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Hey,

First post looking for a bit of advice re buying a new f56 JCW. Me and my fiancée currently both have a car each, I have a 2008 fjcw and she has a Fiat 500. With the wedding coming up in March 2017 and that fact we don't really need two cars we've been looking over the past few months for a car to share.

I have been looking at the M140i and after test driving one decided it's not for me. I just can't escape the MINI bug after 8 years of ownership so we have decided to look at the new JCW. I am trying to arrange a test drive of a automatic version as my fiancée can only drive an auto. This seems to be a hard task in itself as I have been to 2 separate dealers who look to have no interest in selling me a car. Phone calls not returned, ignored when visiting the dealers

I currently have a quote from a dealer in London with 13% off the list price but I am eager to test drive before I commit.

For owners who have switched from manual to the auto gearbox how are you finding it? and in general, how is the car?

Has anyone had any problems that I should be aware of?

Thanks

Chris

 

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Manual to auto convert here! I LOVE my JCW auto! Wont be going back to manual now!

Just what I wanted to hear! Out of interest what was your previous MINI?

 

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Interesting, thank you for that. Unfortunately I don't have a choice, it's auto or nothing at the moment due to her licence.

Hopefully by the end of this weekend I'll have a new order placed.

 

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Thanks for all the replies, still waiting to hear from my 2 closest dealers to see if they can arrange for one to test drive. They don't seem to be returning my calls at the minute.

One of them told me It wasn't possible to test drive an automatic gearbox as MINI ' have not and never will make an automatic JCW'... this was after telling me he's worked for MINI for over 10 years.

Help ?

 

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To update the thread, I visited the dealership again yesterday and test drove an auto Cooper S as it's the closest thing they have to the JCW at present.

Lets just say, things got a bit heated when negotiating. I'm close to deal but still think theres room for improvement from them. I'll keep you all updated but it looks like I'll be ordering within the next few days.