Just sayin' hello. Becoming a fan of the Cooper S. I currently own two modded subarus, but wouldn't mind owning a mini one day. So it's off to searching and lurking for me...I know nothing about the car other than the basics....also, if anyone in the austin area has a modded S, I would love a chance to check out your setup....maybe trade test drives with my legacyGT ?

 

Hello there. I am currently in Seattle but moving down to Austin this summer, probably July. If you are still searching and lurking then I would be happy to show you my ride. And welcome to NAM.

 

Thanks MINITOR....we should def hook up when you come....your car looks great!

 

I'm in Houston, but am hopefully moving to Austin sometime before the end of the century, if I can find a decent job there. I don't have an S anyway.

 

i am in San Antonio, if you see a hyper blue Mini in your rear view mirror while driving on I35, beware, i do not have mercy for Subbies J/K, welcome on-board , hope we meet one day...

 

cool...you're MCS is looking nice.....although, if I did see you in my rear view, I think that's where you'd stay j/k let me know if you come up this way sometime...

 

I'm in Austin, but I'm not modded to the extent of Scuderia or Minitor.

 

yeah right, and with 55 state troopers behind us. (neither the original poster or ScuderiaMini performs or encourages street racing or speeding over speed limits)

 

some mods are better than none IMO....so is there a regular austin meet or anything?

 

Berk, I like your disclaimer.

 

Austin MINI owner's had their first meet here on the January 28th. There is a website, but there has not been very much traffic on it lately. www.austinmini.org

 

I'm here in Austin as well....waiting for my MCS Cabrio to arrive in a few weeks.

Mine won't have any mods to start with...I'm planning to run some G-Stock AutoX, so apart from some good AutoX wheels/tires, it'll be pretty light on the mods. Plus I have 1200 miles of breaking-in to do before it's really up to a spirited test drive.

One option if you want to test-drive a stock MCS without having to go all the way to San Antonio is to check out Autostrada on Lamar Blvd. They typically have a few recent-vintage MINIs in stock, usually including an S. While you're there, you can drool on a new Lotus, too.

Nice to see some fellow Austinites (and future Austinites) here. We'll have to meet up and motor soon.

 

^thanks for the tip on Austostrada...I've seen them there before.....I'm afraid if I go test drive one, I'll end up buying one sooner than I need to.

 

Sooner then you need to?? that's an oxymoron...

Everyone should have a Mini order bequeathed to them at birth, awaiting their driver's license

 

Why does Autostrada have so many MINIs? They almost have more MINIs than they do Lotuses.