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Hi only just found this site and thought why not. My introduction - I'm a 29 year old car enthusiast but even I made a mistake recently well here goes.
My first mini was a 62 plate mini countryman SD in white and black and despite its size was one of the best cars I've ever had, I change my car around every 3 year mark as to keep resale values kinda sweet, despite the countryman being an amazing car I fell into the car tech loophole which in my case was a 65 plate new astra elite (K model) which I bought for £21,000 new, it had WiFi heated seats and steering wheel, basically it had every mod you can think of. First month thought it was OK until my drivers seat started jumping about around corners Yeah scary lol, got it fixed then in January the turbo started lagging really bad and the gears kept slipping out, which by the way makes you look like a complete ass in front of people with the noise it makes, overall things were just not up to scratch so decided to trade it in for a 5 door mini cooper SD in electric blue with mods inc JCW spoiler black wheels and chrono dials etc. Wanna hear the best part about this my astra which I bought in November of 2015 is now worth £11,000 with 6,000 miles on it omg, but I know in 8 weeks when I get my mini that smile will be back on my face in time for summer. Anyway sorry for the big post but an introduction is an introduction, I hope I never fall for that trap again and a warning for others that think about it once you go mini you never go back lol.
My first mini was a 62 plate mini countryman SD in white and black and despite its size was one of the best cars I've ever had, I change my car around every 3 year mark as to keep resale values kinda sweet, despite the countryman being an amazing car I fell into the car tech loophole which in my case was a 65 plate new astra elite (K model) which I bought for £21,000 new, it had WiFi heated seats and steering wheel, basically it had every mod you can think of. First month thought it was OK until my drivers seat started jumping about around corners Yeah scary lol, got it fixed then in January the turbo started lagging really bad and the gears kept slipping out, which by the way makes you look like a complete ass in front of people with the noise it makes, overall things were just not up to scratch so decided to trade it in for a 5 door mini cooper SD in electric blue with mods inc JCW spoiler black wheels and chrono dials etc. Wanna hear the best part about this my astra which I bought in November of 2015 is now worth £11,000 with 6,000 miles on it omg, but I know in 8 weeks when I get my mini that smile will be back on my face in time for summer. Anyway sorry for the big post but an introduction is an introduction, I hope I never fall for that trap again and a warning for others that think about it once you go mini you never go back lol.
