Your first G_P driving impressions - do tell - MINI Cooper Forum - MINI2 Mini Cooper Forums
Mini2.com Forum Header Mini2.com Forum Header
Go Back   MINI Cooper Forum - MINI2 Mini Cooper Forums > Model Specific MINI Forums > MINI John Cooper Works, GP and World Championship 50 > First Generation Works

First Generation Works MINI John Cooper Works 2003 - 2006

Please Visit our Site Sponsors
Mini2.com is the premier BMW Mini Forum on the internet. Registered Users do not see the above ads.
Reply
 
LinkBack (1) Thread Tools Rate Thread
  #1 (permalink)  
Old Aug 3rd, 2006, 08:37 PM
salocin's Avatar
GP 0904
Offline
 
Join Date: Aug 2006
Location: Stockbridge, Hants
Posts: 353
Local Time: 08:55 PM
England Male
Question Your first G_P driving impressions - do tell

As the first GPs are delivered I thought it would be great to hear your own first driving experiences, niggles, loves or hates (is that possible)?
Reply With Quote
Sponsored Links
Advertisement
 
  #2 (permalink)  
Old Aug 3rd, 2006, 08:54 PM
LMB
MINI2 Premium Member Has met Quack Quack Jack
...where´s the any-key?
Offline
 
Join Date: Aug 2001
Location: ** Space **
Posts: 23,186
Local Time: 08:55 PM
England Male View LMB's Thunder Blue & Silver 1st Gen MINI Cooper S JCW GP Profile
Hopefully I'll be able to tell you next week.
Reply With Quote
  #3 (permalink)  
Old Aug 4th, 2006, 07:38 PM
GARY GP's Avatar
MINI2 Master
Offline
 
Join Date: Jun 2005
Posts: 812
Local Time: 09:55 PM
United Kingdom View GARY GP's Classified Ads
http://www.mini2.com/forum/mini-cooper-s/122778-your-first-gp-driving-impressions-do-

Quote: Originally Posted by gary bartle
CAN ANY GP OWNERS PLEASE HELP, CAN YOU TELL ME. WHAT DOES THE GP HANDLE LIKE. IS THE RIDE HARD. IS IT VERY LOUD IN SIDE THE CAB.AND ARE YOU HAPPY WITH IT.AND IS IT WORTH £22.000. I CANT WAIT UNTIL SEPTEMBER. BUT I NEED TO KNOW NOW ! THANKS FOR ANY HELP !

Yeah; we've seen all the pics, us GP Buyers need to know from ordinary GP Buyers alike what the car is actually like to live with; and what kind of reception it gets on the roads/shopping run from the generall public

.............september................still too long to wait!!

Last edited by GARY GP; Aug 7th, 2006 at 06:12 PM.
Reply With Quote
  #4 (permalink)  
Old Aug 7th, 2006, 10:28 AM
MINI2 Premium Member
Wandering....
Offline
 
Join Date: Jan 2002
Location: Offline
Posts: 40,831
Local Time: 08:55 PM
Male
Can you please stop typing in all capital letters please?
Reply With Quote
  #5 (permalink)  
Old Aug 7th, 2006, 10:39 AM
Has met Quack Quack Jack
6X therapist
Offline
 
Join Date: Aug 2003
Posts: 13,907
Local Time: 09:55 PM
View Goonery's Classified Ads
I'LL TELL YOU TOMORROW AFTERNOON, EVENING, NIGHT, THE NEXT DAY, AND THE NEXT, AND THE NEXT ...........

Wass wrong with capital letters He's Excited
Reply With Quote
  #6 (permalink)  
Old Aug 7th, 2006, 01:09 PM
Paul's Avatar
MINI2 Premium Member Has met Quack Quack Jack
MINI2 No.1
Offline
 
Join Date: Jan 2001
Location: Milton Keynes
Posts: 42,416
Local Time: 08:55 PM
England Male
And stop starting new threads of the same subject also please.
Reply With Quote
  #7 (permalink)  
Old Aug 7th, 2006, 05:10 PM
zoooooom's Avatar
MINI2 Master
Offline
Send a message via MSN to zoooooom Send a message via Skype™ to zoooooom
 
Join Date: Sep 2001
Location: Aberdeen,Scotland
Posts: 2,436
Local Time: 09:55 PM
Scotland Male View zoooooom's Astro Black & Body Color 1st Gen MINI Cooper S Profile View zoooooom's Classified Ads
1,800 miles in the GP I would have done more miles but I was on a canal boat for 4 days of the week since I got it


I expected the car to be a wee bit special but not very special (wrong)

For those of you who do not know me I loved very bit of driving my Coopers that I have owned and hated the cooper's'.

On the twisty highland roads I frequently showd BBR and JCW cooper's's a clean pair of heels and sent them home with their tails between their legs,so I did not expect just too much from the GP.


Wel well how wrong was I ??????

what a car!!!!!! it drives like a F ing quick cooper.

this car is the mutts nuts and I LOVE IT.

Nenah wishes it had the glove box as everything falls out and hits her and all I do is grin.

The catch for the rear cover is cheep and nasty,other than that WOW!!!!!!!!!

