RE: Mini John Cooper Works: PH Fleet
Discussion
k up and never sell any cars...I'm seriously considering one. I don't need a bigger car, I appreciate the slightly less manic m/way behaviour, and 230bhp is enough grunt for B road fun. The Chilli pack looks like a scam, so 'my' one in red with variable dampers, 17's, and a few bits and pieces is well under £25k before I've talked discounts.
One question - there seems to be a pack that gives you an oil pressure gauge on the dash, but I can't see a pic on the configurator.
Anyone got one?
SS7
One question - there seems to be a pack that gives you an oil pressure gauge on the dash, but I can't see a pic on the configurator.
Anyone got one?
SS7
shoestring7 said:
I'm seriously considering one. I don't need a bigger car, I appreciate the slightly less manic m/way behaviour, and 230bhp is enough grunt for B road fun. The Chilli pack looks like a scam, so 'my' one in red with variable dampers, 17's, and a few bits and pieces is well under £25k before I've talked discounts.
One question - there seems to be a pack that gives you an oil pressure gauge on the dash, but I can't see a pic on the configurator.
Anyone got one?
SS7
Cockpit Chrono Pack. Not 100% sure it's an option on the JCW as it's all done on the main screen with the tech pack and/or HUD. Dealer will know/help.One question - there seems to be a pack that gives you an oil pressure gauge on the dash, but I can't see a pic on the configurator.
Anyone got one?
SS7
I'll stick with my 2005 JCW thanks.
Keeps to the original new MINI shape and principle, has an alleged 210bhp and handles well enough for me on cruddy East Sussex roads.
The new ones have lost the plot in terms of 'styling' where lumps seem to have been added for no particular reason.
And mine only cost £5700 a couple of years ago and doesn't seem to be worth much less now.
My days of wanting to spend £30k on a car are long gone.
Keeps to the original new MINI shape and principle, has an alleged 210bhp and handles well enough for me on cruddy East Sussex roads.
The new ones have lost the plot in terms of 'styling' where lumps seem to have been added for no particular reason.
And mine only cost £5700 a couple of years ago and doesn't seem to be worth much less now.
My days of wanting to spend £30k on a car are long gone.
DavidLScott said:
I'll stick with my 2005 JCW thanks.
Keeps to the original new MINI shape and principle, has an alleged 210bhp and handles well enough for me on cruddy East Sussex roads.
The new ones have lost the plot in terms of 'styling' where lumps seem to have been added for no particular reason.
And mine only cost £5700 a couple of years ago and doesn't seem to be worth much less now.
My days of wanting to spend £30k on a car are long gone.
2005 JCW? With the crappy flat guppy face, plasticy junky interior and a Chrysler engine with a pathetic 210hp? Garbage...Keeps to the original new MINI shape and principle, has an alleged 210bhp and handles well enough for me on cruddy East Sussex roads.
The new ones have lost the plot in terms of 'styling' where lumps seem to have been added for no particular reason.
And mine only cost £5700 a couple of years ago and doesn't seem to be worth much less now.
My days of wanting to spend £30k on a car are long gone.
See... not very nice is it?
Edited by JimmyFQ360 on Friday 10th July 22:54
nickfrog said:
Ditch the RF. Go for Supersports, the best full tread road tyre around IME, and by quite a margin by all accounts. It will be a significant upgrade compared to RFTs. I can only imagine the lat grip of a MINI on Supersports, probably 1g.
RFTs fetch good money on ebay.
RFTs fetch good money on ebay.
I can echo Nick's comment
Will nicely offset the cost of non-RFTs
Weren't non-RFTs an option when buying new as from a few years ago?
Antj said:
JimmyFQ360 said:
I posted here to defend what I think is a pretty good little car designed and made by people who know what they're doing and distributed and sold (on the whole) by a fantastic group of people. I probably shouldn't have bothered....
none of those guys could have been on the clubman project then ....lol proof that designing a car the morning after the christmas party is never a good idea
MINIs are hated for their (subjective) looks despite the driving experience by those who have not owned one.
MINIs are liked for the driving experience despite their looks / image by those who have bought one.
Edited by nickfrog on Saturday 11th July 12:23
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