Got my new car today...

[cqueen]

[AndyM31]

Great looking car, enjoy it. Deep down I miss my Mini Copper S.

[nickfrog]

Brilliant, my fav colour as very reflective but does not show dirt/swirls much.

[cqueen]

Still trying to get used to it. Gear changes are pretty brutal compaired to my old diesel burner! I even put it into reverse by accident at the car park ticket barrier earlier, almost had the guy behind me

It's on runflats of course, will probably change over in a year or so.

[nickfrog]

I'd strongly suggest to ditch the RFTs asap, you'll be very surprised how much better the car is on normal tyres. You can good money for your RFTs on ebay too, I cleared £200 out of 4 of them, all with only around 5mm...

[cqueen]

nickfrog said:

I'd strongly suggest to ditch the RFTs asap, you'll be very surprised how much better the car is on normal tyres. You can good money for your RFTs on ebay too, I cleared £200 out of 4 of them, all with only around 5mm...

Interesting!, I'll probably have to save up for them though! I got my car from a mini dealer btw, I got so much extra thrown in and it was a great price - makes me wonder why anyone would buy private!

[Luke.]

Looks great. And love those alloys. Enjoy.

Whats the spec like?

[cqueen]

Sat nav, sunroof, full leather, climate control, chilli pack, visibilty pack, probably a few other things I've forgotten. Done 17k miles, 12 months: warrenty, tax, mot, breakdown cover, servicing.

All for £15,500 - oh and they drove it 170miles to deliver it with half a tank of petrol left! = Bargin me thinks!

Oh and the clutch went on test drive so I got a brand new one of them too!

Edited by cqueen on Thursday 17th May 22:07

[Luke.]

Sounds great. Plus, you've got the perfect plate should you want an MX5 in the future.

[Defcon5]

I wouldnt have said it was a bargain, going rate surely?

[cqueen]

Defcon5 said:

I wouldnt have said it was a bargain, going rate surely?

I'm only new to minis, but I spent about a month waiting for the right one to appear. A local dealer here has a cooper S tagged as a jcw, with no options and probably a half arsed warrenty for £16,995.

I think for the amount of 'stuff' I got it was a bargain.