RE: Mini Cooper S: Spotted

RE: Mini Cooper S: Spotted

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gigglebug

2,611 posts

121 months

Sunday 26th February 2017
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My sister had a GP and it was a cracking little car right up until the point one of her son's friends had a go in it and managed to drop it from 5th into 2nd when he was aiming for 4th! The mangled engine was fixed as best he could by said friend as he was a mechanic but it was never the same so it was eventually traded in for a new A1. Shame and she still misses it.

Not sure that they are ever going to worth this much though!

http://www.pistonheads.com/classifieds/used-cars/m...

bazza white

3,550 posts

127 months

Sunday 26th February 2017
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Possibly the car that made cars fun again, especially interior wise.


I've got a R56 but still fancy a R53, I was after a last last get 53 so a 2006 but found a nice 2009 R56 locally for the same price. Lower tax and better mpg also helped swing the vote.

Quickmoose

4,482 posts

122 months

Sunday 26th February 2017
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bazza white said:
Possibly the car that made cars fun again, especially interior wise.


I've got a R56 but still fancy a R53, I was after a last last get 53 so a 2006 but found a nice 2009 R56 locally for the same price. Lower tax and better mpg also helped swing the vote.
All personal decisions etc, but trading a supercharger for a turbo, and getting a less tightly designed and larger car just for a smidge less annual expense...hmm...not sure newer is better?

Loyly

17,990 posts

158 months

Sunday 26th February 2017
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Why did they go from a supercharger to turbocharger when moving from the R53 to the R56? I'm assuming that more power, cheaper build and better emissions were the motivating factors?

bazza white

3,550 posts

127 months

Sunday 26th February 2017
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Quickmoose said:
All personal decisions etc, but trading a supercharger for a turbo, and getting a less tightly designed and larger car just for a smidge less annual expense...hmm...not sure newer is better?
I don't disagree but I needed a car quickly and this was local and a great price. I did try and buy a mates Hartge R53 a few years earlier but he sold it before I got to it.

Quickmoose

4,482 posts

122 months

Sunday 26th February 2017
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Loyly said:
Why did they go from a supercharger to turbocharger when moving from the R53 to the R56? I'm assuming that more power, cheaper build and better emissions were the motivating factors?
yes