Which route should i go? Works Cooper or Cooper + Works?!?! help me plzzz!

[chughes163]

Hi,

I am desperate to get kitted out with another mini - im missing it like mad!

Basically, I spotted a works cooper for sale down at john cooper's but its been sold. So ive been scouting around and being in the motor trade myself, have come across a possible option.

I have been offered an 04 reg Mini Cooper in black with A/C and pepper pack. Its done 6k miles and I can get it for £10,200 + road tax.

This seems like a good deal but the car is fairly basic.

How much would it cost me to get the Works kit fitted seperately?

I have a max budget of 14k so I could kit the car out nicely - would like the aero kit + some nice alloys too (R90 style pref).

Is this my best option?

cheers

chris

[ABG]

From the threads I've seen on M2 it seems the Cooper Works kit (as opposed to the Cooper S works kit) is a bit dubious in terms of adding extra perfomance.
I've seen quite a few people here advise against the kit. You might want to have a look at some past threads before splashing out - one Car Mag stated the performance actually got worse!

I suppose the good news it it leaves more cash for the extras like R90s (which almost everyone loves )

[Dave]

Neither - put the extra mulla towards an S

Dave

[badboyzbadboyz]

Quote: Originally Posted by ABG

From the threads I've seen on M2 it seems the Cooper Works kit (as opposed to the Cooper S works kit) is a bit dubious in terms of adding extra perfomance.
I've seen quite a few people here advise against the kit. You might want to have a look at some past threads before splashing out - one Car Mag stated the performance actually got worse!

I agree. I would steer well clear of the Works kit on the Cooper.