The missus wants to buy one!!!!!!!!!!!!
opinions please???????????

 

very nice cars mate

 

For her, then good choice. Not for u tho mate, its too much of a birds car now!

(No hairdresser comments please!!)

 

I worked with a guy that had a cooper when they came out and got in the queue for the S straight away.

He had the cooper about a year I guess, then got his Cooper S in that baby blue colour with all the leather chilli pack etc. After 2 weeks of having it he had some stuff done to it and had the rolling road print out at 212 bhp with 220something lbs of torque.

It was pretty fooking quick and an absolute laugh.

Not overly keen on the build quailty though, bits kept falling off although they were both pretty reliable and if you buy new the warranty is second to none.

If its for your missus its worth it for the warranty alone and the piece of mind for you

 

My sister has one, nough said

 

I forgot to mention that the bloke I knew was more bent than Ben the bendy bender from Bentley.

 

I have one, they're great little cars, especially when they're tuned , only down side is they're crap on fuel, worse than my old Escort Cosworth

 

Ive been in one while caned around, very impressed, sounds cool too, get one n mod it (for the missus of course, lol)

 

A proper one or the new BMW .

The BMW 'S' is a nice car but lacking outright performance, my daughter may well be buying one .
The orginal was a legend winning World Rallies & Saloon car titles, had several modified ones & they were very fast in the mid 1960's.
Rod

 

the works editions are quite cool, it's supercharged so nuff sed

also they're heavy lumps of metal, IIRC they wiegh in much the same as a stock Sierra.

Rob

 

Isn't there a company that's pushing 300bhp out of one?

I'm quite fond of the things. They really aint that Mini though are they. Should have called it a Big instead

 

yeah there's a few european works versions out there, some claiming 300bhp and more. not a bad hike from the 163bhp lump. they aint that quick in stock form tho IMO, just another fast road car, not rapid tho but thats the bueaty of supercharged cars, sooooo smooth

Rob

 

Theyre very handy cars in the twisties,we've had one on order for nearly 5 months now and still waiting.

Id say buy one, they hold their money so well and 5yrs servicing for Ł100,great deal

 

i new someone who had loads of hassle with his and in the end sold it bought the type r for a boy go type r for a girl go mini

 

Its the new cooper s.......... the supercharged one. She can plod around in that..... I'm sticking with my cossie

 

A company called AMD in Biecester has got 399bhp from their Mini Cooper S

 

they have for sure - seen it,raced it - got a big time beating

It sounds pukka - what a top place

I'd have that one - for sure

 

Wicked cars

Rod they make lack pace compared to your Sierra but in the real world they are quick cars! and I am pretty sure NONE of your ones from the 1960's would even see which way one went! I've driven a standard and a works one and was very impressed

Bought my little sister a normal cooper... Even that goes ok

 

Good little cars - bought my wife one and she loves driving it.

 

they are ok. very good in the lanes, etc.

not all that hot for outright speed though

 

Id go for the Type R then you can borrow it loads more fun besides you want something that will rev My little Type R hitting the limiter in 5th on the way to national day witha whole nother gear to go

 

i don't like Type R's - they are just a Saxo VTS for bigger boys

a muppet around my way thinks his mates will "piss mine easily" going to have to hand out some discipline

 

see now im quite happy to loose to a faster car but how fucking dare yeee mention a saxo in the same sentance as a type r

 

don't you think tho?

i bet 90% of owners used to have a VTR or a VTS before. they got the boy racer but with a bit of wedge look to me.

they look alright tho

 

I never owned a saxo and I refuse to bite anyways how can you talk with ya mini madallion man motor.... ok maybe i bit alittle

 

wat were the ones they had on top gear a while back?? the ones that had been tuned by companies one was by merc i think??? pushin out 250 odd bhp anyone know em? they had 3 on the show.

 

Was behind a new Cooper S yesterday - first thing I noticed was the discreet "Brodie Britain Racing" badges Sounded a bit "hot" when he nailed it off - didn't know BBR tuned these?????

 

Was behind a new Cooper S yesterday - first thing I noticed was the discreet "Brodie Britain Racing" badges Sounded a bit "hot" when he nailed it off - didn't know BBR tuned these?????

 

pick the car up moro. Looking forward to it
BBR can tune the mcs to 220bhp for 1200 quid!!!!

 

yeah a mate of mine works for BMW He says that u can buy conversion kits for about 2 grand that max them out at about 260 BHP, not sure who does it but there I just remembering him also say the clutch is a bastard to change

 

porkie i come up against one in my 1970 austin cooper and the fake mini couldnt keep up...in fact it looked like it was going backwards...made me laugh as the passenger was smirking as they pulled alongside,dropped a gear and i destroyed them

regards mark

 

Someone i know bought a Mini cooper 3 years ago. The other week he decided to buy somehting new, so he went to the BMW garage to look for what they were going to offer for trade in..... Ł500 off the list price!!!!!! Fair enough its only got 3000miles on the clock but he was well chuffed, even went to another BMW garage and they aggreed to better it!!!

 

Moral to this story, they hold the value

 

unlike fords

 

they r kool!