Hey guys, I recently purchased my first Mini kind of on a whim for a "work" vehicle. Already this is a love hate relationship, just like any other German vehicle, yes I said German. Looking forward to gaining some much needed advice and hopefully making some friends a long the way.

On to the car!

2005 Mini Cooper S in Electric Blue. (Not the best color but it was spur of the moment)

 

Congrats on the purchase! They definitely can be a love hate relationship!

 

yeah, I said I was going to leave this car stock since it was for work....thats already gone out the window with the intake and ordering a 16% pulley

 

That's what most people say! It's hard to leave these cars stock, just too much fun when modified!

 

Welcome to the MINIacs!

...bite by the MOD bug already... (BIG SMILE)

Motor on!

 

yeah I've never been able to leave any vehicle or motorcycle that I have owned alone. this mini is a very different approach for me aside from my 90 g60 corrado. My friends are trying to get me to auto X this thing and I am starting to fall for it. I know I want to have more power and upgrade the suspension but I will also be driving this for work, long distance trips so I need to still get good MPG. I am afraid that I will get in too deep and end up ruining my MPG. Does anyone know around the area or mods that will make the MPG plummet?

I also have a problem with the car that is rather new. I posted in the 1st gen section with a link of a video for the "knocking" noise that I can't figure out.

 

Welcome to NAM and congratulations. This forum will be very helpful on those days you hate it more than you love it. If you ever need any help when you go to tackle projects on your MINI, be sure to check out our tech articles here. Cheers!