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> MINI Cooper S
> S Speccin' by Aiden,Jim,Mo,Martin,Rakey,Sham,Washy and others !
| Tags: cooper s, s speccin, spec |
| View Poll Results: Forget what colour - Who's the maddest? Vote Now | |||
| Sham the car ho, who is lurking in the far north |    | 183 | 3.66% |
Washy who's still on course to set a record for most MINIs owned !  |    | 231 | 4.61% |
| Soggy who shacked up with Rakey, then thought better of it |    | 242 | 4.83% |
| Aiden, who's taking lawn seating reservations for Rally Ireland 2007 |    | 174 | 3.48% |
| Cat Eating Rakey - he who spec's best at the pub |    | 187 | 3.74% |
ABG , who has Mod Mania ! and Porsche fever  |    | 149 | 2.98% |
| MartinL, MX-5 toting official beanie-type | | 136 | 2.72% |
Mo who's binning his Works and going even more elitist with a Cooper S LE  | | 107 | 2.14% |
| jimskater, who had to make a choice between a GP & MTI.... so he's doing both. | | 32 | 0.64% |
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puck, who's pullied, painted, and wants a new job ! | | 185 | 3.70% |
Shane, who's years too late.... and gone far, far away  | | 2 | 0.04% |
| mad brummie, who's proving that it's easy being green | | 2014 | 40.23% |
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ONED, the diesel loving, Annie beating handyman ! | | 198 | 3.96% |
| lavs, who needs to start Speccin' something soon | | 178 | 3.56% |
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pappillon , who looks very good in all black | | 232 | 4.63% |
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CooperID who wants some big stoppers ! | | 139 | 2.78% |
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Wobert, who needs to do some last-minute Speccin..... | | 146 | 2.92% |
| Goonery, who is busy with very complicated recipies... | | 204 | 4.08% |
Ruthie, who is constantly smiling whilst driving her Lippy Red S !  | | 267 | 5.33% |
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Jul 20th, 2002, 06:02 AM
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Offline  | I do feel around 20 !! Does that make it OK ???  Global Moderator |
  
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Jul 20th, 2002, 12:36 PM
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| Nice TTs......... Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: On The Coast........ Local Time: 09:39 AM
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Offline | I just had a good look at the S Im going to test drive on Monday in the dealers showroom........ EB/White, Chilli, Sunroof, and White 17" S spokes...... I just cant get to love the white S spokes......  They just dont work for me, I think Ill have to stick with silver wheels....... Saw a Red/White Cooper with the aero grille and X-lites........wasnt mad about the overall combo either, but the X lites arent bad !! Global Moderator |
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Jul 20th, 2002, 01:35 PM
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| MINI2 Master  Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: rotterdam Local Time: 09:39 AM
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Offline | To be honest I didn't even notice, just heard that lovely engine which you can hear a lot better with the roof open. Blasted through a tunnel in 2nd taking it up to max rev, wow what a sound I guess it might get a little noisy on the motorway when you take it over 70 mph, but hey you can always close it then and use your manual aircon (save some bucks for the sunroof and skip the climate control ). It's just fantastic cruising round town with that sunroof open. Get it Aiden, you won't regret it |
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Jul 20th, 2002, 02:08 PM
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| Nice TTs......... Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: On The Coast........ Local Time: 09:39 AM
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Offline | Yeah, I think the roof is a must-have.........well, thats that choice made !! Just have to finalise the rest of the options now..... Chill Red, or Dark Silver ???  I still havent seen enough decent Chilli Red pics.......and, despite everyone assuring me that modern red cars dont fade, I saw a 98 Corolla at work the other day, and it was almost pink !!! I still have my doubts.....The EB car in the showroom today looked good, it was a sunny day, and the colour did appeal to me....... It gets more and more confusing as time goes on !!!  Global Moderator |
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Jul 20th, 2002, 04:13 PM
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Offline | Im getting really uncertain on the colour...... What about PS/Black ?? I saw QQQs pic in another thread, and its quite nice looking too........ Global Moderator |
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Jul 20th, 2002, 04:27 PM
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Offline | Oh, saw the Lapis Blue Half Leather today for the first time too........ Very impressed, though Id still prefer red / black, with red carpets, a la the old Peugeot 205 GTi......... Global Moderator |
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Jul 20th, 2002, 04:43 PM
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Offline | Aiden, I had a CR/w S on order. Still love that combo, however, there were two reasons for me to change: 1. The fear of fading of the red, whether rightly or not, call it psychological; 2. Seeing a DS in the flesh standing next to a CR/w Cooper at my dealers. I changed spec right away. And this one even had a black roof The look of the DS/b at my 2nd test drive last Friday confirmed my right colour of choice again (and my right choice of roof colour Allthough I must admit that the DS/b does look smart... ) Especially in the sun the DS looks scarily awesome |
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Jul 20th, 2002, 05:19 PM
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| Nice TTs......... Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: On The Coast........ Local Time: 09:39 AM
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Offline | QQQ, The fear of the red fading really bothers me alright, and in all honesty, my heart is sating DS/White !! I just havent seen it in reality yet.........I will simply have to make a trip to Dublin to get a look at it, my dealers is fairly small, and only has that EB/W S in stock..... Id say Ill go with the DS/W eventually though....... Global Moderator |
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Jul 20th, 2002, 05:51 PM
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| Toon Toon..  | I saw Half Leather today for the first time also. I was well impressed. Oh I also saw a PS/B S parked next to a DS/W and a DS/B S. The DS/W blew them all away. Trust me mate, I've got excellent taste get your S in DS/W you won't regret it. Global Moderator   |
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Jul 20th, 2002, 05:53 PM
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Offline | Might do I agree with you on the red/black leatherm always looks good, looks even better on a SILVER car S for Smiffy "Kids in the front seat cause accidents, accidents in the backseat cause kids!" |
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Jul 21st, 2002, 06:04 AM
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Offline   | dealer fit but check with them as some do not use the official bmw ones but get a 3rd party sign firm to do the install themselves and tend to not have the stripes on the edge |
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