Mini Cooper S

jj · Post by jj » Tue Oct 24, 2006 8:43 pm

we will see what laughable trade in they offer for the liz

Honestly mate, dont do it to yourself - there will be tears!

CSK_423 · Post by **CSK_423** » Tue Oct 24, 2006 8:46 pm

I'm expecting a daft 7 or 8k effort, I'll keep telling myself that while hoping for more

price revised on pistonheads...packet of monster munch and a bottle of bru

jj · Post by jj » Tue Oct 24, 2006 8:48 pm

I bet you it doesnt begin with a 7 or an 8 but a 6! They dont call `em stealers for nothing!

Clarkie · Post by **Clarkie** » Tue Oct 24, 2006 8:52 pm

Spot the odd one out. Met these guys in Callander after a blast over the Dukes Pass. There was a Mini GP there as well.

Clarkie

Post by **simon** » Tue Oct 24, 2006 8:55 pm

Probably the newminiscotland guys. I gatecrashed their Arbroath meet the day I did my sponsored bungee jump. The only Elise on display in amongst over 50 Minis stood out somewhat

skellyjohn · Post by **skellyjohn** » Wed Oct 25, 2006 2:37 am

The excuses I was given from the dealer was that the build quality on the early models wasn't as good as they'd hoped. I guess practise makes perfect so they should be not too bad by now.

I'd definately stear clear of the new new minis. Give them a bit of time (3 or 4 years) to get it right.

If you REALLY REALLY want one then I'd skip the dealer and get one on a private sale. Most will have taken the TLC package so will have a full service history and maybe some vouchers left. The warranty is for 3 years so if you get a 2 year old in a private sale with TLC then it SHOULD be ok.

Avoid these 2 like the plague!!!
Y128 UCS (red cooper)
SL52 DKV (red cooper s)

Post by **simon** » Wed Oct 25, 2006 9:00 am

The MY04 was facelifted a little, new rear lights, different exterior chrome trim and changes to the interior. I think they are also more reliable than the early ones so I'd go for as late a car as you can get.

The_Rossatron · Post by **The_Rossatron** » Wed Oct 25, 2006 9:49 am

simon wrote:The MY04 was facelifted a little, new rear lights, different exterior chrome trim and changes to the interior. I think they are also more reliable than the early ones so I'd go for as late a car as you can get.

and in S form the 04 MY have 170bhp as opposed to the previous 163bhp.

greyrigg · Post by **greyrigg** » Wed Oct 25, 2006 10:07 am

I had a Cooper S for a while, did 15k miles in it......no probs whatsoever....ate tyres and averaged 26mpg (small tank = loads of fuel stops)...still miss it and I think I'll get another one soon.

Malcolm

PS It only dropped 2.5k.

Lazydonkey · Post by **Lazydonkey** » Wed Oct 25, 2006 12:19 pm

The_Rossatron wrote:
simon wrote:The MY04 was facelifted a little, new rear lights, different exterior chrome trim and changes to the interior. I think they are also more reliable than the early ones so I'd go for as late a car as you can get.
and in S form the 04 MY have 170bhp as opposed to the previous 163bhp.

The trim is also less vomit inducing. Ours is one of the first of the facelift ones and it was July 04

CSK_423 · Post by **CSK_423** » Wed Oct 25, 2006 8:59 pm

skellyjohn wrote:The excuses I was given from the dealer was that the build quality on the early models wasn't as good as they'd hoped. I guess practise makes perfect so they should be not too bad by now.

I'd definately stear clear of the new new minis. Give them a bit of time (3 or 4 years) to get it right.

If you REALLY REALLY want one then I'd skip the dealer and get one on a private sale. Most will have taken the TLC package so will have a full service history and maybe some vouchers left. The warranty is for 3 years so if you get a 2 year old in a private sale with TLC then it SHOULD be ok.

Avoid these 2 like the plague!!!
Y128 UCS (red cooper)
SL52 DKV (red cooper s)

Did you stay in renfrew at any point in time ???

I remember a y plate red and white cooper(1st I ever saw on the roadall those years ago), then a cooper-s then a titty silver S1 elise (I think it was titty silver) sitting in broadloan ????

CSK_423 · Post by **CSK_423** » Thu Oct 26, 2006 7:00 pm

I wonder what the other halfs face would be like if I rolled up with this for her

http://www.pistonheads.com/sales/108984.htm

skellyjohn · Post by **skellyjohn** » Thu Oct 26, 2006 7:47 pm

CSK_423, yeah that was me in Broadloan. I've still got the house so I'm there now and again but I'm staying in the sunny east end of Glasgow now.

CSK_423 · Post by **CSK_423** » Thu Oct 26, 2006 8:04 pm

small world

I did stay with my folks in the newer part of deanpark before moving to Houston next to Bridge of weir, everything you said above seemed to just click into place not that I'm a stalker or anything

seeing the 1st mini stuck in my mind, which was yours, along with a titty silver elise that stayed local at the time. did you ever see the calypso red elise silver wheels in renfrew and the 7ft guy that drives it !!!????

skellyjohn · Post by **skellyjohn** » Fri Oct 27, 2006 4:40 am

SPOOKY... I was talking about you last night!!!

I was dropping my mate off in Renfrew on Tuesday and we were stuck at the lights at Wright Street and I said that there used to be a red elise that parked there and my friend (Duncan Hunter) said that the owner sometimes drank in the Glynnie and was 7 foot tall. I thought he was winding me up!

Don't know if that was your car that sat there but that was the first time I really saw an elise close up and made me want one. I was even going to leave a note on the windscreen asking if you'd sell it!

Small world indeed.