Hi all,

I just bought a red 2013 MINI Cooper S this Tuesday, 3/5, with 4 miles on it. I never owned a car this new before. Yay!!! Previously, I owned a 97 BMW Z3 which was a lot of fun but not practical as I have two kiddies.

Anyhoo, just wanted to say hi to all of you.

Clare

 

Welcome! I'm not too far away from getting my own new MINI. Show off your new baby, we like pictures here!

 

I plan to take some pics today!

 

Welcome! I'm sure you'll find this forum to be a wealth of information and, most likely, the cause of your tinkering flu contraction. LOL

Thanks to these guys, I've got a 2012 Cooper S that has 16k miles on it that's been out of warranty for 4 months. LOL

Happy Motoring!

 

Congratulations! Your kids will love the MINI as much you do!

 

Congrats and Welcome aboard. Good luck.

 

Welcome to the community.

 

Here are some pics from today as promised!!

 

Very nice and so is your MINI

 

Congrats! I'm a new owner of a Chili Red/Black MINI as well (though not the S, nice choice)!
Have you named it yet?

Happy Motoring!

 

Damn 4 miles... Mine had 6. Ugh.

Welcome!

 

Yep, I'm naming it after myself, so it'll be called GeekGirl

 

It was 12 before I drove it off the dealership

 

I'm curious as to what makes you a geek. Welcome to these forums. I'm a geek myself in many aspects

 

I'm an IT Director for a major university. That makes me a geek

 

Welcome Clare! She looks great! Happy Motoring!!

 

Congrats and welcome!

 

Very Nice

 

I created the following block ASCII art based on the original human evolution art...

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pretty cool. haven't seen an original asc art in a long time. I'm geek as well but just for comp gaming. at least I can build my own

 

welcome to the board, GeekGirl...

 

Welcome, Clare. I'm also IT in education.

Hopefully, your kids stay mini for a while. There's NO room in these back seats. Unless, of course, you're mini and skootch way forward?