Cooper Convertible or Cooper S Convertible

[Joolsmini]

Hi guys,

Abit of a quandry!
I wanted to purchase the sidewalk (love the old tan leather colour inside), and testdrove it in the cooper convertible and liked it, but saw the Cooper S (not a sidwalk) in the showroom and fell in love.

I can either buy a brand new cooper sidewalk, or the dealer for the same price has found me an astro black late 2007 convertible with under 2000 miles on it in the Cooper S?

Insurance and Petrol is not really an option as I am 38 this year, and have a fuel card, so please
what would you do? and what should I do

Sold my beetle cabriolet today, so I need to make up my mind quickly!

[wiz]

Congratulations, what a decision to have to make.

I am an S owner and would say it comes down to if you want power or style.
I love a bit of right foot.....

[supa-dupa-cooper]

I'd compromise and go for an S Sidewalk

[Joolsmini]

I would love to, but i set my budget at 20k and there are no ex demo sidewalks in the Cooper S hence the quandry !

My head is saying go with the S, as its obviously a good deal, its just that sidewalk interior, it really got to me!!!!

Thanks for your replys, really appreciate it

[rellik666]

If you are looking to order a new "personalised" sidewalk you won't get the Tan Interior anyhow as it has been discontinued.

Go the S, but as I have a sidewalk S i have the best of both worlds!

[Joolsmini]

^ see relllik, you have the best of both worlds! I went with the Cooper S in black with black leather int, and paid the deposit yesterday, I adored the interior of the sidewalk on the Cooper they had available, but the S won hands down on the test drive

[MINI Sales Man]

Whichever way you go be quick! They have cancelled the Malt Brown Leather on all sidewalks and have replaced it with a black leather!

[Joolsmini]

^^^ yep, I read that, I just cant believe it, the Malt leather looked incredible , terrible decision to cancel the colour imo!!!
Although my dealer did find me over 4 sidewalks that were sitting unregistered, there are a fair few around, just not the spec that I wanted!

roll on next week now, I am feeling very excited and "think" I made the right choice

[topbox]

Hi joolsmini,I am going to pick up my new mini cooper s sidewalk in portadown tomorrow morning(Fri) I cant wait .I think the S has the edge, Double exhaust etc.Personal choice.

Good luck

[Joolsmini]

oh topbox, that is sooo exciting! I bet you cannot wait

cannot wait to see the piccies, what colour mini did you go for and how long have you been waiting

[Laza]

For how long is the R52 convertible going to be available? I.e. when is the R56 -based version going to take over?

[Joolsmini]

^^^ late 2009 i believe ^^^

[topbox]

hi Joolsmini I picked the sparkling silver it is like champagne in colour I ordered it on the second week in december. It was well worth the wait.

[Joolsmini]

^ ooh topbox, that was the one I was going to go for too, then I found the S in black, but I love the look of the sparkling silver, although its an odd name to give a gorgeous golden coloured car
many congrats

[liz131]

I collect my 55 reg MCSC in pepper white with black drop top on Saturday! It looked super when I test drove it but then I wasn't looking for signs of roof wear - not knowing of existing problems. Having read all the comments tonight (hundreds of them) on the problems with the convertible roofs; I am seriously worried I may be buying a white elephant. Given I am trading my much loved current cooper and taking out a largish loan I cannot afford to make a mistake here. I am wondering if i should have gone for a tin top Cooper S rather than a convertible.
Any thoughts from anyone?