Nothing fancy for me: '05 JB/W full JCW, MFSW, better seats, rear seat delete, aero kit. Matching JB interior bits and maybe a checkerboard roof. I could have fun with that.

 

I'm swimming against the grain, as usual (and mixing metaphors, it appears).

a Cooper GP (not Cooper s works) - take the light weight stuff a few steps further - emulate Lotus with the Elise... no power windows and locks, make carpeting an option. Throw on all sorts of aluminum suspension pieces. Keep it front wheel drive, keep it under 150hp.

 

yes, ive always wondered this as well. driving me nuts actually. gotta be a good explanation!

 

Yes...and I heard from more than one source that he was passing on double yellows :impatient

 

Less wieght, AWD, twin-charged..and tuned to run on E85, 93 octane, or 110 octane.

 

To re-work my previous request for "do more with less"...

Some sort of a club-sport package MINI, in both Cooper and S. All those parts that people take off the car when they "tune" it, don't bother putting them on the car in the first place. Or, just put the bare minimum on there if the part is necessary to make it a driveable car.

Like put on dirt cheap steel wheels with the knowledge that the buyer is just going to take them off an put something else on.

Sway bars? don't bother. At least with the rear. I guess not many people swap the front bar, but lots swap the rear. So just leave the rear bar off.

No stereo.

Then I guess it depends upon if you are going "tuner" or "race car" where to go from there. A/C? I'd buy a car with no A/C. Dirt cheap seats, as they'd get replaced for a race car / toy.

Porsche has had models like this, as have many others. Even Scion has announced a low volume model of the TC that takes this approach.

Oh yeah, I left off the important part...

Make this spec cheaper than the normal "base" model. After all, it's going to have less "stuff".

 

Obviously the SUV wasn't as quick as me around the track!!!

On topic, I'd like to see something alonog the lines of a street legal race car, something I can bring to the track for the day, then still go out on a date without having to switch vehicles.




J/K thats a neat trick with the angle though, didn't notice it before.

 

Everybody has different MINI fantasies...depends on your personal overall design program. It is an interesting topic as you really can do a lot w/ this car from mild to wild.

I'm driving my fantasy, I guess, because as I've rolled around the idea over and over of trading in, upgrading, whatever...I keep coming back to exactly what I have...a no-nonsense, basic, lightweight Cooper that'll still fetch 35 mpg or higher. Fuel economy is very much a part of the equation to me, as is traditional, fun, and cheeky MINI looks, that is very OEM and has a restrainted class (like me!!). No street racer for yours truly...so an early Cooper is very "it" for me.

 

Had one of these - same color, too. '73 Tii. Sigh . . . great, great car.

 

I like a mini with a tune M3 engine, all wheel drive, body work and acc done by bond mini in japan.

Other option a mini with a midmounted V6 like the Clio, with near 50,50 balance like an elise,

 

I want my MINI to transform into a killer robot
but besides that, I want the car to weigh less and have roughly 250hp stock with a turbo.

 

I already have one of those.

 

HuH? Why would you want to modify a Fireballed car by another tuner? No other MINI tuner on the planet it putting down as much WHP than the Fireballed Team. Not even Randy Webb. I'm not saying Randy's bad in any way, shape or fashion. I've bought things from him in the past and have had him work on my car. Maybe you're talking suspension/handling and not engine modifying. Sorry if I misunderstood.

 

I'd want a smaller Mini with front wheel drive, lsd, and an I-4 sportbike engine.

 

No rear facing bench seat?

 

No. No rear-seat. But, I do want the rear-seat DVD entertainment system from the Mini-Rolls-Royce.

 

From factory they are pretty well covered with what you can pick and choose but ideally for me, i'd say, AWD, fairly larger supercharger with a front mount, no back seats, roll cage, and nice exhaust sytem. I'd want to be able to hear the supercharger scream as well as the exhaust.

 

My dad has one of these, a 2002 Tii, sitting in the driveway. I have been trying to yank it from him for years!