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| First Generation MINI Cooper S MINI Cooper S 2002 - 2006 |
| View Poll Results: Forget what colour - Who's the maddest? Vote Now | |||
| Sham the car ho, who is lurking in the far north |     | 183 | 3.65% |
Washy who's still on course to set a record for most MINIs owned !  |    | 232 | 4.63% |
| Soggy who shacked up with Rakey, then thought better of it |    | 242 | 4.83% |
| Aiden, who's got litres & litres in the drive, |    | 174 | 3.47% |
| Cat Eating Rakey - he who spec's best at the pub |    | 187 | 3.73% |
ABG , who has Mod Mania ! and Porsche fever  |    | 149 | 2.97% |
| MartinL, back in a MINI, still the official beanie-type | | 137 | 2.73% |
Mo who's binning his Works and going even more elitist with a Cooper S LE  | | 108 | 2.15% |
| jimskater, who got married & is on his way back to Blighty | | 32 | 0.64% |
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puck, who's pullied, painted, and wants a new job ! | | 185 | 3.69% |
Shane, who's years too late.... and gone far, far away  | | 2 | 0.04% |
| mad brummie, who ate all of his alphabet soup and was left with a Zed | | 2,015 | 40.20% |
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ONED, the diesel loving, Annie beating handyman ! | | 199 | 3.97% |
| lavs, who needs to start Speccin' something soon | | 178 | 3.55% |
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pappillon , who looks very good in all black | | 232 | 4.63% |
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CooperID who wants some big stoppers ! | | 139 | 2.77% |
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Wobert, who needs to do some last-minute Speccin..... | | 146 | 2.91% |
| Goonery, who is busy with very complicated recipies... | | 204 | 4.07% |
Ruthie, who is constantly smiling whilst driving her Lippy Red S !  | | 268 | 5.35% |
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Jul 15th, 2002, 04:39 AM
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| Get the head airbags after all if you ever need them, you probably won't be able to regret not getting them. By the way, they're standard equipment on the US MINIs so in a sense a lot of people are getting them. Also get the MFSW (budget allowing). Forget the cruise control, it is the audio controls that are the great bit.  |
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Jul 15th, 2002, 06:25 PM
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| Guys, thanks for all your comments - Ive just spent the evening demolishing my bathroom, so this is the first chance Ive had to check in !!  LMB - Why not convinced on climate ??  I though Id add the CD changer later to keep costs down just now......Im not convinced on the longevity of the leather either based on the pics Ive seen, but will the side bolsters wear any better ?Addicted to S - I agree on the sunroof, I love the feeling of airiness it gives - Im still not sure on which colour to go for though ! Martin L - Ditto on the roof.....I just cant decide on DS/W v CR/White - I havent seen enough pics..... Sejanus - Good thought on the headbags..... Smiffy - Any pics of the aero spoiler? Any idea how much ? dinger - you are really working hard to keep me faithful to DS/W - like the spots too.......how much are they ?? RickB- I take your comment on the weight, but I am partial to some creature comforts !! I suppose an extra passanger could negate most of the weight savings occasionally though...... Again, thanks for the comments, im taking them all on board.. And BTW, this is the second time I typed this reply - machine crashed the first time !!   |
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Jul 16th, 2002, 03:53 AM
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| If my Coopers are anything to go by the side bolsters fair worse  Mine are distinctly more worn out (well gone shiney) then anywhere on the rest of the seat. It's all the getting in and out that wears them out faster... I'm going to apply some cleaner and cream to them this weekend to see if the natural finish returns. The worse thing about it though is that my cars only done 3800 miles If I can't get them to improve I'm going back to my dealers to complain, I think I'll quote the "sale of goods act" and come up with some legal speil around that I think. Hopefully though as the S leather, IMO, is far better quality these should fair much better. MINI, RX8 and MX5 - Done those............. It's now TTime  Unofficial MINI2.com bean counter |
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Jul 16th, 2002, 04:01 PM
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| Martin, Is the leather wearing, or are the bolsters collapsing a bit? Or is it just general looseness around the stitching ?? Im finally going to get to drive an S next Monday when my BM is going in for a service, but I wont be able to have it for more than 30 minutes or so, as its supposed to be a static showroom demonstrator.....its ready to go, EB/White/Chilli/Sunroof, Id say the dealer would love me to buy it !! One concern I have about red - you know when you see oldish red cars, and the paint has almost faded to white ? Only red and blue solid colours seem to go like that - I suppose the clear finishing coat on metallics prevents that happening - Id hate for my CR/Whire car to end up Pepper White all over in a few years time!! |
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Jul 16th, 2002, 04:14 PM
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| You know dinger, it probably does ! I still havent seen the DS/White in reality though !! Im going to have to drive to a dealer in Dublin, a 300 mile round trip to have a gander at it!! |
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Jul 16th, 2002, 05:40 PM
