After 10 years and 130,000 miles of happy motoring in my 03 Cooper, an idiot finally got me. Rear ended on the 91 fwy (So Cal).....totaled. Smashed into me when traffic suddenly stopped. I was devastated.....this was my baby...was never going to give her up. I loved the early body style and interior. Sent me into a depression for the following days. Didn't know what I was going to replace it with. Couldn't get another 1st gen, just didn't know what was going to start going wrong once I purch'd one. I had just replaced the trans, clutch, fuel pump, power steering pump, etc. There was no other car that I could consider buying though. My only choice was to buy a newer one, used, but if I was going to do that, it had to be an S. So after searching on CraigsList, Cars.com, AutoTrader, CarGuru for days (and nights)...and driving around, checking out cars that looked perfect in picture, then getting there to find them all dings & scratches......frustration was setting in. My insurance covered rental car had just run out on Monday.....FINALLY, Tuesday, fate stepped in. A local post on CraigsList, just 5 mins from my work....an 2010 S, only 14k miles! Went there...perfect condition! Hardly used, not a scratch. SOLD! I feel whole again.

 

Glad you are ok and that this had a happy ending. Congrats on the new car and your next 100k miles of motoring!

 

Congrats and welcome back to the mini life!!

 

So glad for you.

 

Ouch.. so sorry to see that happen, and good to see you walked away okay! How fast do you think they were going when they hit you?

Congrats on your new MINI, I wish I had done the same when I lost mine.

-Chase

 

Glad to see and hear you are OK. Good luck with the new one.

 

Ugh! That would be my nightmare. Glad to see you found something you like. I would also find it very hard to find something to replace my ~10 year old MINI.

 

[QUOTE How fast do you think they were going when they hit you

Thanks for the well wishes, all. He was going pretty fast. Hard to say, but the collision wiped out the front of his civic. It would have been worse if I didn't see him coming and try to get out of the way.

 

The new car looks awesome. Follow up with us on your feelings about going to the S model. Are you loving it?

 

Sorry about your other Mini and congrats on your new purchase. Happy motoring....

 

Like everyone else has said. Glad you're okay, and congrats on the new car. Stay frosty

 

im sorry for your mini and happy to your new mini. please post your driving experience for your new mini.

 

Sorry about getting a R56.

 

Sorry to here about your 03 Cooper, glad to here no one was hurt.

 

Cars are replaceable, lives are not. Glad you are ok! Motr-On

-B