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We've got the cooper d as well. Brilliant little car and the engine isnt at all as sluggish as other diesels i've driven (ford)
Handling is superb as well, although its not the most comfortable ride ever, especially for back seat passengers.
Boot space is ridicilous, but then its a mini after all.
Have a drive in one, you'll love them apparently the power steering pump can be noisy and temperemental on them, but i havent noticed that myself.
Edit: oh, and its possible to remap the turbo diesel too
Handling is superb as well, although its not the most comfortable ride ever, especially for back seat passengers.
Boot space is ridicilous, but then its a mini after all.
Have a drive in one, you'll love them apparently the power steering pump can be noisy and temperemental on them, but i havent noticed that myself.
Edit: oh, and its possible to remap the turbo diesel too
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Bought a Mini Cooper for my wife last October.
Best colour is Red with white roof, Mirror caps, Bonnet stripes with John Cooper decals. Chrome pack.
Full Chilli Pack and 17" Cooper S Alloys. Uprated sound system (Option)
Lovely car, 04 reg, full history 40k and TLC pack for 6.5K
I love it. Great to drive and much prefer it over my BMW
Best colour is Red with white roof, Mirror caps, Bonnet stripes with John Cooper decals. Chrome pack.
Full Chilli Pack and 17" Cooper S Alloys. Uprated sound system (Option)
Lovely car, 04 reg, full history 40k and TLC pack for 6.5K
I love it. Great to drive and much prefer it over my BMW
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Whats a full chili pack?
Bought a Mini Cooper for my wife last October.
Best colour is Red with white roof, Mirror caps, Bonnet stripes with John Cooper decals. Chrome pack.
Full Chilli Pack and 17" Cooper S Alloys. Uprated sound system (Option)
Lovely car, 04 reg, full history 40k and TLC pack for 6.5K
I love it. Great to drive and much prefer it over my BMW
Best colour is Red with white roof, Mirror caps, Bonnet stripes with John Cooper decals. Chrome pack.
Full Chilli Pack and 17" Cooper S Alloys. Uprated sound system (Option)
Lovely car, 04 reg, full history 40k and TLC pack for 6.5K
I love it. Great to drive and much prefer it over my BMW
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MINI COOPER CHILI
Floor mats
Passenger seat height adjustment
Map pockets
Fog lamps
Interior lamp package
Chrome bumper inserts
16" 5-Star Light Alloy Wheels
Roof Spoiler
Sports Suspension PLUS
Brilliant silver interior trim
Sports seats
Cloth/leather upholstery
Leather steering wheel & gearknob
Floor mats
Passenger seat height adjustment
Map pockets
Fog lamps
Interior lamp package
Chrome bumper inserts
16" 5-Star Light Alloy Wheels
Roof Spoiler
Sports Suspension PLUS
Brilliant silver interior trim
Sports seats
Cloth/leather upholstery
Leather steering wheel & gearknob
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Why i asked is you said a 'full' chili pack, i thought a chili pack was a chili pack, no half measures, well not when we bought ours anyway.
MINI COOPER CHILI
Floor mats
Passenger seat height adjustment
Map pockets
Fog lamps
Interior lamp package
Chrome bumper inserts
16" 5-Star Light Alloy Wheels
Roof Spoiler
Sports Suspension PLUS
Brilliant silver interior trim
Sports seats
Cloth/leather upholstery
Leather steering wheel & gearknob
Floor mats
Passenger seat height adjustment
Map pockets
Fog lamps
Interior lamp package
Chrome bumper inserts
16" 5-Star Light Alloy Wheels
Roof Spoiler
Sports Suspension PLUS
Brilliant silver interior trim
Sports seats
Cloth/leather upholstery
Leather steering wheel & gearknob
Last edited by nik52wrx; 05 March 2011 at 03:01 PM.
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Mine's the 1.6 petrol, not exactly quick but upto 42mpg on an 8 mile commute
pic when i bought it
since fitted Cooer S side scuttles (indicator surrounds), detangoed headlights, fitted JCW rear spoiler, bought cooper S fuel cap (not yet fitted) and deciding which wheels to buy (probably 17" JCW reps)
pic when i bought it
since fitted Cooer S side scuttles (indicator surrounds), detangoed headlights, fitted JCW rear spoiler, bought cooper S fuel cap (not yet fitted) and deciding which wheels to buy (probably 17" JCW reps)
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Mine's the 1.6 petrol, not exactly quick but upto 42mpg on an 8 mile commute
pic when i bought it
since fitted Cooer S side scuttles (indicator surrounds), detangoed headlights, fitted JCW rear spoiler, bought cooper S fuel cap (not yet fitted) and deciding which wheels to buy (probably 17" JCW reps)
pic when i bought it
since fitted Cooer S side scuttles (indicator surrounds), detangoed headlights, fitted JCW rear spoiler, bought cooper S fuel cap (not yet fitted) and deciding which wheels to buy (probably 17" JCW reps)
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My brothers '06 Cooper S had a new gearbox fitted @ 30k
A girl at work has an '03 Cooper 1.6i, she's had it 5 years and had lot's of niggly issues including exhaust rotting off, and rad gave up the ghost and some other failure which required at tow truck - it also hammers bushes and wishbones, but South-Yorkshire road's aren't the best. only 70k too.