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| I just think it’s a useless contraption. I mean how often do you sit in a car and go “Hum…today I feel like 21C”..you don’t. The manual air con works just fine, if you’re cold put on the heater, if your hot put the air con on...simple. £230 can be spent better elsewhere.....like a CD Auto. .... Probably not but there's less of it to wear. Speccing your car's not easy is it. Have Fun |
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Jul 16th, 2002, 07:14 PM
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| Re: Im starting to Specify my S ! Opinions please ...... Go with what your heart tells you. Spend some time looking at the two in the flesh - ideally in different lighting conditions. Photos say more about the photographer's abilities and the lighting conditions than the actual colour of the car. Decide on a colour. Decide if you're happy about your colour. Swap colours. Think about whether that makes you feel bad. Swap back again. Flip a coin. Buy what the mother-in-law tells you to buy. Ignore the mother-in-law, 'cos you know she has no taste. Pick what calls out to your heart. Definately. There's too much there that you (and others in the unlikely event of ever selling the car) will want. Me, 'm not convinced about the 17" wheels, but at the current Chilli pack price, they are free Count me a fan of the automatic version. Pick a temerature, and the car sorts it out, no fuss. Looks good too. I'd always thought that air-conditioning meant winding down the windows and driving faster. Not seen it at work yet, but this was another must-have for me - anything that helps the car to go where I want it to is a Good Idea. Standard in the UK, I wouldn't leave home without it. My plans involve an after-market head unit and multi-changer. But again In Car Entertainment is such a personal thing, I don't think anyone else is really qualified to give YOU advice on this. Just remember to specify the CD prep -it's free, and is a bugger to retrofit if you do get a multichanger later on. Looks good on a black roof, lightens the interior of the car, but weighs a fair bit. DOesn't look so good on a white roof, and the car doesn't need to be any porkier than it already is. Oh, and it ain't cheap. Personally, I didn't want any extra holes in my car where it might go rusty later on (OK, unlikely to happen, but I've seen some blooming awful sunroof jobs over the years). And I hate noise. (Oooh, you fibber - until Monday you were driving a classic Mini with a loud exhaust and straight-cut gears - you couldn't hear yourself think once the speed went over 50! - ed) Oooh, red leather and a DS Cooper S - nice. I'm still undecided whether cancelling the full leather and going to half leather was the right move - but cash was tight. If I had a bit more leeway, I'd have been happy to stick with the full leather. Black/black makes the interior look a bit dark, IMHO. Handy for dialing-in a speed along a stretch of GATSO cameras, or a dull bit of motorway. But what are you doing driving on motorways in a Cooper S?? I bought this car for ME to drive - not the boss, the wife, or a zarking computer! I think I've said enough ... The car already has 4 more airbags than anything else I've driven. Why have any more? If I hit something, it's ghoing to be head-on. If they hit me, it's going to hurt whatever. But this is one of the gret things about MINI - it's your car, set it up the way YOU want it. What works for me might be another member's idea of insanity. There is no "right" or "wrong" answer to spec. Just don't go mad and spec everything, unless you're loaded. Ordered my "S" August '01. Arrived July '02. EB with white roof, wheels and stripes, Chili pack, DSC and climate control. Hate those 17" runflats though. Can now be seen all over the West Midlands, as a blue blur passing everything at speed |
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Jul 17th, 2002, 03:59 AM
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| Aiden, my bolsters aren't falling apart or collapsing, they have gone rather shiney. There's no cracking or anything in the leather. It just seems to have the polished look sooner then the rest of the leather Hopefully the leather cream I bought will sought it all out I had a similar concern regarding red too and ask the question ages ago. http://www.mini2.com/forum/showthrea...cerns+over+red I am however getting DS/B MINI, RX8 and MX5 - Done those............. It's now TTime Unofficial MINI2.com bean counter |
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Jul 17th, 2002, 04:22 PM
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| LMB, Speccing isnt easy, but it sure is interesting !! VC, Amazingly enough, both an alarm, and CD prep are cost options here in Ireland - we are continually being ripped off by car importers - the UK list is doubled and stated in Euros here, giving an extra 40% markup approx !! Im actually starting to waver on the sunroof - its fine when its tilted, but open, at anything above 40mph and its deafening - I do like the extra light in the car though - maybe Ill spec it and never open it !! Martin L, Thanks for the link on the red query - so it seems we can trust todays red cars to be colour fast then ?? Red is sneaking up on DS - ill need dinger to keep teasing me with DS pics over the next few weeks !! |
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Jul 17th, 2002, 04:28 PM
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| BTW, What do you guys think of the magnesium door panels ?? How about clear light clusters with DS? Im thinking of getting them for the Cooper now, and swopping them over when I get the S....... |
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