Another new arrival in the Pond house

Pondrew · Post by **Pondrew** » Tue Apr 18, 2023 6:04 pm

Never, ever thought I would be buying one of these!
Picked up this afternoon. Not too bad actually, apart from being a bit weird inside:

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j3nks79 · Post by **j3nks79** » Tue Apr 18, 2023 6:07 pm

Good luck with that

Mr Tidy · Post by **Mr Tidy** » Tue Apr 18, 2023 6:09 pm

Congratulations Andrew.

Mrs Tidy bought an R56 Cooper at the launch event in 2006 and they are great to rag around (when the owner isn't with you).

enuff_zed · Post by **enuff_zed** » Tue Apr 18, 2023 6:14 pm

Pondrew wrote: ↑Tue Apr 18, 2023 6:04 pm , apart from being a bit weird inside:

Be alright when you get out.

pvr · Post by **pvr** » Tue Apr 18, 2023 6:33 pm

enuff_zed wrote: ↑Tue Apr 18, 2023 6:14 pm
Pondrew wrote: ↑Tue Apr 18, 2023 6:04 pm , apart from being a bit weird inside:
Be alright when you get out.

pvr · Post by **pvr** » Tue Apr 18, 2023 6:34 pm

Not a bad looking car. I can’t believe you actually made a decision

Chris_D · Post by **Chris_D** » Tue Apr 18, 2023 6:40 pm

look at all that shiny chrome!
it's like something out of the 70's!

DMike · Post by **DMike** » Tue Apr 18, 2023 6:55 pm

Congrats, those are fun.

IRD · Post by **IRD** » Tue Apr 18, 2023 7:01 pm

This will be your main car now then!

enuff_zed · Post by **enuff_zed** » Tue Apr 18, 2023 7:03 pm

I do think John Cooper would spin in his grave if he could see how his name has been reduced to a simple sales gimmick and plastered over everything. I used to live about 5 miles from his garage in East Preston and the 'proper' Mini's he had in there were awesome machines. Now it's just a sales badge.

Pondrew · Post by **Pondrew** » Tue Apr 18, 2023 7:18 pm

pvr wrote: ↑Tue Apr 18, 2023 6:34 pm Not a bad looking car. I can’t believe you actually made a decision

It's not mine. I just paid for it. Daughter's first car. Spoilt brats we have brought up these days. I never got bought sod all!

It was assembled at Cowley, so within earshot of where my kids were born too (JR hospital Headington Oxford).

Pondrew · Post by **Pondrew** » Tue Apr 18, 2023 7:21 pm

enuff_zed wrote: ↑Tue Apr 18, 2023 7:03 pm I do think John Cooper would spin in his grave if he could see how his name has been reduced to a simple sales gimmick and plastered over everything. I used to live about 5 miles from his garage in East Preston and the 'proper' Mini's he had in there were awesome machines. Now it's just a sales badge.

Ah but that's the legacy of the British car industry being so utterly shite in the 80s and 90s. BMW bought the rights to all of it for a fiver IIRC (or was that the Chinese with MG)?
Still keeping Cowley and Swindon in jobs, though. I would bet those sites would be crappy flats now if Rover had remained.

Pondrew · Post by **Pondrew** » Tue Apr 18, 2023 7:25 pm

Chris_D wrote: ↑Tue Apr 18, 2023 6:40 pm look at all that shiny chrome!

I like shiny!

Nanu · Post by **Nanu** » Tue Apr 18, 2023 7:40 pm

Just don't let anyone that knows you actually see you in it and you will be fine.

Nictrix · Post by **Nictrix** » Tue Apr 18, 2023 7:45 pm

We had one of those for a few years not many problems.
In case you don't know these use a bit of oil and bmw think that 1litre every thousand miles is acceptable. Luckily ours wasn't quite that bad but was still about 500ml every thousand miles.
Rear calipers seize up, can be changed quite easily and cheaply.
Thermostat housing is plastic and is made of 2 parts bonded together. They split apart and dump all yge coolant when they feel like it. Ours done it twice.
Not great on fuel for such a small car.

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