Am an old new member. Sold my Mini 5 years ago for an MX5 (also great great cars BTW, would highly recommend) and another Mini is the only thing I can bring myself to part with it for.
Thinking of buying a Cooper S, probably 2010 plate so mainly came back to ask about that and the whole N14 and N18 engine swap thing as I'm pretty out of the loop.
Also posted a thread with a similar question here...
http://www.mini2.com/forum/second-generation-mini-cooper-s/322082-differences-2010-2011-models.html#post4335290
Thinking of buying a Cooper S, probably 2010 plate so mainly came back to ask about that and the whole N14 and N18 engine swap thing as I'm pretty out of the loop.
Also posted a thread with a similar question here...
http://www.mini2.com/forum/second-generation-mini-cooper-s/322082-differences-2010-2011-models.html#post4335290