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Who here has a Mini Cooper?
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IJ Reilly
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devilot said:
I installed the parcel shelf too. The European models have a shelf on the passenger's side as well, instead of the glove box. I thought about making that modification but decided I'd rather have the closed compartment. Not even sure the parts are available here.
Sun visors, bad. Cup holders, bad. Oh well, the car's not perfect.
gallagb said:
Help? Can anyone translate this? (Text message language = bad.)
There's plenty of a room in a Mini if you stick the seats down. I fitted at various times in mine:
* A new toilet and bathroom sink, together with accessories and other bits and pieces.
* Four 15" CRT monitors and a load of other junk for taking to the muncipal dump.
* A desk, a chair and various other bits of furniture.
* Three fat guys (plus me, not so fat).
And so on. It's a Mini. The clue's in the name. It's supposed to be small. You don't buy it for its load lugging ability. You buy it because it's great fun to drive, it's cute, quirky and different.
Incidentally, I traded my Mini for a '06 Golf (a diesel automatic - I must be getting old.)
I have a Cooper, 2004 model automatic. Black, white roof - very very nice.
My other car is a 2004 Range Rover - so between the two of them, they average out at 2 normal sized cars.
🙂
My other car is a 2004 Range Rover - so between the two of them, they average out at 2 normal sized cars.
🙂
A little help
I just picked up a 2003 Mini Cooper S and it has the driving lamps mounted in the grill works. I don't seem to be able to find the switch to turn them on. Any help would be appreciated.
I just picked up a 2003 Mini Cooper S and it has the driving lamps mounted in the grill works. I don't seem to be able to find the switch to turn them on. Any help would be appreciated.
Luis
macrumors 65816
swiftaw
macrumors 603
Try by your left knee (or right knee if it's right hand drive). There should be a button that toggles whether the driving lights come on when your high-beams are activated.
Abstract
macrumors Penryn
Yep, true.
I ended up getting a pretty big "small car", IMO. It's a Hyundai not available in North America. Too bad. My car can actually fit things, unlike cars such as the MINI, and even the Toyota Yaris. I had to hire/rent one for 4 days and wow, talk about a downgrade. I drove around 500+ km in it, and was glad to give it back.
On the other hand, the MINI really is a nice looking car. However, I'd never take style over substance. Not owning a car that does what you need is like buying a new computer that can't do what you need it to do. I wouldn't do either.
RedTomato
macrumors 601
Anybody here still have a classic Mini? I was kinda hoping to see a thread about the classic, not the new one.
My late granny had one, and I seem to recall her doing 95mph down the motorway to Cornwall with me in the back. This must have been around 1985 or so, and I remember her telling me exactly where to park my 9 year old skinny arse to keep the car properly balanced for better handling. Not bad for a woman in her late 60s 🙂
She also kept a highly detailed record in a small notebook of the exact milage reading, writing it down every time she took the car out, even if it was just to the corner shop and back. I was never quite sure why.
She later got a normal sized car, and complained that it didn't have half as much storage room as the Mini classic.
My late granny had one, and I seem to recall her doing 95mph down the motorway to Cornwall with me in the back. This must have been around 1985 or so, and I remember her telling me exactly where to park my 9 year old skinny arse to keep the car properly balanced for better handling. Not bad for a woman in her late 60s 🙂
She also kept a highly detailed record in a small notebook of the exact milage reading, writing it down every time she took the car out, even if it was just to the corner shop and back. I was never quite sure why.
She later got a normal sized car, and complained that it didn't have half as much storage room as the Mini classic.
IJ Reilly
macrumors P6
No, not really. The back seats fold down. The Mini has more practical space for hauling than the full-size car I used to own.
mperkins37
macrumors 6502a
My wife's cousin bought an American version 06' model, POS!
Was in the shop more than she drove it. It was a convertible, and the top went first, after 6 weeks, then it wouldn't start. then it started smoking, (new head) then it needed a new starter, then it wouldn't start again! ( bad computer)
She sold it just after 10 months on the road, and it spent 2 of them in the shop.
As for this post
Of course these aren't muscle cars, but that doesn't mean they are slow. MINI's beat the crap out of other cars, especially muscle ones, on the track. There is a huge performance MINI scene and plenty of options for upping your HP.
They aren't even close to a Muscle car & anyone wanting to back it up with a pink slip can come to Phoenix & watch the rear of my Muscle car pull away.
I'll take it in a quarter mile any day, as well as a road course.
Performance upgrades and all!
Be nice to sell it when I win it for New ACD 30's, and a new macbook Pro for the wife.
Was in the shop more than she drove it. It was a convertible, and the top went first, after 6 weeks, then it wouldn't start. then it started smoking, (new head) then it needed a new starter, then it wouldn't start again! ( bad computer)
She sold it just after 10 months on the road, and it spent 2 of them in the shop.
As for this post
Of course these aren't muscle cars, but that doesn't mean they are slow. MINI's beat the crap out of other cars, especially muscle ones, on the track. There is a huge performance MINI scene and plenty of options for upping your HP.
They aren't even close to a Muscle car & anyone wanting to back it up with a pink slip can come to Phoenix & watch the rear of my Muscle car pull away.
I'll take it in a quarter mile any day, as well as a road course.
Performance upgrades and all!
Be nice to sell it when I win it for New ACD 30's, and a new macbook Pro for the wife.