Wife's car 14 years on

BEM-S4 · 04-26-2017, 09:24 AM

My cousin has everything you can imagine from vintage porsches, ferraris and alfas all the way up to modern Macan Turbo, RS5 etc. His daily? Mini Cooper S! Excellent cars and yours looks great!

davis449 · 04-26-2017, 09:46 AM

The only good generation\model of Mini. That condition is an achievement that I have the utmost respect for. I don't know that, in your wife's shoes, I'd ask for or let you replace it either.

m3_love · 04-26-2017, 02:13 PM

Very well kept Cooper S, I really liked this generation / body style

SpacegrayMe90 · 04-26-2017, 02:56 PM

Looks well kept. And kudos to your wife for daily driving a three pedal vehicle for so long. Most women hate manuals, American women that is.

infinitekidM2C · 04-26-2017, 05:35 PM

that is a nice cooper that is

ciaranob · 04-26-2017, 06:34 PM

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Originally Posted by infinitekid2002

that is a nice cooper that is

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Originally Posted by SpacegrayMe90

Looks well kept. And kudos to your wife for daily driving a three pedal vehicle for so long. Most women hate manuals, American women that is.

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Originally Posted by m3_love

Very well kept Cooper S, I really liked this generation / body style

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Originally Posted by davis449

The only good generation\model of Mini. That condition is an achievement that I have the utmost respect for. I don't know that, in your wife's shoes, I'd ask for or let you replace it either.

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Originally Posted by BEM-S4

My cousin has everything you can imagine from vintage porsches, ferraris and alfas all the way up to modern Macan Turbo, RS5 etc. His daily? Mini Cooper S! Excellent cars and yours looks great!

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Originally Posted by Agamemnon

Very clean and nicely looked after. You are definitely a car loving family.

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Originally Posted by PARTS@STBMW

Mint condition!

Thx all - great to see so many appreciate the car and feeling good about keeping it clean

- wife def one who prefers a manual all day long over auto/DCT

PoorLurker · 04-26-2017, 09:44 PM

Wow! 11 years old and I would have never known as it doesn't look dated from the outside!

Mini Cooper is the type of car that transcends many financial budgets.

Nice garage flooring BTW

ciaranob · 04-27-2017, 01:58 PM

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Originally Posted by PoorLurker

Wow! 11 years old and I would have never known as it doesn't look dated from the outside!

Mini Cooper is the type of car that transcends many financial budgets.

Nice garage flooring BTW

Thx! - actually purchased Dec 2003 (model year 2004) so 13+ years old

Garage floor is Swiss Trax - heres a link to a recent clean-up (post-house reconstruction) I posted elsewhere if you'd like to see more close-ups

http://f80.bimmerpost.com/forums/sho....php?t=1374531

fbsm · 04-27-2017, 02:50 PM

How many miles on the clock?

MightyMouseTech · 04-27-2017, 03:01 PM

Nice, that is fantastic for 14 years!

Luckily you don't live here, a 14 year old Mini here would be a complete rust bucket.

ciaranob · 04-27-2017, 03:26 PM

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Originally Posted by fbsm

How many miles on the clock?

Just shy of 70K I think (would need to check!) - we lived fairly close to her work location as opposed to my current situation. Also tended to use my ride whenever we did long trips or just headed out somewhere so it was used a lot less.

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Originally Posted by MightyMouseTech

Nice, that is fantastic for 14 years!

Luckily you don't live here, a 14 year old Mini here would be a complete rust bucket.

Indeed no sea air nor road salt to deal with in it's life to date

Bbb34 · 04-27-2017, 03:28 PM

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Originally Posted by ciaranob

Thx all - great to see so many appreciate the car and feeling good about keeping it clean

- wife def one who prefers a manual all day long over auto/DCT

Not sure how long you've been married, but in case you were ever in doubt she's a "keeper".

Car looks amazing, but that's the first thing I looked for scrolling through first few photos.

ciaranob · 04-27-2017, 03:34 PM

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Originally Posted by Bbb34

Not sure how long you've been married, but in case you were ever in doubt she's a "keeper".

Car looks amazing, but that's the first thing I looked for scrolling through first few photos.

- never officially married but being common law I guess for nigh on 24 years now so indeed a keeper

BEM-S4 · 04-27-2017, 06:31 PM

Thought I'd share something of similar vintage. Dad's baby. 12 years old, 30k miles on the clock and 4 coats of wax courtesy of yours truly. Hard to see but custom rounded with his initials instead of BMW. Also courtesy of yours truly.

DC-T · 04-27-2017, 06:32 PM

This is awesome!

infinitekidM2C · 04-27-2017, 06:57 PM

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Originally Posted by ciaranob

- never officially married but being common law I guess for nigh on 24 years now so indeed a keeper

Don't make those kinds of legal admissions

ciaranob · 04-28-2017, 08:26 AM

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Originally Posted by BEM-S4

Thought I'd share something of similar vintage. Dad's baby. 12 years old, 30k miles on the clock and 4 coats of wax courtesy of yours truly. Hard to see but custom rounded with his initials instead of BMW. Also courtesy of yours truly.

Very cool indeed! Reminds me that I miss my wagons, had an E46 and an E91 3 series sport wagon that I looked after pretty well - incredibly utilitarian and yet fun to drive cars

ciaranob · 04-28-2017, 08:27 AM

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Originally Posted by infinitekid2002

Don't make those kinds of legal admissions

Ha, indeed, could be a trap or two in there

DrivenByE30 · 05-02-2017, 09:48 PM

This cannot be over 12 years...!

If your wife looks younger than she really as the car appears to be, you are very lucky.

You are already lucky to have such an understanding and car loving wife as is.

Thanks for posting the photos.

I love these Mini, first generation of the NeoRetro design...

Kief · 05-03-2017, 11:34 AM

Here's my rare super loaded 2006 R53 JCW with 60K miles right before I sold it a few months ago

Needed room in the garage

infinitekidM2C · 05-03-2017, 12:24 PM

Where'd you get that garage flooring?

Kief · 05-03-2017, 01:23 PM

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Originally Posted by infinitekid2002

Where'd you get that garage flooring?

Me?
Post #319:
http://f80.bimmerpost.com/forums/sho...garage&page=15

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