Hello NAM, My first post here

My MINI History:
2001 MINI Cooper Black/White
2002 MINI Cooper S Black/White (Blue Interior)
2004 MINI Cooper S Red/White (Red Interior)
2007 MINI Cooper S (R57) Black/White (Black Interior)
2009 MINI Cooper S Clubman Hot Choc/Silver (Hot Choc Int)

Arriving on friday:
2011 MINI Cooper S Countryman Pure Red/ Black (Black Interior)

My NAM History.. first post today.

Its a great site, loads of info and seems the Countryman had been more popular in the US than over here.

Baker

 

congrats on your newest Mini. I am on my first but not last.

 

Do you lease? I ask because you had 3 different 1st gen's that didn't have any considerable changes to the body style or mechanics, other than colors.

 

Hi Hexon,

I do lease now - I have my own business so get good deals from the manager of my business bank.

Back in the early days I bought them - the first change was obviously the upgrade to a Cooper S, which my other half desperately wanted. The change to the second first gen 'S' was simply because the residuals were good and we got 20,000 miles and a newer car for around £1500 - cheap motoring.

Another factor was that the really early cars were not great build quality - when they started getting it better the attraction of a car that didn't creak at low cost was too much!

 

thanks rum6 - nice clubbie you have there