

Rick

[Silakka]

Quote: Originally Posted by Rick38

Thanks for the advise Silakka,

You would not expect me to have problems with the road clearance if there is much snow?
How do you cope with that where you live?

Rick

I have not been driving up north but down where I live (helsinki-surroundings) I have not experienced any problems. I think you'll be safe if your car is not heavilly lowered.

The roads here in Finland are well ploughed and salted, I've seen much lower cars driving around in the winter than what the mini is.

Good winter tires are the key of survival in snow...

Have an enjoyable rally!
- Mikael

[Johan]

Greetings neighbors
Do you guys wan´t me to set up an scandinavian forum on www.coopersweden.se ? A place for us scandinavians to talk to each other?

[XSmall]

Hi - I'm going to be in Helsinki in August, coming in on the Noordam for just one day. How about a MINI welcome caravan??

[Silakka]

Quote: Originally Posted by XSmall

Hi - I'm going to be in Helsinki in August, coming in on the Noordam for just one day. How about a MINI welcome caravan??

Hello!

Sounds good to me, it's still a looong time till August. You'll have to remaind us when the time is closer!


rgrds,
Silli

[nuance]

I'm here o/

A Finnish MINI meet doesn't sound too bad to me. Maybe I'll even build a web page with an entry form to gather a list of possible participants and we could decide whether the time is right based on that.

Superior S - I know how you feel. My MINI is a week old youngster, and it occasionally makes this resonating noise. I managed to make it go away simply by tapping the dash board lightly.

[NunoQO]

Cheers!

One more finn in the game!

[NunoQO]

Hi guys!

Have anyone planned a finnish meeting for this summer? It would be good to see and introduce ourselves to each other and have a barbacue or something there in between... A good idea would be to have it in the same time than those radalle.com or similar track days are held. Another possibility is to visit Neste Rally in Jyväskylä as well... Comments or further ideas?

Summer holidays are closing fast so... Keep posting!

[XSmall]

Quote: Originally Posted by Silakka

Hello!

Sounds good to me, it's still a looong time till August. You'll have to remaind us when the time is closer!


rgrds,
Silli

OK, it's getting closer... our day in Helsinki is Friday Aug 6. Our ship comes in early in the morning and leaves in late afternoon.

[Wile]

Howdy!
This is my first post to this forum.
I haven´t ordered my New Mini yet, still planning '05 MCS. Now driving Audi A2 - which is also a great car. I tested the Cooper S last week and since then the only thing in my mind has been that car. A fabulous machine. The best car ever made? Driveability and agility in corners is just mind-blowing!!! My Audi is very much the same - a great car to drive and own, but no need to say that Cooper S is faster and that´s why funnier car.

Btw, it´s a shame Indi Blue goes away next year. IMHO the best color for Mini Cooper S besides Dark Silver is Indi Blue. My MCS would have been IB with lots of chrome and black roof.

[Morty]

Welcome to MINI2


You should take a hyperblue then instead... cool colour too

[Wile]

Thanks for welcoming.

Yep, Hyper Blue is probably the only real choice then. Tempted to go Dark Silver also, but it´s way too common such as Elec Blue also. Indi Blue (the S I drived was IB with white roof) is sooo cool... I just love it.

We´ll see, we´ll see...