Eventually bought one.....
Eventually bought one.....
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Farky

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920 posts

220 months

Sunday 5th July 2009
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My Wife picks up her late 54 PLate MCS on Wednesday!!!
In the end i went to my local Mini dealer and bought it through Mini Cherished. For me this was the best option in the end, as you get the piece of mind of the Warranty etc etc. Plus, every other non Main dealer car i looked at was a bit 'scruffy' while every one i looked at with the Main Dealer were immacculate.
Anyway, in the end she decided on the Hyper Blue (gorgeous colour!) with white roof, mirrors and wheels with nice extras!!
I'll post pics as soon a she picks it up.
Thanks to everyone who helped with all my Q's in previous posts!!

Ian

okgo

40,576 posts

214 months

Sunday 5th July 2009
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Well done, sounds nice.

Alex_MCS

2,833 posts

196 months

Sunday 5th July 2009
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Hyper blue - good choice of colour (not biased) wink Have fun!

Farky

Original Poster:

920 posts

220 months

Monday 6th July 2009
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Yeah, hyper Blue is sooooo nice!!! TBH, i havent seen many Hyper Blue ones around my way.
My Wife picks it up wednesday, she can barely sleep already with the excitement she says!!! I'm glad she's happy, for the past 10yrs, i've always chose the cars i wanted so it was nice to see her excitement over a car for a change!!

antihero3000

213 posts

198 months

Monday 6th July 2009
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Congrats thumbup

Farky

Original Poster:

920 posts

220 months

Monday 6th July 2009
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Is there any other Mini forums i can check out?? I'm on Mini2.com but it doesnt seem very busy??

Ian

okgo

40,576 posts

214 months

Monday 6th July 2009
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Farky said:
Is there any other Mini forums i can check out?? I'm on Mini2.com but it doesnt seem very busy??

Ian
totalmini.com is the best one I think.

antihero3000

213 posts

198 months

Tuesday 7th July 2009
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It depends what you're looking for from a site.

mini2- good for parts and if you need advice on how to fix a problem

totalmini- similar as its largely those who left mini2

minitorque- the best site in my opinion, very busy with a focus on performance

motoringunderground - brilliant for seeing how they do things on the other side of the pond

Plenty of regional sites too which are good for the social side of things, northernmini and newminscotland in my case.

Farky

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920 posts

220 months

Tuesday 7th July 2009
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Cheers guys, i'll give them all a look later on!!

Antihero3000- you from Scotland???? Me too!!!
Where abouts?

Edited by Farky on Tuesday 7th July 15:34

Alex_MCS

2,833 posts

196 months

Tuesday 7th July 2009
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antihero3000 said:
It depends what you're looking for from a site.

mini2- good for parts and if you need advice on how to fix a problem

totalmini- similar as its largely those who left mini2

minitorque- the best site in my opinion, very busy with a focus on performance

motoringunderground - brilliant for seeing how they do things on the other side of the pond
Sounds about right. Totalmini is very chatty, a bit light on technical info, more focused on cosmetic modifications, good for finding out about runs/events though. Mini torque is more technical/performance orientated and seems to have some very knowledgeable members, with some impressive dyno numbers. Mini2 is not as busy as it used to be, but has loads of useful information if you search around a bit.

Edited by Alex_MCS on Tuesday 7th July 16:23

Farky

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920 posts

220 months

Tuesday 7th July 2009
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Thanks for the heads up guys.....newminiscotland is a BRILL Forum!!!

antihero3000

213 posts

198 months

Thursday 9th July 2009
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I'm in Glasgow. You should book yourself on to the PH run next month!

Farky

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920 posts

220 months

Thursday 9th July 2009
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antihero3000 said:
I'm in Glasgow. You should book yourself on to the PH run next month!
Yeah, i joined Newminscotland the other night and seen your posts, nice work with the car so far mate, you dont hang about eh??!!
Wheres the details on the PH run?

antihero3000

213 posts

198 months

Thursday 9th July 2009
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Cheers. Can't wait to get it back on dyno in September and see what its putting out now!

Details of the PH run are here.