Poverty Spec Mini Countryman Cooper S All4

[redddraggon]

I think this might be quite a Marmite car.....



My Parents bought this new July (2014), and I was mightly disappointed to find that it basically has no luxuries in it! After owning it for about 8 months, they decided it was too big (!), so I got rid of my Juke Tekna and took it off their hands! I'm not finding I'm missing any of the luxuries at all that my Juke had and I'm enjoying the ride.

I have some plans for it, namely taking it to stage 2/ecu remap. And get rid of the damn run flats....

[redddraggon]

I'd have loved a red one.

The Engine is same as the hatch, so with the added weight I guess it'll be a touch more sluggish - I've only driven a normal Cooper hatch and this has plenty more oomph than that did. The AWD is well tested on my commute each morning, a right turn onto a main road would always send the traction control on my juke crazy in the wet - I don't think I've even been able to get any wheel spin with the ALL4 (maybe I'm not trying hard enough).

[redddraggon]

I still love the car even though it's rather underspecced.



I've made an addition to the back, can anyone spot it?

[redddraggon]

I think it was about £24k.

My MPG is averaging about 35 mpg:

http://www.fuelly.com/car/mini/cooper_countryman/2...

I must admit to treating the accelerator like a digital input though!

[redddraggon]

James, the car and plate were my parents. They.ve got my plate now.

Hence why I didn't have much choice with the car!

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spaceship said:

Just how poverty spec is it?

What's it missing?

I like the look of it.

I came from a Juke with heated leather seats, satnav, decent radio that was iPhone compatible, cruise control, multifunctional steering wheel .

I now have to resort to using an aux cable for music.