Fro
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Registered: 20th Jun 06
Location: Rainham, Essex Drives: A3 2.0TDi Sport
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BM sold last Saturday so I went to view a mini on sunday. Loved it but was waiting for finance to clear, got the all clear yesterday so went to go and get it!
2004, JCW Cooper S
JCW engine upgrades/Exhaust
Full Aero Kit and grills
Front spots
Leather Sparco Works bucket seats - Hug you all the way up to your shoulders 
armrest
climate
cruise
etc
Few naff pics, it needs a good clean so will get some better ones up over the weekend
Absolutely love it s far pulls so well and handles extremely well with minimal roll around corners.
Oh and the whine is awesome!
[Edited on 08-07-2011 by Fro]
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Brett
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Nice mate
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Ben G
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Glad you got the supercharged one! Those seats.are lovely too. Anthracite alloys will go well 
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whitter45
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lovely - not over keen on the wheels but that personal taste
Any plans
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mwg
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Love it! Seats
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Fro
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Not too sure on the wheels either but they're growing on me. tyres are fairly new so may look at changing the wheels when they're dead if I'm still not keen.
Going to see how she goes for a bit to see if any niggles come up, then may do a few slight bits. very happy with it atm so going to try and not throw money at it (said that with all previous cars  )
Edit: May remove the front spots, but not sure yet.
[Edited on 08-07-2011 by Fro]
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mwg
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What about some black bonnet stripes
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Fro
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quote:
Originally posted by mwg
What about some black bonnet stripes
Hell. To. the. No.
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mwg
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It's a Mini, you've got to have stripes!
How many people have Minis on here now? Must be a few!
[Edited on 08-07-2011 by mwg]
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Conway563
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Looks good Fro, not keen on the wheels though
Enjoyed the one I had for a bit
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Jambo
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Love it Fro. I personally think the wheels are the best bit!!
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Ojc
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Yes yes. Dave F, get some coilovers APs then GRS cooler. Can we have a CS Mini meet now?
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JM_16v
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dont put it on a dyno 
ive seen two of them on the dyno making standard cooper power.
one guy took it back to mini and they just fed him bullshit
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Fro
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Cheers Peeps.
CS mini meet. Think it has the sport suspension over standard, definately feels very firm! what brakes have you got? will need some in a few thou.
JM I've heard about that too. It pulls better than the standard ones I've driven, not expecting it to make the quoted 200 bhp though. Will get it roaded at somepoint though.
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Ojc
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Rich H had has dynoed and with just a Dave F airbox made 201bhp so spot on really.
MEAT me down Lakeside for a tear up.
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Ojc
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You need my headlights BTW, Rich keeps threatening to steal them also.
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JM_16v
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i do like them but was really put off the JCW model due to watching 2 ones make standard power.
also reading BMW letter from germany which wrote off the excuse that Dynos were not accurate due to barmetric pressure,
still didnt explain that the dyno self recalculates with the weather station and that even thou it was "not accurate" it amazingly went back to standard power.
its all in the map and it reset back to default was the theory
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mwg
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Is it not better to actually drive one and see how you feel about how it drives rather than going off a dyno figure!
Audi RS4s never made their factory power figures but you didn't hear anyone complaining about their performance on the road.
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adiohead
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I like the colour
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Ojc
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If it doesn't make power slap on a 15% pulley and it will then
The intercoolers on them as standard are pretty worthless. GRS is a good upgrade and affordable, 1320 told me the GP Cooler is the best one though, recovery times slightly better than the GRS Cooler but both still much impoved over standard one
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Daveskater
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Looking good there
How much can you pick these up for now then? Seeing as everyone seems to have one I'm intrigued.
[Edited on 08-07-2011 by Daveskater]
Numberwang!
Originally posted by AlunJ
I like you Dave, you are a man of men
Originally Whatapp'd by Neo
Dave's maybe capable of a drive-by cuddle
Look at my pictures
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Ojc
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Early MCS you can get for anything from 3500, but expect to have to replace bushes, pumps, racks, rods, engine mounts.
I love mine, just wish I had those seats that Fro has got. I'm gonna wait until some come up on MT.
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Eddx14xe
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More people on here with mini's than corsa's
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Fro
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Will be out down lakeside at somepoint no doubt now I have a fun car to drive again. Do like the Facelift headlights, pricey though aren't they?
The seats are fapping awesome, doesnt leave much room in the back though mind, dont think you can get feet under them either due to the subframes, will experiment over the weekend.
skater - As olly said you can get them quite cheap now especially if you dont want all the options etc. It was testing driving one that sold me on getting one though.
The harmon Kardon in this sounds better than the BM too 
Mini sips juice compared to the BM even with quite a bit of playing which is a bonus
Edit: Ollie if i see any come up ill give you a shout. do you want full leather or half?
[Edited on 08-07-2011 by Fro]
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Ojc
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That Beemer must have been juicy if you think the Mini is good
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