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CC07ERS · Jan 5th, 2007, 09:07 PM

sounds good the checkmate is the daddy of the variants

Romainrc · Mar 8th, 2007, 03:31 PM

Hello !

I'am french....

I'am a new Checkmate S owner... i love this car

(from 12/06)

some pics :

http://www.club206rc.com/%7Eromain/IMG_3873ret.jpg
http://www.club206rc.com/%7Eromain/IMG_3908ret.jpg
http://www.club206rc.com/%7Eromain/IMG_3887ret.jpg
http://www.club206rc.com/%7Eromain/IMG_3866ret.jpg
http://www.club206rc.com/%7Eromain/IMG_3823ret.jpg
http://www.club206rc.com/%7Eromain/IMG_3798ret.jpg

Byyyee !

Beastmaster · Mar 8th, 2007, 06:34 PM

Hi there.

great pics.

France is a great country for driving your Checkmate in.

We take ours over there quite often and love driving it on your roads!

funkychicken · Mar 11th, 2007, 01:46 PM

Hi everyone. I've just got my first Mini and its a Checkmate, so I thought I would post some pics of it here.

J.a.y · Mar 15th, 2007, 10:01 PM

Just installed ALTA Intake System V2.0 to my Checkmate tonight.
Sounds and looks really good

Beastmaster · Mar 16th, 2007, 07:56 PM

That looks

227 BHA · Mar 28th, 2007, 06:03 PM

Anyone know if there are any armrests available that match the Checkmate interior?

Peter2002IBMC · May 2nd, 2007, 07:59 AM

Hi everyone

Thought I would wait for the R56, but after seeing it, driving it, spending loads of time around it and trying desperately to get it to grow on me, I just can't bring myself to fork out the extra for it. Not crazy about the exterior looks and lack of SC whine in particular. Might be a "better" car, but it's just not for me. Anyway, enough about that, it's all been said before...

So...after much searching I found myself a perfect example of a checkmate S. 9000Km on the clock, had her checked out by the AA and BMW and all seems well.

Picking her up tomorrow. I can hardly wait. Finally I can get rid of the Smart!

Peter

Brewmeister · May 21st, 2007, 08:36 PM

ENJOY... I love mine!

Quote: Originally Posted by Peter2002IBMC (original)

Hi everyone

Thought I would wait for the R56, but after seeing it, driving it, spending loads of time around it and trying desperately to get it to grow on me, I just can't bring myself to fork out the extra for it. Not crazy about the exterior looks and lack of SC whine in particular. Might be a "better" car, but it's just not for me. Anyway, enough about that, it's all been said before...

So...after much searching I found myself a perfect example of a checkmate S. 9000Km on the clock, had her checked out by the AA and BMW and all seems well.

Picking her up tomorrow. I can hardly wait. Finally I can get rid of the Smart!

Peter

rhardaker · May 21st, 2007, 09:17 PM

Welcome to the checkmate club Peter

......good choice

.Richard

227 BHA · May 23rd, 2007, 09:57 PM

Hey Brewmeister
That catoon Checkmate picturewith the eyes that you have at the bottom of each post - is it available in a larger scale anywhere on the net?
ie - big enuf for a screensaver?
Cheers buddy

edit: Funny, it doesn't show on your posts anymore but I'm sure I wasn't seeing things

rhardaker · May 24th, 2007, 10:27 AM

I saw that too and yep, it looked great. I would also be interested in a bigger version of it :-)

.Richard

I love MINI, Laura · Aug 21st, 2007, 09:08 AM

Hey all you Checkmate owners. Have any of you had the Checkmate stripe fitted after the fact?

J.a.y · Sep 17th, 2007, 09:38 AM

Is it ok to fit 215/45/17 tyres on these Checkmate Flame Spoke rims?

Or would 215/40/17 be better?

Thanks.

mrstirs · Dec 17th, 2007, 10:04 PM

Time to review this thread with my first post and new purchase!!

