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Hello everyone!
I picked up my brand new 2016 plate Mini Cooper D last Friday and have been meaning to find the time to post about this absolutely AMAZING car!
First off, like I'm sure the majority of people on this forum, I spent many many months researching and agonising over every single detail of the car. And I can truly say that the information and real-world owners advice available on this forum has been incredibly useful in helping me make my decision on the final spec of the car. I ordered the car mid-January and got a phone call from the dealership to say that the car would be ready for delivery on 11th March.
There was just one thing I wasn't 100% sure about - the colour. I think this was because I have yet to see it on the road, Autotrader, this forum, or on the internet in general, any car with exactly the same spec and colour. When it came to the delivery day I still wasn't sure whether I had made the right decision over moonwalk grey or white silver (especially as I'd seen a really nice looking moonwalk grey with the JCW exterior kit and black alloys on Autotrader the night before!)
We picked up the car from BMW/Mini Park Lane in London. The handover was excellent, although the Friday afternoon traffic out of London was horrendous! Probably not helped by the fact that we went for a brief drive down The Mall past Buckingham Palace, towards Downing Street onto Parliament Square, and then we followed the River out towards the City.
610 miles later and I can safely say that this Mini is such an accomplished car! It's extremely refined on the motorway commute but equally fun, torquey and nimble and so much more when driving along country lanes. This car makes me grin every time I push the red pulsating engine start/stop switch!
I picked up my brand new 2016 plate Mini Cooper D last Friday and have been meaning to find the time to post about this absolutely AMAZING car!
First off, like I'm sure the majority of people on this forum, I spent many many months researching and agonising over every single detail of the car. And I can truly say that the information and real-world owners advice available on this forum has been incredibly useful in helping me make my decision on the final spec of the car. I ordered the car mid-January and got a phone call from the dealership to say that the car would be ready for delivery on 11th March.
There was just one thing I wasn't 100% sure about - the colour. I think this was because I have yet to see it on the road, Autotrader, this forum, or on the internet in general, any car with exactly the same spec and colour. When it came to the delivery day I still wasn't sure whether I had made the right decision over moonwalk grey or white silver (especially as I'd seen a really nice looking moonwalk grey with the JCW exterior kit and black alloys on Autotrader the night before!)
We picked up the car from BMW/Mini Park Lane in London. The handover was excellent, although the Friday afternoon traffic out of London was horrendous! Probably not helped by the fact that we went for a brief drive down The Mall past Buckingham Palace, towards Downing Street onto Parliament Square, and then we followed the River out towards the City.
610 miles later and I can safely say that this Mini is such an accomplished car! It's extremely refined on the motorway commute but equally fun, torquey and nimble and so much more when driving along country lanes. This car makes me grin every time I push the red pulsating engine start/stop switch!
