My Black Gold 182 & new Mini Cooper D

[182RS]

road trip a bit further north to Mt Ventoux, it's called La Drome Provençale



bought the Clio on 52k, now on 69k - 111111 on metric system

[182RS]

Mini Cooper delivered for... beginning of October.
Ouch.

[182RS]

it's finally here ! ok it's a madam's car (or hairdresser if you prefer) and I got a lot of s**t from my colleagues as well.
But to be honest I don't really care : it's the funniest company car I'll ever had

[182RS]

today i test drove this (looking for a daily driver), felt ok


but they were also selling this black beauty:






I nearly took it home and left the Clio for change !
It is from Switzerland, in awesome condition in and out. It runs pretty low, too much for town driving. And it's fast from 4,000 rpm, I would say 20-30% faster than the RS. But... it is not as much fun in the twisties, right ?

[182RS]

still looking for a daily driver and after realizing that the S3 is too fat for my tastes (and probably too expensive to run), will check for this one at the end of next week :


1996 318ti
not sur if it's M42 or M44 engine
2 owners from new
150k miles (but of course it's cheap)
no options = lighter and troublefree
M chassis and seats (not in leather though)