My beautiful MINI

[MisscooperS]

[slippery]

You're a woman of few words!

[RacingBlue]

They look much better with the colour coded arches.

Still wouldn't buy another though.

[MisscooperS]

lMAO! Straight to the best point me!
Oh know how come you don't want another MINI? Yes much better with colour coded & JCW Kit!

[MisscooperS]

@slippery do you have a HSV?

[slippery]

MisscooperS said:

@slippery do you have a HSV?

I did have (VXR8), but sold it a couple of years ago, after it cost me over £10k in repairs in 12 months. Used to have a Holden Commodore SS 5.7 V8 (badged as a Chevrolet Lumina SS as it was a UAE import) and that did its best to bankrupt me too! I borrowed a friend's JCW Cooper S for a few days many years ago. Great fun.

[MisscooperS]

Think I may have met you!? I use to be with Jim who had a monaro, but he has sold it earlier in year & we don't speak now, but no loss there!!!
I am on my second MINI cooper S, great fun & yes much cheaper! The Monaro was always having problems.....
Hope you don't have any more car troubles!

[slippery]

MisscooperS said:

Think I may have met you!? I use to be with Jim who had a monaro, but he has sold it earlier in year & we don't speak now, but no loss there!!!

You may well have done. He speaks well of you too!!

[MisscooperS]

See a woman of many words now!

Oh yeah.... I am sure he do!

[MisscooperS]

Anyway back to cars!

[slippery]

MisscooperS said:

See a woman of many words now!

Oh yeah.... I am sure he do!

I knew we could bring you out of that shell you've been hiding in for nearly three years!

[MisscooperS]

Yes I must get on forum more & to meets! I have had my Kenny for 1 year & 6 months. Only been to one PH meet!
Never took my last mini to any! No one to stop me now.

[slippery]

MisscooperS said:

Anyway back to cars!

Good idea, or people will start talking!

[RacingBlue]

MisscooperS said:

lMAO! Straight to the best point me!
Oh know how come you don't want another MINI? Yes much better with colour coded & JCW Kit!

Mine was crap - build quality on early R56's isn't exactly renowned for being brilliant.

[slippery]

RacingBlue said:

MisscooperS said:

lMAO! Straight to the best point me!
Oh know how come you don't want another MINI? Yes much better with colour coded & JCW Kit!

Mine was crap - build quality on early R56's isn't exactly renowned for being brilliant.

I hadn't realised until I read an article recently, quite how much work Rover had put into developing the MINI prior to the BMW takeover. I had always wrongly assumed it was a wholly BMW concept.

[RacingBlue]

The original 'New' Mini (R53) yes. The R56 is all BMW designed.

[slippery]

RacingBlue said:

The original 'New' Mini (R53) yes. The R56 is all BMW designed.

Sorry, I don't know my R numbers!
I consider my self duly educated!

[XKRacer]

slippery said:

I hadn't realised until I read an article recently, quite how much work Rover had put into developing the MINI prior to the BMW takeover. I had always wrongly assumed it was a wholly BMW concept.

I must admit to being surprised at that to....... Until I saw the prototype shell turn up on eBay, looked very much like a Bini but with a Rover badge and different head lights

I prefer the classic look myself, my son has a 96 clubman conversion with a 1400 Astra engine in it and I will always remember the purple one I built him, deseamed, bespoke body kit, rover 200 seats, looked a real treat until he rolled it -_-

[vrod]

MisscooperS said:

Looks great - love the colour

[MisscooperS]

Thank you it's laser blue! I love the new ice blue & kite blue. I want to upgrade to FJCW, might take me a while to find the colour I want!