since I bought my Mini and I seem to find more and more that I like/love about it.

I purchased an '06 Mini Cooper S in hyper blue with white bonnets stripes. I bought it off the lot with the premium, sport, cold weather packages and the Harman/Kardon stereo upgrade.

This was my first brand new car and after driving a couple used beaters this was probably the best purchase I've ever made. I looked into the Scion TCs, used Audi A4s, and a few other cars, but immediately after test driving the Mini S no other cars seemed to matter.

For now I'm going to enjoy the car as is and start taking a few autocrossing classes, but later (in about a year or so I'm assuming) I hope to start putting some work into it and unleash the potential this thing has.

I love how this thing turns heads. From my short experience with the car I've noticed it sure gets a lot of respect... and I'd say its well deserved.