This will be our 3rd MINI.
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This will be our 3rd MINI. We had a Cooper in 2007, a Cooper S in 2010 and last year traded that for a BMW 1 Series. My OH hated it from the day we got it home so now we've swapped it for the Clubman.
It'll be nice to get back in to a turbo petrol as the 1er was diesel. Plus I have a happy wife again!
My wife is on her 4th Mini!!
First one was a Cooper, 02 plate I think?
Second was one of the 1st Cooper convertibles, I remember placing an advance order as a surprise present for her
Third was a Cooper S convertible, nicest looking in red
Latest is a Cooper S coutryman (more space needed but not as much as the X3 that it reaplaced)
First one was a Cooper, 02 plate I think?
Second was one of the 1st Cooper convertibles, I remember placing an advance order as a surprise present for her
Third was a Cooper S convertible, nicest looking in red
Latest is a Cooper S coutryman (more space needed but not as much as the X3 that it reaplaced)
. She's now gone and chopped in her cooper diesal for a roadster SD, I can't keep up.I had one Clio, and it was more than enough for me.
Fun to drive, but just a bit too cheap & plasticy inside, and with no distinctive character to it whatsoever other than cheapness.
I bought my wife a MINI - she likes higher quality interiors, doors that go thunk rather than clang, heated seats, etc. etc. - and driving it was so much fun that I bought another MINI for myself too.
My MINI keeps up nicely with well driven Renaultsport Clio's from A to B over real roads, but uses half the fuel, has lower insurance, £30 road tax, and I have just as much driving fun while doing so. And I enjoy all this while sitting in a far higher quality interior with a distinctive character to it too - truly the best of both worlds imho...
Fun to drive, but just a bit too cheap & plasticy inside, and with no distinctive character to it whatsoever other than cheapness.
I bought my wife a MINI - she likes higher quality interiors, doors that go thunk rather than clang, heated seats, etc. etc. - and driving it was so much fun that I bought another MINI for myself too.
My MINI keeps up nicely with well driven Renaultsport Clio's from A to B over real roads, but uses half the fuel, has lower insurance, £30 road tax, and I have just as much driving fun while doing so. And I enjoy all this while sitting in a far higher quality interior with a distinctive character to it too - truly the best of both worlds imho...
Weirdly for a car that is striving so hard to stand out, it was oddly characterless.
I hated mine with a passion - it felt heavy and cumbersome, and the harder you drove it, the more ragged everything became. The Clio I replaced it with is nowhere near as well built, but it IMO is far better to drive, and cruically, has a personality.
Still, each to their own.
I hated mine with a passion - it felt heavy and cumbersome, and the harder you drove it, the more ragged everything became. The Clio I replaced it with is nowhere near as well built, but it IMO is far better to drive, and cruically, has a personality.
Still, each to their own.
We both thought the 1 series lacked character and personality and its for those reasons we went back to the MINI.
Now we've had it for a couple of weeks and I absolutely love it. Really missed how well the Cooper S drives and it pulls well in any gear at any speed. I think we will have this one for quite a long time.
Now we've had it for a couple of weeks and I absolutely love it. Really missed how well the Cooper S drives and it pulls well in any gear at any speed. I think we will have this one for quite a long time.
Slashmb said:
Mike - do you notice a lot of wind noise around the drivers door of your clubman?
When driving in the rain through puddles it's quite loud too. I keep checking that the window is fully up.
Not really noticed anything like that TBH. When driving in the rain through puddles it's quite loud too. I keep checking that the window is fully up.
I seem to remember reading something about the windows not returning to original position once the door had been opened - but I am fairly certain this was R53 related and not R56. Although, it sounds like your windows are shut?
Sorry I can't help...
Mike
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