I would get a warranty direct warranty, it will be only £20 odd quid a month and will give you piece of mind.
Other than that I can only echo what has been said about the driving experience.
A girl at work has an '03 Cooper 1.6i, she's had it 5 years and had lot's of niggly issues including exhaust rotting off, and rad gave up the ghost and some other failure which required at tow truck - it also hammers bushes and wishbones, but South-Yorkshire road's aren't the best. only 70k too.
I would get a warranty direct warranty, it will be only £20 odd quid a month and will give you piece of mind.
Other than that I can only echo what has been said about the driving experience.
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The old versions upto 2006 did seem to have a lot more probs (gearbox, aircon,airbag lights, water leaks, etc) but these seem to have been sorted out on the lateer models.
I did have a 2003 Cooper a few years ago (for approx 4 weeks) and that had lots of small problems with trim, etc
Tis car seems to be ok at the moment though except for creaking hard plastics
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My brothers '06 Cooper S had a new gearbox fitted @ 30k
A girl at work has an '03 Cooper 1.6i, she's had it 5 years and had lot's of niggly issues including exhaust rotting off, and rad gave up the ghost and some other failure which required at tow truck - it also hammers bushes and wishbones, but South-Yorkshire road's aren't the best. only 70k too.
I would get a warranty direct warranty, it will be only £20 odd quid a month and will give you piece of mind.
Other than that I can only echo what has been said about the driving experience.
A girl at work has an '03 Cooper 1.6i, she's had it 5 years and had lot's of niggly issues including exhaust rotting off, and rad gave up the ghost and some other failure which required at tow truck - it also hammers bushes and wishbones, but South-Yorkshire road's aren't the best. only 70k too.
I would get a warranty direct warranty, it will be only £20 odd quid a month and will give you piece of mind.
Other than that I can only echo what has been said about the driving experience.
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I'm looking at 2002/2003 coopers and cooper s for about 4-4.5k. Anything to look out for that can be nasty on these? Cooper s are about 80k miles or can get cooper with about 50k miles for the age and price.
Being BMW do they cost a bomb to run/service?
Being BMW do they cost a bomb to run/service?
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servicing isn't too bad, pads and discs are cheap (and plenty of makes to choose from)
From my Cooper (2007my facelift) i'm getting 40.2mpg around town, economical and nippy but no hot hatch
The early Cooper S models with the supercharger are supposed to be a better driving experience than the facelift turbo models but they did have more problems which were looked at on the facelift.
The S models are supposed to be thirsty even with a light foot, ditch the runflats if it still has them as they're expensive, noisey and give a harsh ride
From my Cooper (2007my facelift) i'm getting 40.2mpg around town, economical and nippy but no hot hatch
The early Cooper S models with the supercharger are supposed to be a better driving experience than the facelift turbo models but they did have more problems which were looked at on the facelift.
The S models are supposed to be thirsty even with a light foot, ditch the runflats if it still has them as they're expensive, noisey and give a harsh ride
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Gearboxes are poor.
Timing chains jump off due to tensioner issues..(On the Cooper,its a french Peugeot engine )
Exhausts rot prematurly.
Discs and pads every 30-40k.
Wiper motors fail often
Gear linkage fails.
Timing chains jump off due to tensioner issues..(On the Cooper,its a french Peugeot engine )
Exhausts rot prematurly.
Discs and pads every 30-40k.
Wiper motors fail often
Gear linkage fails.
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A Peugeot engine puts me right off, i've never had a French car and never intend to.
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We've had 2 Cooper S (one soft-top, one hard top). Cracking little cars - ours have both been the supercharged rather than turbo charged S's and fuel economy is not great... 24 around town and 28ish in mixed driving (albeit pretty hard driving - difficult not to). If you take it easy you can get 32+ though especially on the motorway.
Drove a few standard Coopers and whilst the performance is obviously not as good, they still nippy and handle as well through the twisties.
Definitely ditch the run flats though - especially if they are the Pirelli Eufori@ jobbies.
Drove a few standard Coopers and whilst the performance is obviously not as good, they still nippy and handle as well through the twisties.
Definitely ditch the run flats though - especially if they are the Pirelli Eufori@ jobbies.
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Just bought one for the missus, about 2 weeks ago. Looked at a couple and ended up buying a red cooper s convertible. Which she loves. Fuel consumption is much better than the scooby and it's the cheap stuff
159bhp supercharged is great in that little car. It's a great run around.
40k miles
2005 model
Supercharged
Convertible
8k
159bhp supercharged is great in that little car. It's a great run around.
40k miles
2005 model
Supercharged
Convertible
8k
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