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Old Feb 21, 2005 | 10:46 AM
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My New Mini

Thursday February 17, 2005 was the day my life changed.

I love my new Purple Haze MC. Check it out:

http://www.mielnicki.net/Pictures/Auto/Mini/index.html

Steve
 
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Old Feb 21, 2005 | 11:13 AM
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Congratulations, beautiful car! Let the fun begin!
 
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Old Feb 21, 2005 | 12:43 PM
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Nice! About a month after you got yours I'll have mine..a purple haze/black Cooper S. It's surprising how much a difference the white and black roofs make. With the white the purple looks lighter to me than when it has the black. Either roof its awesome!
 
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Old Feb 21, 2005 | 12:52 PM
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Purple haze is a great color. I know my husband would get that color if he were buying a MINI. (I have a PW/B). I see you have standard seats which I also have. Are you happy with them? I find them comfortable (I have cloth), but I often think maybe I should've gotten the sports seats.
 
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Old Feb 21, 2005 | 01:15 PM
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Nice! About a month after you got yours I'll have mine..a purple haze/black Cooper S. It's surprising how much a difference the white and black roofs make. With the white the purple looks lighter to me than when it has the black. Either roof its awesome!
Purple Haze looks different in different light, Bright sunlight it looks purple, overcast/dusk it looks blue rather than purple, at night it almost looks dark dark blue almost black.
 
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Old Feb 21, 2005 | 01:18 PM
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Originally Posted by Rennie
Purple haze is a great color. I know my husband would get that color if he were buying a MINI. (I have a PW/B). I see you have standard seats which I also have. Are you happy with them? I find them comfortable (I have cloth), but I often think maybe I should've gotten the sports seats.
So far the seats are very comfortable, better than the Suzuki XL7 I just got out of. The leatherette seems nice also, slightly more "sticky" than real leather, but not as much as cloth I suspect.

Don't know only had it for a couple days, 200 miles. Weather has been crappy, so no spirited driving yet, also no long trips to test comfort over a long haul.

Steve
 
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Old Feb 21, 2005 | 01:44 PM
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I'll give you a review on the Sport Seats in October after my 2,750 mile road trip. Or you could just ask some veteran S driver about them. I went with the cloth option. Got leather in my other car and not happy with the maintenance of it.
 
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Old Feb 21, 2005 | 02:05 PM
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mielnicki,

Great looking MINI but you could have posted a couple more photos

Earl
 
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Old Feb 21, 2005 | 02:08 PM
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Purple Haze (Or Black Eye Purple as it is officially known at MINI) is an extremely rare color! Enjoy!
 
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Old Feb 21, 2005 | 04:55 PM
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Originally Posted by Cooper4us
Purple Haze (Or Black Eye Purple as it is officially known at MINI) is an extremely rare color! Enjoy!
Actually, I took mine off the lot. Mini of Pittsburgh has about 50 in stock of all flavors. They had 2 PH MC, mine and another exactly the same except it had the Chrome Line interior, mine has Fog lights.

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