Seriously, talk me out of buy a Cooper Works Mini Cooper

[BERNIE MOSFET]

See. Why spend $23k when you can get the same smile for pennies on the dollar?

[BERNIE MOSFET]

Festielago FTMFW!

Naw, that's the soon-to-be Texstiva. Coming to the North Dallas area Summer 2013:

[Ratt]

Hahaha, that is fucking rad.

[aggie97]

I didn't read past post 19 but you don't want a mini. They are great on track where you can momentum drive them but otherwise are slow as shit around town.

for the 23k price, we just bought my wife a 2012 WRX with 4800 miles on it. They can be found but you have to look hard. Car is fun as shit and I played with it on a VERY slick/wet race track this weekend. I laughed till I nearly pissed myself doing things I could only dream of in a RWD car. We got the 5 door instead of the 4 door and stay away from an STI as the insurance is murder.

Subaru all the way man! Don't by the Mini or I will be forced to insert the work "mini" into every response to any post you make for the rest of your life!

[stevo]

Damn Festiva haters.

Stevo

[quikag]

I had many four cylinder cars but I just can't do them anymore. Just not enough torque. FI 4 bangers are a bit better but I prefer FI 8 cylinders nowadays.

[Cooter]

08 F250 CCSB 4x4, fully loaded, leather, reverse camera, etc. I'll be under $21k on it. 575rwhp, room for human beings, 18+mpg, hauls anything, momma is safe if she gets in a wreck, quiet/comfortable/etc.

my buddy's CCSB went 12.76 @ Baytown tune only.

I'm in this truck right... I could probably flip it for $26-29k. BUT, it just proves that NO FUCKING THANK YOU on a $20k+ Mini Cooper

[Darren M]

ROFLMFAO Cooter! MAde me laugh ma'an!

[mustangguy289]

The wife is wanting a Country Man S so we test drove one last night...of course she liked it....I hated it. Felt very cheaply made. I sat in the rear seat for a few minutes and was sweating my balls off...asked the salesman if the A/C went stronger/colder and he said he had all the way up. We switched and I drove and the A/C still sucked in the drivers seat. (I am used to turning my Mustangs A/C down to level 1 on 2 on the fan dial about 3-4 minutes after leaving work in 100 deg weather.

I could hear all the road noise and suspension clunking in the rear seat. The leather seats felt like leather wrapped cardboard.

***Hoping she thinks hard on this...but she normally gets whatever car she wants. It would save me a ton of money over the gas hog lifted truck she drives now lol..both in payment and fuel.

[aggie97]

The wife is wanting a Country Man S so we test drove one last night...of course she liked it....I hated it. Felt very cheaply made. I sat in the rear seat for a few minutes and was sweating my balls off...asked the salesman if the A/C went stronger/colder and he said he had all the way up. We switched and I drove and the A/C still sucked in the drivers seat. (I am used to turning my Mustangs A/C down to level 1 on 2 on the fan dial about 3-4 minutes after leaving work in 100 deg weather.

I could hear all the road noise and suspension clunking in the rear seat. The leather seats felt like leather wrapped cardboard.

***Hoping she thinks hard on this...but she normally gets whatever car she wants. It would save me a ton of money over the gas hog lifted truck she drives now lol..both in payment and fuel.

Mini's are notorious for electrical problems. either they are 100% rock solid, or total pains and people get rid of them. Not to mention the clubman S is the ugliest thing short of a Nissan juke.

Get her an Altima or something with the V6.

[Vertnut]

The English (and other Europeans) have not figured out what it takes to cool a car in Texas heat. It took them forever to keep Jag's from over heating here in Texas.

[mustangguy289]

Mini's are notorious for electrical problems. either they are 100% rock solid, or total pains and people get rid of them. Not to mention the clubman S is the ugliest thing short of a Nissan juke.

Get her an Altima or something with the V6.

Yes, the Clubman is hideous. We test drove the 4 door Countryman. Of the Mini's I think it is the best looking one.

I was trying to talk her into an Ecoboosted Fushion...she doesn't want to have a run of the mill "old lady" family car as she describes them. Still going to keep trying to get her to atleast test drive one...I some how need to find a way to work the reverse phsycology before it is too late...it seems the more I talk bad about the Mini...the more she wants it.

She wants 4 doors, around 30mpg, some pep, 20-25k price, and a something that doesn't scream boring old lady.

We test drove a 2011 BMW 328i as well. It was very comfortable and nice but I was astonished at the lack of features that come standard on a car so expensive.. didn't even have blue tooth and the radio/dash looks like something from the 90's. The BMW didn't exactly fit her criteria but wanted to test drive just to see how she liked them.

[racrguy]

Yes, the Clubman is hideous. We test drove the 4 door Countryman. Of the Mini's I think it is the best looking one.

I was trying to talk her into an Ecoboosted Fushion...she doesn't want to have a run of the mill "old lady" family car as she describes them. Still going to keep trying to get her to atleast test drive one...I some how need to find a way to work the reverse phsycology before it is too late...it seems the more I talk bad about the Mini...the more she wants it.

She wants 4 doors, around 30mpg, some pep, 20-25k price, and a something that doesn't scream boring old lady.

We test drove a 2011 BMW 328i as well. It was very comfortable and nice but I was astonished at the lack of features that come standard on a car so expensive.. didn't even have blue tooth and the radio/dash looks like something from the 90's. The BMW didn't exactly fit her criteria but wanted to test drive just to see how she liked them.

The only people I see driving minis are fags, eccentric people, and middle aged women. They're in the same category as a Miata.

[mustangguy289]

The only people I see driving minis are fags, eccentric people, and middle aged women. They're in the same category as a Miata.

She asked me if I would have be ok driving the car....I said not really we would take my car when we both go somewhere together lol.

Hopefully I can buy sometime pulling the "it is better financially" to wait another 6 months until next year and she will find something else. This is going to be a tough argument when the car payment alone would save me 100-150 and then probably another 100 or more in gas a month.

[Baron Von Crowder]

The only people I see driving minis are fags, eccentric people, and middle aged women. They're in the same category as a Miata.

lets not get all crazy here...