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6 Feb 2003, 09:36
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Mini Cooper S
At the moment I have been lent a new Mini Cooper S from one of the dealers we deal with at work. What a ball tearer!!!!
While it has very little room in the back the front is extremly roomy. But that supercharged engine and the way it handles is bloody fantastic. I have gone through Galston Gourge faster than I have before in it. 
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6 Feb 2003, 09:45
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Shame it's such a nervous little thing under heavy braking. And a small boot too.
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6 Feb 2003, 09:53
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Yeah but when it's not yours and your driving it like you stole it, WHO CARES all cars will seem good unless they are really ordinary like the new Holden Combo I HAD to drive the other night
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6 Feb 2003, 10:22
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If you like Cooper S - Check out the Schnitzer Breathed on version - takes it up to 200bhp - www.schnitzersportscars.com
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6 Feb 2003, 10:28
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Re: Mini Cooper S
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Originally posted by colinbond
But that supercharged engine and the way it handles is bloody fantastic. I have gone through Galston Gourge faster than I have before in it.
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Just about the perfect car for a blast through the Gorge. 
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6 Feb 2003, 11:58
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OT- I was driving around all day in an XR6 ute. I dunno, put the steering, brakes and accelerator seemed incredibly light...
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6 Feb 2003, 15:03
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I reckon the old Coopers look better
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6 Feb 2003, 15:32
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What sort of price are Cooper S's in Aus?
I had a deposit down on one, but when I had a test drive and looked at the price that one with some options added (being a BMW you don't even get a radio as standard), £18k, I got my money back.
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6 Feb 2003, 23:16
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They're getting rave reviews in the UK press, and I want one!!
BTW, the Hartage tuned version of the S got a ***** review in this month's Evo (the magazine that, as you may have gathered, I trust implicitly on such matters!!).
Seriously, I almost forget that the profits are syfoned off to Germany!!
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7 Feb 2003, 09:46
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They look great, you mean they have leg room?
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7 Feb 2003, 17:33
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***** means GREAT!! I can't remeber what I wrote that could be sensored. I'd kill babies for a Cooper S Hartage.
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7 Feb 2003, 22:02
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They're about $40K Aus. They've got rave reviews here too.
If I had $40K for a car, it'd definitely be on my shortlist.
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8 Feb 2003, 01:37
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Evo mag? Is it one of those turbo ****** mags? Tristan get hold of Australian Muscle Car a finer read you wont find
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8 Feb 2003, 20:31
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*retch*
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9 Feb 2003, 10:51
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Considering a TV antenna only just fit into my Impreza, a Mini would have been stuffed. Actually, just the stuff I had to take to Bathurst would have left no room for the driver or passenger...so it's a touch too small for me. That and I'd have to get Sat Nav just to move the tacho from the centre (damned ADRs).
Moff, leg room is only in the front.
Colinbond, I had one for a test drive and drove the thing like mad. It went really really well, if a little off down low...which is only to be expected in a 1.6, even with a s/c.
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