Put the deposit down on Saturday, picking it up Thursday morning. 22k miles, £13k - did I pay a good price or not?!

Can't wait to get behind the wheel...

Andrew

jamiec · Dec 17th, 2007, 10:23 PM

yes if you got them down from 15k as per the window sticker!?

another scottish checkmate too?

mrstirs · Dec 18th, 2007, 07:30 AM

Hi Jamie,

Yup, got them down by £2k

And yup, a fellow Scottish Checkmate, I'm in Glasgow city centre.

jamiec · Dec 18th, 2007, 04:53 PM

cool good deal then!

great car for 13k. must be the biggest ever discount on a mini?

my car still only has 4500 miles on it. need to drive it more

nylo · Feb 10th, 2008, 08:35 PM

Good evening! It has taken all my powers of will not to post in here for the last couple of weeks, but I picked my Checkmate up yesterday, trading my old DS/W S in for it.

It's June 06 with 16k on the clock. It's got all the usual bits n bobs, and also:

Heated Recaros (just awesome!)
Electric folding wing mirrors (good toy!)
Heated washer jets
Multifunction steering wheel (sooooo handy)
Cruise control
H/K
6 changer in the boot

I brought my R105s from the DS, and got the guys at David Prentice to put the Aerokit on. Swapped my stubby aerial too, and put silver look bulbs in the front indicators and PIAA LED sidelights in this morning.

Nice touch too is the way it has been programmed to turn the headlights off when the key is taken out, so if I leave them in the 'on' position, they come on automatically when I start the car up, SAAB stylee

A few little plans for it (so much for the "this one's staying standard" nonsense), but the bank balance is going to need to whimper in the corner, licking its wounds for a couple of months

Thanks to Aaron in DP for sending me the almost daily MMS updates (causing me no end of sleepless-with-excitement nights

)

Getting the Aerokit on:

The pics he sent me the day before (causing a child-at-Christmas jumping round the room squealing type reaction

)

And picking it up yesterday (in perfect dry-roads-and-sunny weather

)

I do have more pics, but I've managed to upload them from my camera to some secret hidden folder that I cannot for the life of me find on the lappie, so if and when I should find them, I'll get 'em up

Also need to get some taken of the fab Recaros

Phantom · Feb 10th, 2008, 08:52 PM

Nylo, your new MINI looks awesome

I hope you're having lots of fun in it

Mar 8th, 2007, 03:31 PM	#122 (permalink)
Romainrc MINI2 Newbie Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: France - Aquitaine Local Time: 04:38 AM Posts: 6 Offline	Hello ! I'am french.... I'am a new Checkmate S owner... i love this car (from 12/06) some pics : http://www.club206rc.com/%7Eromain/IMG_3873ret.jpg http://www.club206rc.com/%7Eromain/IMG_3908ret.jpg http://www.club206rc.com/%7Eromain/IMG_3887ret.jpg http://www.club206rc.com/%7Eromain/IMG_3866ret.jpg http://www.club206rc.com/%7Eromain/IMG_3823ret.jpg http://www.club206rc.com/%7Eromain/IMG_3798ret.jpg Byyyee ! Mini Cooper S 170hp Checkmate Space Blue from France ! Last edited by MINIAC : May 21st, 2007 at 08:56 PM. Reason: Make images links

Mar 8th, 2007, 06:34 PM	#123 (permalink)
Beastmaster Peanut Groupie Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Malvern Local Time: 04:38 AM Posts: 1,247 Offline	Hi there. great pics. France is a great country for driving your Checkmate in. We take ours over there quite often and love driving it on your roads! Visit CooperBeast's website Mini Movie of the Week

Mar 11th, 2007, 01:46 PM	#124 (permalink)
funkychicken MINI2 Newbie Join Date: Mar 2007 Local Time: 03:38 AM Posts: 48 Offline	Hi everyone. I've just got my first Mini and its a Checkmate, so I thought I would post some pics of it here. Last edited by MINIAC : May 21st, 2007 at 08:53 PM. Reason: Make images clickable thumbnails

