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Old Aug 8, 2003 | 08:26 AM
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Why do I have a feeling like cannot live without this? Why does my heart races. Why am I so upset I can't have it RIGHT NOW! Why do I even look at this, I already have one!!! I don't know, I think I need help!


 
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Old Aug 8, 2003 | 08:29 AM
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look closely at the total combined $$s. Yikes!!! 33K?

That should bring you back to reality
 
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Old Aug 8, 2003 | 08:32 AM
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Its the fever...you got it bad!
 
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Old Aug 8, 2003 | 08:33 AM
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That does look pretty sweet though....do you have the JCW package on there and that is why it's so expensive?
 
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Old Aug 8, 2003 | 08:38 AM
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It hase JCW, and everything else MINI has to offer, with all the imaginable accessories, except PDC and Nav. I don't need PDC on a 12 foot car and the rivets are ugly. I love the center mounted Speedo, so no Nav.

Now... where do i get 33K? Anyone?
 
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Old Aug 8, 2003 | 08:43 AM
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Dude,

Don't do that to yourself, its bad for your nerves. That ride ought to be illegal, as folks'll be robbin' banks and c-stores in order to come up with the muhla.

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Old Aug 8, 2003 | 09:26 AM
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>>It hase JCW, and everything else MINI has to offer, with all the imaginable accessories, except PDC and Nav. I don't need PDC on a 12 foot car and the rivets are ugly. I love the center mounted Speedo, so no Nav.
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>>Now... where do i get 33K? Anyone?

too bad that woman didn't completely total your car! or you would be able to get it.......
 
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Old Aug 8, 2003 | 10:41 AM
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LOL, No, not completely, but... I got an estimate yesterday... tam-tam-ta-a-a-m....

$4,200! New hatch door, bumper, reinforcement, two pass. side rims etc. etc. they are including a body pull in the estimate, though they arenot sure i'll need it. They have to get it on the alignment thing to see.

Damn! I think if she just hit me, it'd be more like $600, but she dragged my baby two feet along/against the curb! :smile:

 
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Old Aug 8, 2003 | 10:47 AM
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>>LOL, No, not completely, but... I got an estimate yesterday... tam-tam-ta-a-a-m....
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>>$4,200! New hatch door, bumper, reinforcement, two pass. side rims etc. etc. they are including a body pull in the estimate, though they arenot sure i'll need it. They have to get it on the alignment thing to see.
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>>Damn! I think if she just hit me, it'd be more like $600, but she dragged my baby two feet along/against the curb! :smile:
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Why not sell your MCS once it gets all fixed up??
 
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Old Aug 8, 2003 | 11:07 AM
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>>I don't know, I think I need help!

Well just go look for your local Mini dealer, I think they can offer you help for your ailments.
 
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Old Aug 8, 2003 | 12:42 PM
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14 grand in options over the base S?
You could buy 2 base Coopers... one for street, one set up for track.
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Old Aug 8, 2003 | 12:45 PM
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$8,000 is accsessories?

Thats a lot of license plate covers.

And that price is without installation of any of the parts...
 
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Old Aug 8, 2003 | 01:05 PM
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I know where your coming from,... I was there about 2 wks ago! I figured out I WANTED a MCS and like now! and then I thought I cant' wait a year

And then I realized whey they have these I cant wait for this month clubs…. Well what I did was funnel my I cant wait jitters. Find yourself a dealership that can fill your desires at msrp and do it quick. I found the answer for me, MINI of the Hamptons I can order and get the car in 6 wks. So what if the dealership is 3K miles from my house. The guy there Jerry is a deal maker. Tell him Kitlyn sent ya.
I still have the jutters, but this week I’m getting the home loan to pay for the MINI. You will see your productivity max out when you put your I wanta MINI jutters to work for you.
My drive to work I spend looking at all the other cars on the road, and think of there colors as mini colors and what that car would look like with a white roof. I think Suburbans and Tahoe’s are just over sized MINI’s
Oh can I write those brand names here without GM having a teezzy fit??

