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flatspin
Veteran
Location: H.V. Pa.

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Absolutely useless on a highway i'd imagine.

Cooper S has 165hp and weighs 2500lb that's better hp-weight ratio than a lot of other cars out there. 0-60 in 6.9sec Top speed 135mph. I'd say one could probably drive it on the highway no problem....

01-14-2003 Over year old.

Greg McNair
Heliman
Location:

Neat ride to be sure. Or better said, "Groovy baby, yeah!" My uncle owned an original that I got many rides in. And the best feature of the current iteration is the fact they kept the original look.

I have an '84 Alfa Romeo Spider in my garage, so I completely understand the desire to own something "nearly" impractical. My next ride will be the Dodge Magnum I spoke so highly of in the GTO topic. Actually, it will be my wife's car, but she doesn't complain. After all, I'll be prying her fingers from the wheel of her Volvo turbo wagon to put her in a Hemi.

01-14-2003 Over year old.

omurru
Veteran
Location: Australia

I'd Still prefer a Skyline

01-14-2003 Over year old.

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corey11
Elite Veteran
Location: Bay Area, California

Mini??? weak!! id rather have a big bad a$$ truck so i can put all my future helis in. Big motor, big truck, yup! o yea, it will be a deseil to, and of course it will be a dualy

01-14-2003 Over year old.

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HeliNerd
Senior Heliman
Location: Navarre, FL

umm, yeah. If i wanted to be british i'd move there... and they can keep their car. I could run that crap over with my truck.. hell with somebody else's truck i wouldn't waste a good paint job on that british crap.
But it looked good in austin powers!

01-14-2003 Over year old.

donlynn
Key Veteran
Location: New Zealand

WARNING WARNING WARNING SERIOUS POS

Gidday

WARNING WARNING WARNING
When I did my auto electrical apprenticeship about 20 yrs ago if I was bad, smart mouthed, late to work or the boss missed out on sex the night before I had to work on the POS mini.
As they were a quality car of english decent as was most of our fleet you got to work on them quite a lot.
About as much fun as trying to nail a dozen soft poached eggs to a tree.
I reccomend you dont get sucked into buying the nasty little pieces of festering turd. Worst of all when I met my wife she Had to have one so I got to help her buy one (clubman) . For the about 5 years keeping it going, trying to convince her to sell. No joy, so I had to resort to writing it off without injuring myself, quite a feat.
Most amazingly this week they featured on the news as there are a swag of them here that people are restoring then shipping them to the US where the crazy folks are paying 10 g for a restored one - bizzare!!
I wonder if they realise they will have a club account at the chiropractor to straighten themselves out after any trip of more than 1/2 hour!!
sorry I edited Only thing with this topic is in the vote section you need a "shoot it" option.
Kind regards Don

PS I voted not my cup o' tea.

01-14-2003 Over year old.

Parsifal
Veteran
Location: Singapore

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Cooper S has 165hp and weighs 2500lb that's better hp-weight ratio than a lot of other cars out there. 0-60 in 6.9sec Top speed 135mph. I'd say one could probably drive it on the highway no problem....

True, but then, would you really want to?

Back country blasting is what that chasis likes.

Hey, back in the day, the mini cooper was a killer on the world rally circuit. It was so good that when it won the championship, the french contingent got it banned coz they said the lights on it weren't up to regulation specifications. It was light, handled brilliantly and was small enough to make the tricky bits of most rally circuits seem like three lane highways.

The new version is a giant leap from the original, more BMW than Mini. Too plush to be pure. I'd have one in an instant though.

Pity, in Malaysia, they cost about $60,000. Damned tax office!!

Pars.

01-14-2003 Over year old.

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davej
Senior Heliman
Location: Tiptree Essex England

That BMW thing is not and never will be a Mimi Cooper.

01-14-2003 Over year old.

Jim C
Veteran
Location: Indiana, PA

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About as much fun as trying to nail a dozen soft poached eggs to a tree.

hmm interesting anology...... have to keep that one in mind

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id rather have a big bad a$$ truck

you live in cali.. your gonna be riding your bicycles again shortly

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You need a good G.M.C. truck to get around in

one word YUCK... get a dodge... lol

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If I had that much money to pi$$ away I'd have a new Fat Boy in the garage.

now thats cool!!!!

jim

http://jimsrc.com

01-14-2003 Over year old.

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Maxx
Key Veteran
Location: Shreveport Louisana

I dunno...it's not too bad lookin' for a Chick Car!

BTW the Poached Egg thing was Great!

ROTFLMAO

Look, as long as British Industry keep making cars they won't be tempted to branch out and start making Computers...the last thing I need is an oil slick on my desk!

01-14-2003 Over year old.

dhollein
Key Veteran
Location: Tucson, AZ

I test drove one out here in England when they first came out... Didn't like how the tach was right behind the steering wheel and was so big!! It was so big that it blocked some of the other instruments..

As for the Cooper "S", Haven't driven one yet... The car in my opinion is still to small to be able to carry helis and field equipment around.

01-14-2003 Over year old.

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Airman98
Key Veteran
Location: Southern Illinois

The Cooper is Awesome

. This car is a fast as my Toyota MR2 spyder and has 4 times the cargo room. Put me down for a red one with white rims.

01-18-2003 Over year old.

flyboy
Elite Veteran
Location: California

Even if you were an egg! It would be hard to get laid in a mini cooper.

01-18-2003 Over year old.

davej
Senior Heliman
Location: Tiptree Essex England

Remember in my mispent youth getting laid several times in original Mini Cooper, when thres a need theres a way Flyboy!

01-18-2003 Over year old.