[R99]

Hi all! (I really do hope I am posting in the right place!!)

New to the mini fold, have just bought a 2006(06) Mini One D. My younger bro got one a few weeks ago and it turned me! Coming from a Citroen C2, the Mini is better in every way! Paid 13.5k for it (not taking the trade in for the C2 into account) think it was a fair price looking at Autotrader and Mini Cherished prices. Could not justify the insurance on cooper etc as only 19.

It has a few extras:

17" R99 polished double-spoke alloys,
Harmon Kardon sound system - very very impressed by this!
Half leather seats
Alarm (presume this is different to central locking?!)
Zip decal on the roof
Chili pack
Tinted privacy glass to rear

Roll on two weeks to delivery! Anything I should look out for?

P.S does anyone know what power the Harmon Kardon system is? (watts?)

Thanks guys!

it wont let me post pics until I have made 5 posts or more - will put some up soon as

[JWF]

car sounds amazing and welcome yeah the alarm is part of it thow its activated and decativetaed by the central locking button on the minis remote key

[KPKalle]

Congrats and welcome What colour is your MINI?

[R99]

Its black, with body coloured roof. The wheels are polished but look allmost antrachite. Interior is also black, with greyish seat centres and leather sides. I can see im gonna go bankrupt though, so many cool little things that can be bought for them (dont worry its not gonna be blinged up!), was browsing the lohen site for ages last night!

[minicore]

Sounds very nice!

Don't see many with the zip decal, and I agree about the HK - I'm still impressed with it 6 months on, especially compared to the standard stereo in my previous MINI!

[humph]

Welcome to MINI2 and congrats on your new buy. Sounds like a lovely car, would have had a one D myself (high miles) if I could have found one with a spec like that.

I noticed your location so don't forget to drop in here and say hi.

http://www.mini2.com/forum/uk-irelan...vtec-club.html

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We're having a pub meet just south of Preston on Wednesday, drop by if you fancy it, details on front page of first post.

[KostaLot]

Welcome aboard.

Car sounds mint, didn't know they did the OneD with the Chilli pack though?

Where abouts you from? I'm not so far away, in sunny Morecambe/Warsaw.

[Serby]

Welcome to MINI2 Sounds like a very nice One D you have there

[ALD0]

D sounds lovely, I too have had a Re mapped D, one of the best cars I had

[R99]

Thanks for the welcome guys! Hopefully the post count is gettin nearer so I can get some pics up!

Quote: Originally Posted by Humph (original)

Welcome to MINI2 and congrats on your new buy. Sounds like a lovely car, would have had a one D myself (high miles) if I could have found one with a spec like that.

I noticed your location so don't forget to drop in here and say hi.

We're having a pub meet just south of Preston on Wednesday, drop by if you fancy it, details on front page of first post.

Thanks for the welcome! I am at Uni at the mo, so wont be able to make it! Thanks for the offer though! Plus I've got another week and abit to wait for the car :killer:

Quote: Originally Posted by KostaLot (original)

Welcome aboard.

Car sounds mint, didn't know they did the OneD with the Chilli pack though?

Where abouts you from? I'm not so far away, in sunny Morecambe/Warsaw.

Hi! Nearest bigish town to me is Lancaster. I am completley knew to MINI's but thats what the sales guy said (r.e the chilli pack), what does the chilli pack include? He said it had something to do with it having the half leather seats?

Quote: Originally Posted by Interceptor (original)

D sounds lovely, I too have had a Re mapped D, one of the best cars I had

What was the perfomance like? Might look into this in a year or so, the car is definatley for keeps for the forseable future! If you dont mind me asking, what was the cost like?

Another thing i wanted to ask was, I have done some reading and the One D's came with 75 bhp and 88 bhp throughout their lives, I know mine is the 88 bhp version, whats the 0-60? reviews put it at 11.5 for the 88bhp variant. But the Mini Cherished site seems to state a flat 13.5 for BOTH variants?!

Thanks people, and sorry about all the questions!

[ALD0]

Quote: Originally Posted by R99 (original)

What was the perfomance like? Might look into this in a year or so, the car is definatley for keeps for the forseable future! If you dont mind me asking, what was the cost like?

Another thing i wanted to ask was, I have done some reading and the One D's came with 75 bhp and 88 bhp throughout their lives, I know mine is the 88 bhp version, whats the 0-60? reviews put it at 11.5 for the 88bhp variant. But the Mini Cherished site seems to state a flat 13.5 for BOTH variants?!

