do i drive or not drive MCS

[flav]

i'm getting my MCS next week. i can't wait. question. i still have my older car. 1994 altima. good shape. my job was only 3 miles away until recently. i bought the MCS figuring i would put about 8,000miles a year on it. last week i just got a new job. it is 28 miles away. this will rack up at least 14,000miles on my mini just for work. i'm considering using both cars to keep the miles on my mini low. but i don't really want to drive my altima anymore. but i'm afraid to put a ton of miles on my new mini. with work and play i will be putting around 20,000 a year. thats 100,000 in five years (when my payments will be done). as apposed to 40,000 i had thought before with my old job. what would you guys do. would you just drive the mini and put all the miles on it. or swich cars once in awhile for work. i would like a good resale value. i plan on getting a regular cooper in a few years when they put in the getrag 5 speed, raise the horses to 140 and put in a true BMW engine.

[Johnny225]

You know the perfect MINI driver:
"A driver whose not scared of a seasoned tachometer"!
Drive your MINI, don't worry about selling if it's so far off. Just have fun!

[flav]

johnny225 your grill is the most bad #$s thing i have ever seen on a mini. it looks way better than the original grill. where did you get that? it is awesome.

[ScottyB]

Quote: Originally Posted by flav

johnny225 your grill is the most bad #$s thing i have ever seen on a mini. it looks way better than the original grill. where did you get that? it is awesome.

Its the standard aerokit grill.

You can buy it seperately from the whole aerokit too. Its relatively cheap.

Hope this helps.

It does look quite good on the electric blue actually.

[Mike Clarke]

Drive the MINI, you'll arrive at work in a better frame of mind and everyone will wonder why you have a big grin on your face every day.

[-blacky-]

I drive a ute to work ( i live about 30 km's away) and keep the JCW for the weekends and crusie days. Old Cooper had 32000km in it within 2 years! (I had it 1 years and put 20000km on it)

[Windshadow]

Drive it that is what is for!
the difference in resale between 50,000 and 100,000 at 5 years will be what $500 to $1000 right? or an extra loss of about 50 cents a day think of all the fun you would be giving up for less than the cost of a extra cup of Coffie a day!

[-blacky-]

I lost $12000 in 12 months!

[ScottyB]

Quote: Originally Posted by ks_cooper

I lost $12000 in 12 months!

Yikes!!!

On the old Cooper? If so, thats heaps. Was that trade-in or private sale?

[-blacky-]

trade in but that was the best price of any ! Too hard to sell it private on the coast

[Smurfn]

Quote: Originally Posted by ks_cooper

I lost $12000 in 12 months!

Ouch !!!

I'm not even considering the resale losses here, not planning on selling anyway

[-blacky-]

I'm not selling the JCW for at least 3 years now!

[Smurfn]

To answer the original question, I would say drive it, it doesn't sound like you want to drive the old car anyway

[Johnny225]

Quote: Originally Posted by flav

johnny225 your grill is the most bad #$s thing i have ever seen on a mini. it looks way better than the original grill. where did you get that? it is awesome.

Thanks man,
As ScottyB said, it's the aero kit's standard grill. The aero kit costs about $1200 USD(without installation) and includes the new front bumper, grill, side skirts, and rear bumper. Of course, I have the black bonnets and the rally lamps too, but those are extra. The front grill itself is pretty cheap, and you can install it by yourself.

But I say drive the MINI, MINI of Mountain View recently sold a 16000 mile Cooper S for above MSRP!!!! How many times do you MAKE $$ selling a car??

[Barnabas]

DRIVE DRIVE DRIVE! More joy to be had