R50/53 Anyone sell their MINI and regret it?
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Anyone sell their MINI and regret it?
I've owned my 03' R53 for going on 6 year now. It's been a fantastic car.....it's been my daily driver every single day (except in bad winter weather).
Lately I've been going back and forth on wanting to sell it, and get another car to "build up". I love turning wrenches on cars...putting new parts on them, and just tinkering. My mini is pretty tinkered out....it's just the way I want it.
Anyone ever sold their MINI, and then regretted it later? I'm afraid that I'm going to miss the small car feel, awesome handling, and fun factor of my R53.
Lately I've been going back and forth on wanting to sell it, and get another car to "build up". I love turning wrenches on cars...putting new parts on them, and just tinkering. My mini is pretty tinkered out....it's just the way I want it.
Anyone ever sold their MINI, and then regretted it later? I'm afraid that I'm going to miss the small car feel, awesome handling, and fun factor of my R53.
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Sold my R53 and bought a Corvette. Had the Corvette for just over a year and then bought my current JCW. If I lived somewhere with only flat roads and straight rivers (like Florida) would most likely still have the Vet but as I live a couple hours away from the Blue Ridge Parkway (aka MINI Heaven) the straight line Vet went and a curve cutting MINI was back.
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Yes :( Sold a nearly pristine 2005 R53 about 4 years ago. I've been itching to get back into one ever since despite having a heavily modified 300ZX as my 'fun' car. The 300 is great, but I haven't found anything that compares to the mini.
I found a 100k mile R53 that needed a clutch for $800. I refreshed everything I felt necessary and its been great for 1500 miles so far. So happy to be back!
I found a 100k mile R53 that needed a clutch for $800. I refreshed everything I felt necessary and its been great for 1500 miles so far. So happy to be back!
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Sold my R53 and bought a Corvette. Had the Corvette for just over a year and then bought my current JCW. If I lived somewhere with only flat roads and straight rivers (like Florida) would most likely still have the Vet but as I live a couple hours away from the Blue Ridge Parkway (aka MINI Heaven) the straight line Vet went and a curve cutting MINI was back.
My in-laws just bought a place that is 7 minutes off the blue ridge parkway and 20 minutes off 'The Diamondback'. We're taking a road trip down there this fall with a collection of exciting and high HP cars, somehow I think I'll have the most fun
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a splash of cold water
Just thought I throw in a splash of cold water in this thread. I came across this photo on Jalopnik and cannot resist.
The title is A Third Of Car Trade-Ins Are Now Utterly Worthless On Paper and they used this photo for the lead-in to the article. I am going to slit my wrist now for my bad investment of the money that I recently putting into the Mini hog.
But wait. Look closer at those prices on the windows.
The title is A Third Of Car Trade-Ins Are Now Utterly Worthless On Paper and they used this photo for the lead-in to the article. I am going to slit my wrist now for my bad investment of the money that I recently putting into the Mini hog.
But wait. Look closer at those prices on the windows.
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The convertible is a bit more versatile as an extra car, so eventually I will sell the hardtop ( at least that is what I have been promising to the SO for at least a year!! )
Regards,
Jerry
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