Another Newbie - MINI Cooper Forum

DMBMini · #1 (**permalink**) Apr 14th, 2008, 09:52 AM

Hello All

Greetings from South Africa.

BTW - I own a 2005 MC PW/B with Chili pack....and am loving it to bits. It has just gone to 50 000kms.

Thanks for the great site.

Paul · #2 (**permalink**) Apr 14th, 2008, 09:55 AM

Hello, welcome to MINI2. We've a few members from South Africa, sure they'll find you out or vice versa soon enough.

KPKalle · #3 (**permalink**) Apr 14th, 2008, 09:55 AM

Hello and welcome DMB

Any photos of your car?

DMBMini · #4 (**permalink**) Apr 14th, 2008, 09:56 AM

Thanks Paul. I am sure we will sniff out each other soon.

aussie11 · #5 (**permalink**) Apr 14th, 2008, 09:57 AM

Hello and welcome from me

DMBMini · #6 (**permalink**) Apr 14th, 2008, 10:10 AM

I am trying too post pics!

DMBMini · #7 (**permalink**) Apr 14th, 2008, 10:11 AM

thanks Aussie11

ChloeG · #8 (**permalink**) Apr 14th, 2008, 11:29 AM

Nice to have more overseas guests on here; hope to meet you soon. I love South Africans, lots of my friends are from there!

humph · #9 (**permalink**) Apr 14th, 2008, 11:41 AM

Welcome DMBMini. You need to have 5 posts before you can post pics, so keep posting and get 'em up.

DMBMini · #10 (**permalink**) Apr 14th, 2008, 12:21 PM

Hello All

Thanks for the greetings!

5 posts...oh ok...really?

R99 · #11 (**permalink**) Apr 14th, 2008, 12:24 PM

Welcome to the site

DMBMini · #12 (**permalink**) Apr 14th, 2008, 12:26 PM

Thank you R99

DMBMini · #13 (**permalink**) Apr 14th, 2008, 12:27 PM

R99....do you owe a deisel?

If so how does it run? We do not get them here in South Africa!

R99 · #14 (**permalink**) Apr 14th, 2008, 01:54 PM

Quote: Originally Posted by DMBMini (original)

R99....do you owe a deisel?

If so how does it run? We do not get them here in South Africa!

Yeh, I own a ONE D. Its a 1.4 Toyota engine, which came with either 75bhp or 88bhp, depending on the age of the car. Mine is one of the last made, and as such is an 88bhp model.

It runs very well. Mpg wise, it returns an average of about 40mpg at the moment, but that is because I usually drive it quite hard. When I'm being sensible on long journeys 53mpg is entirely possible.

Performance wise, I'd say it is easily on par with the ONE petrol, and having driven both I definitely prefer the D. It has more poke in the mid range, and I'm pretty certain it would be quicker in the real world.

I have also driven a Cooper, and getting back into my ONE D didn't feel as slow as I thought it might. The Cooper definitely is quicker though, they are great cars.

How come you don't have it over there? Is it because demand would likely be fairly low?

James.

DMBMini · #15 (**permalink**) Apr 15th, 2008, 07:39 AM

Thank you for the input.

I am not sure why we do not have it here, i think mostly due to the fact that it would not be viable for BMW to bring it here, and the diesel here is a bit dodgy (I think) according to some articles I have read!