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| First Generation MINI Cooper S MINI Cooper S 2002 - 2006 |
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| 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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May 28th, 2007, 10:29 AM
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| i finally got to try some R56's this weekend in a free-for-all car swap at the end of saturday's driving in ireland. firstly barry's cooper D - apologies to barry for leaving him stood in the car park when he thought he was coming with me My impression was that power-wise it feels a lot like the R53 cooper - same 'power band' type of acceleration but lower down in the rev range plus much more torque. to say its only a couple of weeks old we were struggling to keep up with him on the run (as usual). Secondly i had a go in a standard R56 S - good god that's got some raw power. on wet roads the traction was scrabbling between 3rd & 4th but it really felt that however you chucked it around it would sort itself out.. The brakes on both cars were awesome - far, far better than the R53 & gave a real confidence to push it harder |
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May 28th, 2007, 11:48 AM
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| r56 spec Hi all Thinking about ordering soon, any thoughts on this spec would be great: Astro Black Redwood red interior Multi Functional Steering wheel Visibility Pack Exterior Mirror Pack Heated Screens and washer jets Chrome Line Interior + Exterior Rain Sensor Auto Aircon Interior Lights Package (Is it worth it, suppose will make the ladies happy) Sat Nav Mini HiFi Chili Pack Ipod Connector Aero Kit + Colour coded arches. Sports Suspension JCW Exhaust (Does anyone know how much this is) R105 JCW Is the mini Hi fi any good and how much will they charge me for having the aero kit fitted with the arches? Does the sports supspension make the ride worse and is it worth getting DSC? |
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May 28th, 2007, 11:51 AM
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| thats our kind of spec Woody! DSC is better than ASC, although both should be turn off for spirited driving. As the hifi and the aero kit, hopefully someone else will be able to help you. I had a go in the R56 S aswell and well, its fecking fast. So easy to get upto some very serious speeds on some very tight roads. although getting the traction control working on a 3rd to 4th gear change was a bit bizarre. I would loose my license in one of those. Gerard's Cooper looked brilliant as i was chasing it up Healy Pass and along Mols gap to the hotel on the thursday night, just looked that bit more planted than mine although i didn't have any trouble holding station it just looked a little less 'busy'  |
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May 28th, 2007, 04:02 PM
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| MINI Hi-Fi is good, but the standard Boost is just terrible. |
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May 28th, 2007, 04:14 PM
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| I still don't understand why people say it's bad  I'm impressed by it. I guess it's taste in listening... MINI, RX8 and MX5 - Done those............. It's now TTime  Unofficial MINI2.com bean counter |
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