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Yeah I really dont like that either. I like the way the mini handles and drives but could not live with the image or looks.
each to himself
I like the mini a lot but I couldn't live with a centre mounted speedo
this goes back to when I owned my very first mini city 1000 with a speedo in the middle
(I have owned 6 in all one being a 95 BHP john cooper prepaired S works job)
=I also owned the Cooper prepaired S. Great fun little cars. Picked it up from
the great man himself (John Cooper) at his Worthing dealership.
Now they sell those crappy little plastic German ones.
The BMW Mini really is the Marmite of cars. I can't easily think of another car that so readily divides opinion.
I'm guilty of it myself. I have an irrational dislike of them to the point that I've just bought the Mini Cooper S' main 'new car' rival (Clio 197) and I still didn't feel the need to test drive one just because I could never bring myself to buy one. Plus my mates would laugh at me.
Still, at least it prompts a reaction. Tell people you drive a SEAT (Cupra or otherwise) and you just get an "oh". I'm looking forward to telling people I drive a French car, at least it'll get the banter going!
So, Mini. I can see why you'd want one, especially the old-new Mini Cooper S - supercharging is so much cooler than turbocharging - but I just can't see myself actually buying one. Funny eh?
I'm guilty of it myself. I have an irrational dislike of them to the point that I've just bought the Mini Cooper S' main 'new car' rival (Clio 197) and I still didn't feel the need to test drive one just because I could never bring myself to buy one. Plus my mates would laugh at me.
Still, at least it prompts a reaction. Tell people you drive a SEAT (Cupra or otherwise) and you just get an "oh". I'm looking forward to telling people I drive a French car, at least it'll get the banter going!
So, Mini. I can see why you'd want one, especially the old-new Mini Cooper S - supercharging is so much cooler than turbocharging - but I just can't see myself actually buying one. Funny eh?
Oh, you should see the Renaultsport forums. It's not marque vs. marque that causes threads longer than a toilet roll, oh no. It's 182 vs. 197 vs. Trophy that have people going on and on and on for hours. At least it's a bit different here
That really is quite sad, tell them to get out and use the bloody cars instead of bitching about them......
=I also owned the Cooper prepaired S. Great fun little cars. Picked it up from
the great man himself (John Cooper) at his Worthing dealership.
Now they sell those crappy little plastic German ones.
I think technically it was Ferring not Worthing but now they have moved again to East Preston but may have closed all together
YEP! I went for a test drive in one with the man himself, I belive it was his own car (reg no H15 FUN) what a hoot that was, he kept telling me to push it as it was way more capable than I was
The one I bought was a 97 S TOURING 95 BHP and had the optional 5 spd box, adjustable suspension, electric windows, remote locking and all the trimmings and chrome goodies
proper little go-cart but only any good as a second car IMHO
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one of my old mini mates managed to make a mini A series engine produce just shy of 130 bhp with the aid of a scatter cam and a big valve head but it kept eating gearboxes, he used to and still does enter it in hill climb events
now this is what you call a mini but cheating a little
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/MINI-VAUXHALL...ryZ38708QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem
now this is what you call a mini but cheating a little
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/MINI-VAUXHALL...ryZ38708QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem
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