Mini bling! (insert excessive ones and ! here)

[Jess]

So Chan and I went to a wedding in Ohio this weekend....and came back with this:





It's an '02, plus the crappy '02 tranny has already been replaced with the '04 Getrag tranny.
It's such a fun little car! Can't wait to autocross it!

[Hunter]

Awesome! Now you can dominate Roanoke area autocrosses like never before.

[WRXtranceformed]

Very nice purchase, I'm sure you'll have a lot of fun in it!

[Maengelito]

So Chan and I went to a wedding in Ohio this weekend....and came back with this:



It's an '02, plus the crappy '02 tranny has already been replaced with the '04 Getrag tranny.
It's such a fun little car! Can't wait to autocross it!

awesome awesome awesome except wheres the hood scoop? i didnt know you guys were in the market for one cuz my friend is goin to grad school soon and selling his BRG '02 mini that looks almost exactly like this

[Feersty]

Nice pickup!

[John]

Is this a new addition or a replacement for something?

[Nick325is]

Nice purchase! I drove one back when they first came out and had a blast with it. Only question is where is the center exit exhaust?


-Nick

[BLINGMW]

It's a replacement for the Accord, although we're in no hurry to sell it, it'll hang around as a winter car for now.

No boost because I didn't want to take care of it. The SC wasn't designed to have the oil changed, it's a apparently a big PITA if you do want to do it, and it's not designed to last the life of the engine. You also lose the spare tire because they relocated the battery to the back. AND, since we were having a hard time finding an '04+ with the better trans in our price range, adding boost to a weak trans didn't sound like a good idea to me.

We test drove a SC'd one, and sure, it was fun, but it was just a bunch of wheelspin in 1st/2nd, not really useful until 3rd gear IMHO. Personally I think this one will be a better daily driver. 95% of the time, the boost will not be missed. I did have to talk Jess out of it though. :lol:

The handling is pretty sick though for stock(ish) tires... I'm a bit jealous. On a few corners I'm used to taking fast on the way home, the quick turn in screwed me up! And in stock form, the springs are closer to what's on my E30 (H&R race springs) rather than anything you'd find on a stock car. This is the only FWD car I've driven that I find acceptable. Next to my E30 in the garage, it's 3 ft shorter, the E30 looks like a Buick.

[.RJ]

Nice car Congrats!

it's 3 ft shorter, the E30 looks like a Buick.

We can fix that.

[Dave]

I'm really interested in seeing how this continues. The Mini is one of only a very few FWD cars that I would consider buying.

[.RJ]

Why y'all gotta be hatin on FWD? :dunno:

[John]

Why y'all gotta be hatin on FWD? :dunno:

Because FWD is the ultimate suck.

Edit: No offense to Jess/Chan - I actually thought the Mini was RWD. LOL. I could never drive a FWD car again though...

[BLINGMW]

We can fix that.

fix what?

Shorten the e30?


....or make it look like a Buick?

[.RJ]

fix what?

I've got a 4WD truck, and I'm sure you've got a oak tree nearby... we can make it shorter, and uglier :thumbup:

[Dave]

Shorten the e30?

What the debil is that? I kinda like it, I think.

[BLINGMW]

BMW's answer to the Ford Festiva.

[Jeff]

I'm the only one with "Mini bling" around here...

[Maengelito]

so chan, i assume you frequent a few mini forums? a friend of mine has an '04 and every now and then he's got a few questions. it'd be nice to know where to refer him to. is this one of the better mini forums?

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[mrbaggio]

I'm the only one with "Mini bling" around here...

By bling do you mean large flaking paint areas?

[BLINGMW]

that was the only forum I found that was worth a damn so far