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Old 03-05-2006, 01:10 PM
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New Austin member/lurker

Just sayin' hello. Becoming a fan of the Cooper S. I currently own two modded subarus, but wouldn't mind owning a mini one day. So it's off to searching and lurking for me...I know nothing about the car other than the basics....also, if anyone in the austin area has a modded S, I would love a chance to check out your setup....maybe trade test drives with my legacyGT ?
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Hello there. I am currently in Seattle but moving down to Austin this summer, probably July. If you are still searching and lurking then I would be happy to show you my ride. And welcome to NAM.
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Old 03-05-2006, 07:09 PM
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Hello there. I am currently in Seattle but moving down to Austin this summer, probably July. If you are still searching and lurking then I would be happy to show you my ride. And welcome to NAM.

Thanks MINITOR....we should def hook up when you come....your car looks great!
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I'm in Houston, but am hopefully moving to Austin sometime before the end of the century, if I can find a decent job there. I don't have an S anyway.
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i am in San Antonio, if you see a hyper blue Mini in your rear view mirror while driving on I35, beware, i do not have mercy for Subbies J/K, welcome on-board , hope we meet one day...
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i am in San Antonio, if you see a hyper blue Mini in your rear view mirror while driving on I35, beware, i do not have mercy for Subbies J/K, welcome on-board , hope we meet one day...

cool...you're MCS is looking nice.....although, if I did see you in my rear view, I think that's where you'd stay j/k let me know if you come up this way sometime...
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I'm in Austin, but I'm not modded to the extent of Scuderia or Minitor.
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yeah right, and with 55 state troopers behind us. (neither the original poster or ScuderiaMini performs or encourages street racing or speeding over speed limits)

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cool...you're MCS is looking nice.....although, if I did see you in my rear view, I think that's where you'd stay j/k let me know if you come up this way sometime...
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I'm in Austin, but I'm not modded to the extent of Scuderia or Minitor.
some mods are better than none IMO....so is there a regular austin meet or anything?
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Berk, I like your disclaimer.
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some mods are better than none IMO....so is there a regular austin meet or anything?

Austin MINI owner's had their first meet here on the January 28th. There is a website, but there has not been very much traffic on it lately. www.austinmini.org
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I'm here in Austin as well....waiting for my MCS Cabrio to arrive in a few weeks.

Mine won't have any mods to start with...I'm planning to run some G-Stock AutoX, so apart from some good AutoX wheels/tires, it'll be pretty light on the mods. Plus I have 1200 miles of breaking-in to do before it's really up to a spirited test drive.

One option if you want to test-drive a stock MCS without having to go all the way to San Antonio is to check out Autostrada on Lamar Blvd. They typically have a few recent-vintage MINIs in stock, usually including an S. While you're there, you can drool on a new Lotus, too.

Nice to see some fellow Austinites (and future Austinites) here. We'll have to meet up and motor soon.
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^thanks for the tip on Austostrada...I've seen them there before.....I'm afraid if I go test drive one, I'll end up buying one sooner than I need to.
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Sooner then you need to?? that's an oxymoron...

Everyone should have a Mini order bequeathed to them at birth, awaiting their driver's license
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One option if you want to test-drive a stock MCS without having to go all the way to San Antonio is to check out Autostrada on Lamar Blvd. They typically have a few recent-vintage MINIs in stock, usually including an S. While you're there, you can drool on a new Lotus, too.
Why does Autostrada have so many MINIs? They almost have more MINIs than they do Lotuses.
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