Reply With Quote
  #8 (permalink)  
Old Aug 7th, 2006, 05:14 PM
Paul's Avatar
MINI2 Premium Member Has met Quack Quack Jack
MINI2 No.1
Offline
 
Join Date: Jan 2001
Location: Milton Keynes
Posts: 42,416
Local Time: 08:55 PM
England Male
Told you so.
Reply With Quote
  #9 (permalink)  
Old Aug 7th, 2006, 05:17 PM
Has met Quack Quack Jack
6X therapist
Offline
 
Join Date: Aug 2003
Posts: 13,907
Local Time: 09:55 PM
View Goonery's Classified Ads
I'll have a job sleeping tonight I think
Reply With Quote
  #10 (permalink)  
Old Aug 7th, 2006, 05:19 PM
Paul's Avatar
MINI2 Premium Member Has met Quack Quack Jack
MINI2 No.1
Offline
 
Join Date: Jan 2001
Location: Milton Keynes
Posts: 42,416
Local Time: 08:55 PM
England Male
Big kid.
Reply With Quote
  #11 (permalink)  
Old Aug 7th, 2006, 05:28 PM
Has met Quack Quack Jack
6X therapist
Offline
 
Join Date: Aug 2003
Posts: 13,907
Local Time: 09:55 PM
View Goonery's Classified Ads
Yup
Reply With Quote
  #12 (permalink)  
Old Aug 7th, 2006, 05:49 PM
Joogle's Avatar
MINI2 Master
Offline
 
Join Date: May 2006
Location: Midlands
Posts: 940
Local Time: 09:55 PM
United Kingdom Male
Glad you are enjoying it!!!!

If you want the glovebox my dealer has quoted me £230+ vat fitted.
Hoping to get it fitted before I take delivery.......
Reply With Quote
  #13 (permalink)  
Old Aug 7th, 2006, 05:59 PM
Has met Quack Quack Jack
6X therapist
Offline
 
Join Date: Aug 2003
Posts: 13,907
Local Time: 09:55 PM
View Goonery's Classified Ads
Quote: Originally Posted by Joogle
Glad you are enjoying it!!!!

If you want the glovebox my dealer has quoted me £230+ vat fitted.
Hoping to get it fitted before I take delivery.......


I think your dealer is having a laugh, ask him what the MRSP of tha parts are, and fit it your self. The key/lock is expensive, the rest would be around ... er can't say, but its way overpriced.
Reply With Quote
  #14 (permalink)  
Old Aug 7th, 2006, 06:18 PM
Hyper Active's Avatar
MINI2 Master
Offline
 
Join Date: Apr 2005
Location: Watford, Herts. UK
Posts: 2,353
Local Time: 07:55 PM
England Male View Hyper Active's Hyper Blue & Body Color 1st Gen MINI Cooper S Profile
Quote: Originally Posted by Joogle
Glad you are enjoying it!!!!

If you want the glovebox my dealer has quoted me £230+ vat fitted.
Hoping to get it fitted before I take delivery.......

Hi Joogle .

This is how much Woodman's, one of mini2's sponsers are charging for a lockable glove box as a part inc vat .

Quote: Originally Posted by robby71
Glovebox - cant find any online for sale

Hi
I can supply a lockable glovebox kit for £98.73p inc vat,
i would need to order the glovebox lock barrel to your cars key numbers,
this would take 7 to 10 days to arrive,
hope this is okay
regards
Chris
Reply With Quote
  #15 (permalink)  
Old Aug 7th, 2006, 06:42 PM
MINI2 Premium Member Has met Quack Quack Jack
MINI2 Master
Offline
 
Join Date: Jun 2002
Location: Gloucester, MA, USA
Posts: 7,989
Local Time: 04:55 PM
United States Male View GBMINI's Thunder Blue & Silver 1st Gen MINI Cooper S JCW GP Profile
I wonder if you can still get the "original" glove box that didn't have a lock - little need for one except in the convertible


zoooooom, THANKS for the write-up

Ian C. Gloucester, MA, USA (UK expat) driving GPMINI or a non-MINI!
Reply With Quote
Sponsored Links
Advertisement
 
Reply
Tags: , , , , , ,



LinkBacks (?)
LinkBack to this Thread: http://www.mini2.com/forum/first-generation-works/122778-your-first-g_p-driving-impressions-do-tell.html
Posted By For Type Date
GPMINI.net ? Blog Archive First GP MINI run? This thread Refback Mar 17th, 2009 09:40 PM

Currently Active Users Viewing This Thread: 1 (0 members and 1 guests)
 
Thread Tools
Rate This Thread
Rate This Thread:

Posting Rules
You may not post new threads
You may not post replies
You may not post attachments
You may not edit your posts

BB code is On
Smilies are On
[IMG] code is On
HTML code is Off
Trackbacks are On
Pingbacks are On
Refbacks are On

Similar Threads
Thread Thread Starter Forum Replies Last Post
First driving impressions. SteveM3 Second Generation MINI Cooper S 6 Aug 2nd, 2006 10:43 PM
Driving Impressions of R56 in Autocar & Auto Express next week ~Marcus~ Second Generation MINI Cooper 12 Jul 27th, 2006 01:51 AM
61mm TB: Install Notes & Driving Impressions TonyB First Generation MINI Tuning 9 Oct 21st, 2003 02:59 AM


All times are GMT. The time now is 08:55 PM.



Powered by vBulletin® Copyright ©2000 - 2012, Jelsoft Enterprises Ltd.
SEO by vBSEO 3.3.2