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R50/53 My MINI Rules!!!

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Old 03-16-2004, 11:22 AM
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I am in love with my MINI. Of course I love driving it (motoring) but I also love washing and waxing (zaino) it. I love spotting it in the parking lot and admiring it from afar.

The MINI is so unique I can't imagine being as happy with any of the other cars I half-hartedly considered (Matrix, Protege 5, RSX)

Hope you all enjoy yours as much as I enjoy mine!

Peace,
Matt

2004 MCS ds/b with stripes, tan leather, sunroof, Xenon, HK, LLumar tint, B&M short shifter, Whalen ****, 5000 miles.

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Old 03-16-2004, 11:26 AM
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ALL MINI'S RULE!...................






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Old 03-16-2004, 11:27 AM
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Matt.......well said! When are you planning to get a new pulley?
 
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Old 03-16-2004, 11:47 AM
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I like confidently walking towards my MINI in a parking lot while others are admiring it.
 
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>>Matt.......well said! When are you planning to get a new pulley?

I was just checking out MiniMania stage II kits yesterday, but that is still just a dream for me cuz I have no money. Since it's a dream I might as well check out Stage III (245HP)!
 
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It's posts like this that make me want to order my MINI ASAP!!!!!
 
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So do it (order it)!
 
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>>It's posts like this that make me want to order my MINI ASAP!!!!!

ME TOO!
 
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I like hanging out with my MINI friends, like today at the HelixMINICup2!
 
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And it's so remarkable that this feeling stays and stays... like real love.


>>I am in love with my MINI. Of course I love driving it (motoring) but I also love washing and waxing (zaino) it. I love spotting it in the parking lot and admiring it from afar. >>
 
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Old 03-20-2004, 09:12 PM
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I like meeting MINI people. Today I pulled into a shopping center and spotted a BRG/W MCS and just had to park my PW/B MC next to it. The owners of the MCS also spotted me parking next to their MINI and came over to chat. That just made my day a little more fun.

On a side note:
I've been driving my MINI for 3 months now, and the other night I drove my wife's Forester to pick up some chairs. It felt like I was driving a school bus!
From now on, I will make every possible excuse to take the MINI.



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Mine is up on blocks but I keep crawling underneath just to take it all in......made me a straight pipe out of my stock exhaust! I bet this baby is gonna be loud if I ever can or dare fit it. I bet most of you don't know that the JCW exhaust actually has one more muffler than the stock one...so it actually has three.
My MINI don't rule, it is just the coolest thing on this side of Alpha Centaur.....
 
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I almost always park waaaay across the parking lot
from whatever store I'm going to. Seems often, as I
walk back to my MINI, I catch people going out of their
way to check it out, driving circles around it.

I talk to them as I walk... (under my breath) "It's a
MINI Cooper S... yeah, it's really cool... British... sure
it's fast... no, you can't drive it." :smile: :smile:

Godspeed.

 
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I love mine. I still think that it is the most resonable replacement for my beloved Mazda Miata R-Pkg.
 
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thanks all for the posts. I just love my MCS as well. DS/B and I am planning my mods now... pulley, intake, exhaust etc... I love reading these posts... its motivational. keep on motoring!!!
 
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I love that my MINI does not beep when I lock the doors with the remote. I get sick of hearing everyone bo beep beep when they lock their doors.

I love that I can wash my MINI in 10 -15 minutes. My mom was nice enough to pay for my Zaino kit ($100) so I promised to wash and wax her car (Camry) it has been 6 months and I started to feel bad so I washed and waxed it this weekend and it was a bit of a chore.

Peace!
 
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>>The MINI is so unique I can't imagine being as happy with any of the other cars I half-hartedly considered (Matrix, Protege 5, RSX)

I am the owner of a Protege 5 and the future owner of a MINI. I have had two test drives(mc and mcs) and I am totally hooked. The PR 5 is a great car, but I dream about the MINI at night.
 
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