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[Sam]

My next door neighbour has just got another Cooper S, and asked me if I wanted to go out in it! :grin:

It was briliant, loved every minute! Pretty fast too. It even has that whine like the old Cooper 'S!

On the outside, it is stunning! Dark metallic blue paint, with the smart 17" minilite type wheels.

And it only had 37 miles on the clock!

I would love to have one when I am older!

[Brawlyrox]

Sounds like u had fun, i think the whine would have been the supercharger accompanied on the S model, all the things i have ever said about the Bini wouldnt mind going in 1

[millsminis]

Yeah agree the Bini may never be a true proper Mini but they do look a fun car to drive........

[Zeemax]

There poo lol :grin:

Nough Said.

[Dom]

the new bini is smaller in the back than the classic

[philster]

There poo lol :grin:

Nough Said.

here here!

[roberts]

one of me best mates has just had a cooper!

with the chilli pack......so it looks like a cooper S but doesnt go like one!

its slow........i thought it was goin to be well quick! mates saxo VTS nails it!

but even though iv got the 'mini rocks no bmw parts included' sign in my back window and hate them i was impressed........they are soooo nice inside!!

although for money id have a type r 100 time out ov 100!

[tom]

I'd have secretly shat on the back seats.

:fear:

[bankxi]

i went out with my now ex girlfriend on her driving lesson in a new mini and there is noooooooooo leg room in the back i hade 2 lay accross the back seats more or less it should be made 2 be a 2 seater but the inside of them things are soooooo coooooool but it is not a mini it neva has been and it neva will be

[Pickup76]

Yeah they are a bit cramped bankxi, i went in one when fifth gear did a test on one on the airfield i fly from, it was a cooper s, went like stink and was well fun but the camera crew was a tight fit in!

[Dom]

the interior is a futuristic COPY of the oringinal

[Dan]

The whine on most MINI's is the electric power steering. Superchargers don't whine, well the belt does but you won't hear that through all the BMW bonnet insulation I would think. Superchargers roar.

[TimS]

doesnt the whine from the power steering only come on at full lock?

[Sam]

Nah, it's not the power steering as it's when it is driving in a straight line, and changes sound as the revs change.

It probably is the supercharger, but don't forget it is a brand new car, and hasn't run in yet!