Mini cooper

ambermorn said:
aw no interior pics. i was hoping i could see this cheap plastic, because i've never been in a mini. yes i am deprived.
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Here you go. :) The plastics feel like they would be more appropriate on a child's $1 toy than in a $20,000 car. When I drove that Mini I was afraid to touch a lot of stuff because it seemed like it would break just from me looking at it.
 
KaJuN said:
Here you go. :) The plastics feel like they would be more appropriate on a child's $1 toy than in a $20,000 car. When I drove that Mini I was afraid to touch a lot of stuff because it seemed like it would break just from me looking at it.
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you?re complaining about the old one? you should check out the Mk2.... :?

I love my mini, it?s done over 110K km on the road and about 3K on the track, and apart from a broken gearbox at around 70K it?s never let me down... I also like the interior much better than on any comparable car I?ve driven, but I really don?t know what they were thinking with the new one...
 
The interior is different to that one
 
I've had a ride in the old new Mini Cooper S. Somehow I liked the kitch retroness of the interior, pretty funky. I would never buy one, too expensive for what it is, way too expensive, but it was cool. And the little supercharger made a nice noise:)
 
thanks for supplying the interior pic Kajun and thanks for replying Hidden_Hunter :). someday i WILL waltz into a dealership and just sit in a mini. someday :p
 
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finally got around to uploading it, picture quality is shit as I said but someone can probably tell what model it is exactly based off this picture.
 
all I can see is that it?s an automatic <_<
and that someone stole the steering wheel :mrgreen:
 
oh and it also had a serious design flaw in the RHD model, your arm obscures the clock :p
 
Hidden_Hunter said:
where you have your left arm holding the steering wheel it lines up exactly on where the clock is, so you have to move your arm to see the clock.
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Thats indeed a stupid design. As it is written in the manual: "Notice that the clock is visible on left turns only. Please do not turn left without a left bend available. Mini is not responsible for accidents caused by drivers looking at the clock on straights. Asking the passenger is a wise alternative."
 
zenkidori said:
do you guys get different models than the US? I test drove a Cooper S and didn't find any of the issues you're talking about.
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Seconded. My neighbor and friend has a Cooper (not the S) and I sat in them in the show room. The first thing I noticed was the high quality interior - especially the actual switches with the guards around them. You don't see actual switches in cars anymore, it's all cheap membrane-contact buttons.

Bummer you don't like it, but I sure enjoy being in the Mini.
 
Blind_Io said:
Seconded. My neighbor and friend has a Cooper (not the S) and I sat in them in the show room. The first thing I noticed was the high quality interior - especially the actual switches with the guards around them. You don't see actual switches in cars anymore, it's all cheap membrane-contact buttons.

Bummer you don't like it, but I sure enjoy being in the Mini.
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Thirded. I sat in several Minis, S's and non S's. I even drove one for about 25 minutes in a test drive and loved it. The interior quality, I thought, was great and the only complaint that I had was the rear seats were basically non existent. The power was great for a car that size and the handling was remarkable.

Would I buy one? Yes, but not a new one. They're just too expensive brand new, a second hand one with low miles is perfect.
 
^^^^acckkkkk WRONG only buy MINIs new not used. They barely depreciate at all so you have to buy then new.

I paid 24,500 USD OTD(out the door all taxes and registration plus lojack) for my 2004 MINI Cooper S out the door. I sold it two years and 30,000 miles later for about 20,500 USD.
 
British_Rover said:
I paid 24,500 USD OTD(out the door all taxes and registration plus lojack) for my 2004 MINI Cooper S out the door. I sold it two years and 30,000 miles later for about 20,500 USD.
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Sounds like my friend with her xB. He had an 04 or 05, bought it for $15,500 and drove it for two years racking up 27,000 miles. He then traded it in on a new Civic and got $13,500 for it at the Honda dealership. Pretty awesome.

And I know, it's probably best to buy a MINI new jsut cause you can really personalise it and get the one YOU want. But knowing me, I'd probably rack up another $10k in accessories if I bought it new :lol:.
 
ahh, i see a bit better now about the interior. still probably better than my car though, i'll have to check it out in the metal.
 
British_Rover said:
^^^^acckkkkk WRONG only buy MINIs new not used. They barely depreciate at all so you have to buy then new.

I paid 24,500 USD OTD(out the door all taxes and registration plus lojack) for my 2004 MINI Cooper S out the door. I sold it two years and 30,000 miles later for about 20,500 USD.
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nono you buy a used one, because the 2007 model is boring and, as we?ve established, the interior sucks...
 
I also got the distinct impression that the symbols on the buttons would rub off over time
 
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