Hi all, I am Pete from the New Forest. Since I was 11 or 12 I have always wanted a Mini. I used to watch a local one go by most days, it was orange, blue windows, wide wheels and loud exhaust. Now 50 years on I have decided the time has come to live the dreaam :laugh:. My current car is a 2001 Corvette which I ordered from the factory, black, red interior, targa roof, 5.7. Yes a bit different! and that idiot Cl*rks*n knows nothing, they are just great, so reliable and not that expensive to run. BUT it is 15 years old with 146K on the clock and things are now starting to go wrong after 13 years of trouble free motoring.
I have spent the last 3 days configuring and know what I want - it will be an orange and black Cooper with black wheels, Chilli + a couple of others and a spare wheel - lol why is that an option!!!
I will complete my C5 ownership by spending May driving around the south of France and then my order will be placed. So I will be inhabiting the forum for a number of months, reading with interest and learning.
I will add that a very close friend, living in Canada, has a mid/early noughties works S over here that he needs to sell, which I will consider but the Cooper is the better of the two cars for me and really I want a new car that should give me trouble free motoring. Cheers for now.
I have spent the last 3 days configuring and know what I want - it will be an orange and black Cooper with black wheels, Chilli + a couple of others and a spare wheel - lol why is that an option!!!
I will complete my C5 ownership by spending May driving around the south of France and then my order will be placed. So I will be inhabiting the forum for a number of months, reading with interest and learning.
I will add that a very close friend, living in Canada, has a mid/early noughties works S over here that he needs to sell, which I will consider but the Cooper is the better of the two cars for me and really I want a new car that should give me trouble free motoring. Cheers for now.