I've been lurking around this forum for a while now and Thursday made the move from a 97 VW GTi VR6 to a 2005 Cooper S with JCW engine/exhaust. I found a car that was someones toy (only 8k miles) and snatched it up. See seller pics... I've yet to take my own.

 

sounds like a great deal....wish i had found one liek thta

CONGRATS

 

Thats awesome I went ftom a 01 1.8t vw gti! i still love vw but the mini is a blast. i enjoy it so much!

 

Congrats Lippy! Longtime VWVortex member, owned oodles of Rabbit GTi's, a couple of 16V GTi's and a 97 GTi VR6 that was well modded. Also an Audi S4 Avant. You'll find our cult is very similiar to the VW mod crowd.

Good choice on the 2005 - especially with low miles - on top of that you got Astro Black - a highly sought after color that MINI discontinued for some strange reason.

 

Great looking car. Congrats!

 

Good find. Got my '06 MCS JCW CR/W in April and only had 8500 miles on it. Black looks nice- tough to keep clean but always a labor of love. Have fun.

 

Sweeeeeeeeet!

Good luck!

 

Yep, I'm still on vwvortex, my wife drives our 04 Jetta GLi with the 1.8T. My GTi was great, but I've wanted a Mini for a while now. This is what I'm replacing....







I was really happy I found the Astro Black. I wonder why they discontinued it?

 

We've got almost this exact car in the family, leather interior. It's a baby though, < 70k miles and running just fine; perfect beater. Lets the 06 MINI avoid some snow days