Mar 16th, 2007, 07:56 PM	#126 (permalink)
Beastmaster Peanut Groupie Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Malvern Local Time: 04:38 AM Posts: 1,247 Offline	That looks Visit CooperBeast's website Mini Movie of the Week

May 2nd, 2007, 07:59 AM	#128 (permalink)
Peter2002IBMC * Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Johannesburg Local Time: 05:38 AM Posts: 30 Offline	Picking her up tomorrow! Hi everyone Thought I would wait for the R56, but after seeing it, driving it, spending loads of time around it and trying desperately to get it to grow on me, I just can't bring myself to fork out the extra for it. Not crazy about the exterior looks and lack of SC whine in particular. Might be a "better" car, but it's just not for me. Anyway, enough about that, it's all been said before... So...after much searching I found myself a perfect example of a checkmate S. 9000Km on the clock, had her checked out by the AA and BMW and all seems well. Picking her up tomorrow. I can hardly wait. Finally I can get rid of the Smart! Peter

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Jan 5th, 2007, 09:07 PM	#121
CC07ERS TYPE R GT VTEC POWERED My Classifieds Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Type R GT Local Time: 04:38 AM Posts: 2,721 Offline	sounds good the checkmate is the daddy of the variants

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Mar 15th, 2007, 10:01 PM	#125 (permalink)
J.a.y MINI2 Checkmate Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Helsinki, Finland Local Time: 06:38 AM Posts: 23 Offline	Just installed ALTA Intake System V2.0 to my Checkmate tonight. Sounds and looks really good

Mar 28th, 2007, 06:03 PM	#127 (permalink)
227 BHA MINI2 Newbie Join Date: Oct 2006 Local Time: 04:38 AM Posts: 12 Offline	Anyone know if there are any armrests available that match the Checkmate interior?

May 21st, 2007, 08:36 PM	#129 (permalink)
Brewmeister MINI2 Regular Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: Endicott, New York Local Time: 11:38 PM Posts: 89 Offline	ENJOY... I love mine! Quote: Originally Posted by Peter2002IBMC (original) Hi everyone Thought I would wait for the R56, but after seeing it, driving it, spending loads of time around it and trying desperately to get it to grow on me, I just can't bring myself to fork out the extra for it. Not crazy about the exterior looks and lack of SC whine in particular. Might be a "better" car, but it's just not for me. Anyway, enough about that, it's all been said before... So...after much searching I found myself a perfect example of a checkmate S. 9000Km on the clock, had her checked out by the AA and BMW and all seems well. Picking her up tomorrow. I can hardly wait. Finally I can get rid of the Smart! Peter 2006 Cooper S Checkmate www.TierMINI.com

May 21st, 2007, 09:17 PM	#130 (permalink)
rhardaker Big Grin... Join Date: May 2003 Location: West Yorkshire Local Time: 04:38 AM Posts: 381 Offline	Welcome to the checkmate club Peter ......good choice .Richard

May 23rd, 2007, 09:57 PM	#131 (permalink)
227 BHA MINI2 Newbie Join Date: Oct 2006 Local Time: 04:38 AM Posts: 12 Offline	Hey Brewmeister That catoon Checkmate picturewith the eyes that you have at the bottom of each post - is it available in a larger scale anywhere on the net? ie - big enuf for a screensaver? Cheers buddy edit: Funny, it doesn't show on your posts anymore but I'm sure I wasn't seeing things

May 24th, 2007, 10:27 AM	#132 (permalink)
rhardaker Big Grin... Join Date: May 2003 Location: West Yorkshire Local Time: 04:38 AM Posts: 381 Offline	I saw that too and yep, it looked great. I would also be interested in a bigger version of it :-) .Richard

Aug 21st, 2007, 09:08 AM	#133 (permalink)
I love MINI, Laura MINI2 Master Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: Portsmouth,Hampshire Local Time: 04:38 AM Posts: 3,198 Offline	Hey all you Checkmate owners. Have any of you had the Checkmate stripe fitted after the fact?

