Hi Guys and Gals,

I finally picked it up on Thursday!!



Sadly I could take the whole afternoon off and had to go back to work - but I took a few pics that evening.







Today (sunday) I have washed and polished it, with Meguires (sp) which I spent a fortune on in Halford! So it shines properly now















Hope you like the pics!

Alex

 

erm,,,,,, what engine is in it or is it just about the "styling"


sorry its a bit ott for me,,,,, but im sure its a proper car


just needs some " foxtons" stickers now mate

 

looks nice mate, im not really a fan of the new mini's, or the old ones but that looks nice, what sort of power is it kicking out??

 

Mate that looks fucking awesome! I'm not a fan of the new Mini's at all, but I really do like that.

Whats the GP0131 about? Is that a model name or the build number? I'm assuming it's a limited edition?

Either way, very cool car. What's it got under the bonnet? Supercharged I assume?

 

very nice car Alex.

need some details of it,spec etc....

 

very cool love the colour aswel

good buy

 

Didnt think I'd like it at all!!

But seeing it yesterday....

 

Nice one alex... i heard you were after 1... glad you sorted it out


Spec...?

 

Proper little weapon

 

Really like that the red mirrors dont so it for me though!

 

couldnt afford colour coded door mirrors

 

just needs a new set of alloys, FIT THE CORRECT MIRROR COVERS and return the front bumper and spoiler to halfords


that and remove the stickers and you will have a nice looking mini cooperS

 

I think it looks mint, not so sure about the wheels though but thats just me.

Passed my test in a mini cooper with union jack flag on and the big spoke wheels. Learn to drive with style. Obviously it wasnt a cooper S! lol

 

very nice

 

Why dont people like the bloody mirrors!??!?!?

 

Its 0131 of 2000 made worldwide.

Its called a MINI Cooper S Works GP,

Which means:

218bhp
0-62 in 6.5
max. 148mph

works LSD
works brakes
modified suspension
modified aero dynamics
Recaro front seats
no rear seats
no sound deadening


So why did I buy it? I like all minis (as you can see lol) but mainly because I have always wanted one and this is the ultimate one

Some reviews:

Evo gave is 5 stars!!!!

http://www.evo.co.uk/carreviews/evoc..._works_gp.html

http://www.pistonheads.com/doc.asp?c=47&i=14632

4/5 from 5th gear - they didnt like 1) The price. 2) The slightly aftermarket looks. 3) That they're sold out. Boo!

http://fifthgear.five.tv/jsp/5gmain....&featureid=407


they even featured it on the TV!!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YUHql...elated&search=

 

 

so when is it on track.

 

October

At coombe I hope

 

Whats on in Oct Alex,I may come

 

anyone can



Its not a trackday as such but usually at lunch time you can get out in your own car.

I hope to be driving for the organisers

aLex

 

Very nice

 

I Fooking like that, the WHOLE package. take no notice of ginge, hes a tosser

 

Thats nice

 

Take no notice of who?????

 

lol...

 

lennie,,,,, no point liking that car mate,,,, you got no chance of driving it,,,,,



nor have i and in aint talking about the fact there rare

 

lol...

 

looks almost like it says gypo 131 in the first pic lol

looks quite mean tho, goes ok i assume??

 

cheers Alex

 

no idea.... running it in

 

congratulations on realsing a dream alex

hope you enjoy it to the full, and that it lives up to expectations

 

Looks nice - have you had one of the BMW Minis before?

 

Looks nice mate, good buy!

 

i bet thats responsive thats a lot of power for a small car its very nice to mate

 

Nope but I work for BMW and train people on MINIs

Not driven many of them though. The clostest would have been a Cooper S convertable! lol not even a proper one is it

Alex

 

Limited edition Kev - only these ones came in that colour scheme

 

 

I wa talking to one of my mates that sells the new mini's...and he was saying next year the cooper s is going to be turbo'd instead of supercharged......but are going to be about the same power just a few brake more but nothing been said yet how much bhp the works ones will have