Thanks people, and sorry about all the questions!

Was excellent, it smoked a bit though, but would give a Cooper a run for it's money and keep up with the S's on the bends
Still getting 45mpg with 17's on

The cherished website aint 100% accurate with stats and figures, best bet is to get the build date and look up on here for all the info you need

[R99]

Whay, have reached 5 posts now! So here goes with the pics!

Not getting the car until a week Saturday so only have the dealer pics at the mo!

Here she is:



The R99's



Rear side:



Interior:



(Hope they work!)

[R99]

Quote: Originally Posted by Interceptor (original)

Was excellent, it smoked a bit though, but would give a Cooper a run for it's money and keep up with the S's on the bends
Still getting 45mpg with 17's on

The cherished website aint 100% accurate with stats and figures, best bet is to get the build date and look up on here for all the info you need

Thanks! So roughly what was the 0-60, and was the extra tourqe noticeable for in gear aceleration? I have seen a company who for about £150 reckon 118bhp is possible from the ONE D. Sounds pretty good to me!

Yeh I am going to try and find out the offical fiqures fro the 88BHP One D.

[Tracie]

Congratulations and happy Mini Adventures....
1st Mod.. De Orange

[KostaLot]

Quote: Originally Posted by R99 (original)

Hi! Nearest bigish town to me is Lancaster. I am completley knew to MINI's but thats what the sales guy said (r.e the chilli pack), what does the chilli pack include? He said it had something to do with it having the half leather seats?

You'll probably see me about in the Lancaster area then. It's on my doorstep lol.

[R99]

Quote: Originally Posted by Tracie (original)

Congratulations and happy Mini Adventures....
1st Mod.. De Orange

Thanks, hope it will be with me for a while! Do you mean add clear indicator lenses on the wing when you say de orange? Was looking at some silver grills which incorporate a clear lense on the lohen site, think they were around £50

Quote: Originally Posted by KostaLot (original)

You'll probably see me about in the Lancaster area then. It's on my doorstep lol.

Cool, live inbetween Kendal and Lancaster, went to school in lancaster, so when I'm back from uni allways there seeing friends etc. Will look out for yours!

[ALD0]

Quote: Originally Posted by R99 (original)

Thanks! So roughly what was the 0-60, and was the extra tourqe noticeable for in gear aceleration? I have seen a company who for about £150 reckon 118bhp is possible from the ONE D. Sounds pretty good to me!

Yeh I am going to try and find out the offical fiqures fro the 88BHP One D.

0-60 was about 10 off the top of me head, I paid alot to get mine done, but the other company's do a similar job.
I don't think you will get 118, more like 105 to 110

[humph]

Quote: Originally Posted by R99 (original)

Thanks, hope it will be with me for a while! Do you mean add clear indicator lenses on the wing when you say de orange? Was looking at some silver grills which incorporate a clear lense on the lohen site, think they were around £50

Would look , or you could keep the black grilles and have black crystal lenses fitted, about 20 quid from newministuff.com. I have em on mine and prefer them to the chrome on my PW/B. Anything to get rid of the bright orange boils on your MINI's neck . Silver indicator bulbs for the front are also a must.

[R99]

Quote: Originally Posted by Interceptor (original)

0-60 was about 10 off the top of me head, I paid alot to get mine done, but the other company's do a similar job.
I don't think you will get 118, more like 105 to 110

Sounds good, that ad was on e-bay so any manner of sh*t could be on there! 10 seconds sound pretty respectable, might be on my crimbo list this time next year!

[R99]

Quote: Originally Posted by Humph (original)

Would look , or you could keep the black grilles and have black crystal lenses fitted, about 20 quid from newministuff.com. I have em on mine and prefer them to the chrome on my PW/B. Anything to get rid of the bright orange boils on your MINI's neck . Silver indicator bulbs for the front are also a must.

Sounds like a plan! I was also looking at replacement headlamp bulbs on the lohen site claiming to be 50% brighter than the orginals, might look into those aswel at the same time!

I really really want a full aero kit for it though, but at nearly 1k I think I can forget that for the near future! The front grille looks cool, can that be bought seperatley? (however just out on interest, i presume that the rear part of the kit is alterted as the diesel's tail pipe does not stick out like the petrols)