 
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Old Aug 8, 2003 | 01:05 PM
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I know where your coming from,... I was there about 2 wks ago! I figured out I WANTED a MCS and like now! and then I thought I cant' wait a year

And then I realized whey they have these I cant wait for this month clubs…. Well what I did was funnel my I cant wait jitters. Find yourself a dealership that can fill your desires at msrp and do it quick. I found the answer for me, MINI of the Hamptons I can order and get the car in 6 wks. So what if the dealership is 3K miles from my house. The guy there Jerry is a deal maker. Tell him Kitlyn sent ya.
I still have the jutters, but this week I’m getting the home loan to pay for the MINI. You will see your productivity max out when you put your I wanta MINI jutters to work for you.
My drive to work I spend looking at all the other cars on the road, and think of there colors as mini colors and what that car would look like with a white roof. I think Suburbans and Tahoe’s are just over sized MINI’s
Oh can I write those brand names here without GM having a teezzy fit??

 
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Old Aug 8, 2003 | 01:07 PM
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Old Aug 8, 2003 | 01:31 PM
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I agree, that Pepper White MCS looks awesome. I was very tempted to order that color but having never seen one I took a 2 hour trip down south to my nearest dealer and looked at all the colors they had on lot. They had a pw mc and I was not that impressed, sure it didn't have the bonnet stripes, but I could here my friends already giving me tons of grief for choosing white.
So I checked all the other colors and I liked the DS/W but my wife liked the DS/B better and she was right cuz it looks a little more grounded, not so flashy, it is sublte not so in your face.
Don't get me wrong my dream MCS has evolved from BRG/W to IB/W to IB/B to PS/PS to B/B to PS/B to PW/B to DS/W to DS/B. It was also my plan to get the car without any extras, and add the JCW, but then I talked myself into Leather and H/k, then Xenon and Fogs, then realized I had to have the sunroof. But you may be on to something, just get everything!
 
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Old Aug 8, 2003 | 01:39 PM
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$8K in accesories?? You got to be nuts!
 
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Old Aug 8, 2003 | 01:43 PM
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ok, I looked at the options, I thought I chose everything but I only got onr to 31K, wonder what I'm missing, lol.

No that is not what I am actually buying.
 
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Old Aug 8, 2003 | 01:44 PM
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>>look closely at the total combined $$s. Yikes!!! 33K?
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>>That should bring you back to reality

Or if not then that proves he is Koo Koo!

Here's the real problem. He's got MINI fever.
Order everything- "the works" literally.

But people are not done yet it seems.
They catch MCO fever. Sorry to say it is contagious- spread by your computer over the internet to unsuspecting MINI owners.

Even though a $33K MINI should be left alone, I would venture to say that I could predict this not to be the case.

Cause there is just too much fun to be had. Ahh, the horrors of being a MINI owner.
How sweet it is!
 
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Old Aug 8, 2003 | 01:56 PM
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The beauty of the MINI is that you don't have to spend tons of moola ($$$) to have a fun driving experience. In other cars it might be true that you need to spend all your life savings to make a car barely decent or passable but the MINI even the plain jane $16K Cooper is loads of fun.

Americans have this mentallity that if a car is not loaded to the gills is not worth it. The MINI is the clear anti-thesis to that way of thinking. Be brave enough and buy a plain Cooper or MCS and you'll still have a heck of a machine.
 
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Old Aug 9, 2003 | 03:05 PM
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>>$8,000 is accsessories?
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>>Thats a lot of license plate covers.
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>>And that price is without installation of any of the parts...

Yes, count on at least another $8000 for installation of the accesories!!
My aero kit will cost $1200 and $1550 to install it.

 
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Old Aug 9, 2003 | 03:24 PM
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$33K....I think I'll pass, especially after test driving the JCW, laugh !
 
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