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Picked my Cooper S up today.. brilliant! [
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Am right pleased with him! The handling is nothing short of amazing.. its like a limpet on rails, and even with the running-in period limitations, its pretty quick!
Seats are ace, interior feels great and its got stacks of gadgets and loads of brilliant touches that I wasn't aware of. Looks like they consulted Foxy on the interior lighting. Illuminated footwells and door handles [
] All with familiar VW style fading.. feel right at home.
I made sure it had everything I had on my GTI. Even the climate control seems very familiar (can hear it 'sniffing' just like Mk4's Climatronic
Only seen the traction light come on once hehe [
] Can really feel the Limited slip diff pulling it round the bends making you want to push harder! Brakes are solid, steering is go-kart!! A very clever little car.
Aside from that, just a great feeling to have a brand new '05 plate on March 1st! Only saw 3 other 05's today. Another Mini Cooper S, clearly being tested out on the same twisties I was testing, hehe, nice! And a couple of stunning looking Mk5 GTIs, one black, one red. Owners of those GTIs looked proud as punch and rightly so!! Gave em a flash and a wave and got a thumbs up back [
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Maybe there was other 05's on the road, but I guess I only really look out for VW group cars and MINIs!
Here's mine, Hyper Blue.. VERY blue...
So pleased I picked these wheels!! Found out that all CooperS with Chili pack get em as standard now, but when I ordered mine they weren't. Lucky I read Mini2 as dealer didn't know anything about the wheel change til I mentioned it.. always the same, we know more than the dealers.. sigh.. anyway aside from that, dealer does seem like a really decent outfit. As a 'freebie' they applied that clever wax stuff that means I can clean it with just water!! (usually ?250 option) and left a small holdall in the boot with a full valet kit in it [
] Lol.. I've already washed it [:I]
Am right pleased with him! The handling is nothing short of amazing.. its like a limpet on rails, and even with the running-in period limitations, its pretty quick!
Seats are ace, interior feels great and its got stacks of gadgets and loads of brilliant touches that I wasn't aware of. Looks like they consulted Foxy on the interior lighting. Illuminated footwells and door handles [
I made sure it had everything I had on my GTI. Even the climate control seems very familiar (can hear it 'sniffing' just like Mk4's Climatronic
Only seen the traction light come on once hehe [
Aside from that, just a great feeling to have a brand new '05 plate on March 1st! Only saw 3 other 05's today. Another Mini Cooper S, clearly being tested out on the same twisties I was testing, hehe, nice! And a couple of stunning looking Mk5 GTIs, one black, one red. Owners of those GTIs looked proud as punch and rightly so!! Gave em a flash and a wave and got a thumbs up back [
Maybe there was other 05's on the road, but I guess I only really look out for VW group cars and MINIs!
Here's mine, Hyper Blue.. VERY blue...
So pleased I picked these wheels!! Found out that all CooperS with Chili pack get em as standard now, but when I ordered mine they weren't. Lucky I read Mini2 as dealer didn't know anything about the wheel change til I mentioned it.. always the same, we know more than the dealers.. sigh.. anyway aside from that, dealer does seem like a really decent outfit. As a 'freebie' they applied that clever wax stuff that means I can clean it with just water!! (usually ?250 option) and left a small holdall in the boot with a full valet kit in it [


