MkV GTI owner; Soon-to-be MCS co-owner
#1
04-01-2006, 12:00 AM
MkV GTI owner; Soon-to-be MCS co-owner
Recently, I picked up a new Volkswagen GTI. I love it. Sorry, no pics but it's identical to this:
Well, my fiancee currently drives a 2000 Celica with 80,000+ miles and we just thought a new car for her was long overdue. She loves my GTI and she wanted something like it, but not quite. The Mini Cooper S was the first thing that came to mind. Luckily, I live just 5 minutes away from a BMW/MINI dealer, which happens to be the largest BMW/MINI dealership in world (yes, world
). So I took her over there, we test-drove it and, just by the grin on her cute little face, I could tell she was attached 
Fortunately, I have a buddy who works on the BMW side of the dealership so he referred me to a great guy who really took care of us. There was absolutely no pressure. He just explained the key benefits of the car: design, performance, safety, gas mileage, 3yr/36k mile free maintenance, 4yr/50k mile bumper-to-bumper warranty, and the list goes on. Basically, the car sold itself. To make a long story short: we did it! They hardly budged on the price (just $500 off) but, overall, we're very satisfied with the purchase price.
Here's what we ordered:
We'll be in Production Week 15 and hopefully have it in our driveway by early/mid-June. We can't wait! While I won't be the primary driver, rest assured I'll be sneaking out in it every now and then and I'll be a frequent visitor of the forums
Well, my fiancee currently drives a 2000 Celica with 80,000+ miles and we just thought a new car for her was long overdue. She loves my GTI and she wanted something like it, but not quite. The Mini Cooper S was the first thing that came to mind. Luckily, I live just 5 minutes away from a BMW/MINI dealer, which happens to be the largest BMW/MINI dealership in world (yes, world
). So I took her over there, we test-drove it and, just by the grin on her cute little face, I could tell she was attached Fortunately, I have a buddy who works on the BMW side of the dealership so he referred me to a great guy who really took care of us. There was absolutely no pressure. He just explained the key benefits of the car: design, performance, safety, gas mileage, 3yr/36k mile free maintenance, 4yr/50k mile bumper-to-bumper warranty, and the list goes on. Basically, the car sold itself. To make a long story short: we did it! They hardly budged on the price (just $500 off) but, overall, we're very satisfied with the purchase price.
Here's what we ordered:
- Chili Red with Black roof/mirrors/bonnet stripes
- Premium Package
- Sport Package (17" S-Lites)
- AT w/Agitronic - she can drive manual, she just prefers automatic.
- Black Leatherette
- Arm rest
- Chrome Line interior
- Cockpit Chrono Pack
- Chili Red interior surface
- Anthracite headliner
- Rear fog lamp
- Harmon Kardon sound system
We'll be in Production Week 15 and hopefully have it in our driveway by early/mid-June. We can't wait! While I won't be the primary driver, rest assured I'll be sneaking out in it every now and then and I'll be a frequent visitor of the forums
#2
04-01-2006, 11:35 AM
I really like the new GTI, but I'm liking my MINI just a bit more.
You are one lucky fellow....2 great hot hatches in your yard. Life is good eh? Man are your neighbors going to be confused with 2 red rockets bombing around. Let the fun begin. Your girl has spec'ed out a very nice car. Getting $500 off list a good deal on a MINI. Most folks me included paid list for ours. Oh yes welcome to NAM HSE.
You are one lucky fellow....2 great hot hatches in your yard. Life is good eh? Man are your neighbors going to be confused with 2 red rockets bombing around. Let the fun begin. Your girl has spec'ed out a very nice car. Getting $500 off list a good deal on a MINI. Most folks me included paid list for ours. Oh yes welcome to NAM HSE.
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