Sep 17th, 2007, 09:38 AM	#134 (permalink)
J.a.y MINI2 Checkmate Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Helsinki, Finland Local Time: 06:38 AM Posts: 23 Offline	Is it ok to fit 215/45/17 tyres on these Checkmate Flame Spoke rims? Or would 215/40/17 be better? Thanks.

Dec 17th, 2007, 10:04 PM	#135 (permalink)
mrstirs MINI2 Newbie Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Glasgow/Edinburgh Local Time: 04:38 AM Posts: 13 Offline	Time to review this thread with my first post and new purchase!! Put the deposit down on Saturday, picking it up Thursday morning. 22k miles, £13k - did I pay a good price or not?! Can't wait to get behind the wheel... Andrew Attached Thumbnails

Dec 17th, 2007, 10:23 PM	#136 (permalink)
jamiec MINI2 Newbie My Classifieds Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Prestwick Local Time: 04:38 AM Posts: 33 Offline	yes if you got them down from 15k as per the window sticker!? another scottish checkmate too?

Dec 18th, 2007, 07:30 AM	#137 (permalink)
mrstirs MINI2 Newbie Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Glasgow/Edinburgh Local Time: 04:38 AM Posts: 13 Offline	Hi Jamie, Yup, got them down by £2k And yup, a fellow Scottish Checkmate, I'm in Glasgow city centre.

Dec 18th, 2007, 04:53 PM	#138 (permalink)
jamiec MINI2 Newbie My Classifieds Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Prestwick Local Time: 04:38 AM Posts: 33 Offline	cool good deal then! great car for 13k. must be the biggest ever discount on a mini? my car still only has 4500 miles on it. need to drive it more

Feb 10th, 2008, 08:35 PM	#139 (permalink)
nylo Horse 'er on, Cynthia! My Classifieds Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Bangor, Norn Iron Local Time: 04:38 AM Posts: 17,145 Offline	Good evening! It has taken all my powers of will not to post in here for the last couple of weeks, but I picked my Checkmate up yesterday, trading my old DS/W S in for it. It's June 06 with 16k on the clock. It's got all the usual bits n bobs, and also: Heated Recaros (just awesome!) Electric folding wing mirrors (good toy!) Heated washer jets Multifunction steering wheel (sooooo handy) Cruise control H/K 6 changer in the boot I brought my R105s from the DS, and got the guys at David Prentice to put the Aerokit on. Swapped my stubby aerial too, and put silver look bulbs in the front indicators and PIAA LED sidelights in this morning. Nice touch too is the way it has been programmed to turn the headlights off when the key is taken out, so if I leave them in the 'on' position, they come on automatically when I start the car up, SAAB stylee A few little plans for it (so much for the "this one's staying standard" nonsense), but the bank balance is going to need to whimper in the corner, licking its wounds for a couple of months Thanks to Aaron in DP for sending me the almost daily MMS updates (causing me no end of sleepless-with-excitement nights ) Getting the Aerokit on: The pics he sent me the day before (causing a child-at-Christmas jumping round the room squealing type reaction ) And picking it up yesterday (in perfect dry-roads-and-sunny weather ) I do have more pics, but I've managed to upload them from my camera to some secret hidden folder that I cannot for the life of me find on the lappie, so if and when I should find them, I'll get 'em up Also need to get some taken of the fab Recaros

Feb 10th, 2008, 08:52 PM	#140 (permalink)
Phantom Hugs not drugs! Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Bromsgrove UK Local Time: 04:38 AM Posts: 56,568 Offline	Nylo, your new MINI looks awesome I hope you're having lots of fun in it Now with rear wheel trickery! Zoom Zoom!

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