Anyone drive a MINI?

[hugh jass]

A friend has a john cooper mini vert. Its a fun car to drive, but rattles and squeaks like crazy. Maybe its just the jcw package/vert combo.

[mnstepchildrider1]

totally worth it

[Jand3rson]

[ldsbeaker]

I wish I had nice pictures of my '76.
BRG, RHD, 12" wheels. 'nuf said.

A REAL car.

Oh, you guys mean the other Minis?

nevermind.

[HarryPotter]

I wish I had nice pictures of my '76.
BRG, RHD, 12" wheels. 'nuf said.

A REAL car.

Oh, you guys mean the other Minis?

nevermind.

Can we see the shitty pictures too? They are probably still much nicer to look at then this crap.

[Beastolizer]

My father has one, and for the few times I have driven it, I must say, it is quite a fun car to drive. He has an '04 S model. Handles very nicely and is very responsive.

I could see myself getting one down the road sometime!

[Farbin Kaiber]

I actually fit in one, comfortably. That speaks wonders for a car in my book.

[619E30]

I own a mini cooper s. Last week i just replaced the supercharger ($1600 reman. from the dealer) due to the fact that i installed a 15% smaller pulley. If i didn't replace the pulley with the smaller one i believe it would still be running. But overall their is no extra maintenance for a supercharger. The car runs really strong. Especially for a 2003, it still feels good as new.

If your planning on getting one, then get one.

[SamE30e]

^^ haha how long are those spark plug wires?

Some guy who comes out to our autoX's has a turbo mini with about 20k dumped into it, it's bat shit insane.

My buddy who works at BMW as a tech said they're a bitch to work on, engine bay is super tight, especially on the turbos.

[HarryPotter]

My fun car is a Classic Mini :D

There ya fucking go, about time someone posted a real one.

[ldsbeaker]

Dammit, beat me to it. I'll get some up soon.

[deutschman]

the first car i ever got into and always wanted and still want BAD are classic mini's. those things are so sweet! some day i will have one.

[SamE30e]

A guy who comes to my work frequently has a B16 powered mini classic.

[shiftbmw]

Thanks for the info guys. I haven't yet sat in one of these or driven one, but planning a drive on Sunday.

I can answer this myself once I sit in one, but how's the headroom? I'm 6'2"...


Also, how do these fare with higher mileage? I'm looking to keep this relatively cheap and probably won't be getting a low mileage example. I'm not expecting E30 build quality, but then again nothing could be worse than an E36...

[magicswan20]

i got rid of my e30 and just bought a 2010 cooper. I drove it from florida to new mexico comfortably. I got anywhere from 38-41mpg. I'm 6'1 and i get in and out alright. When i was test driving it the salesman at the dealership told me that it was designed for somebody 6'8. I love this car. The S is about 3 grand more than the cooper. You could get a well equipped cooper for about the price of an S. (which is what i did) good luck with your search