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catswiththum
04-12-2016, 08:33 PM
Well, finally pulled the trigger. Looked at all the models y'all recommended when I started the search a few months ago - and thanks, they were all good recommendations.

It came down to buying from someone I know (original owner) who is a car nut like me, full service records, and enough research to make me comfortable with Maggie driving the car safely.

2012 model with 18,000 on the clock - she loves it, which means I can watch the movies I like for a couple of weeks. :D
bobabode
04-12-2016, 10:31 PM
You Oligarch, you. Is she going to let you drive it?

Enjoy, Cats. :cool:
Pio1980
04-12-2016, 11:02 PM
They are supposed to be a hoot to drive.

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finnbow
04-13-2016, 06:38 AM
Cool car. My best buddy has a Cooper S and it's a hoot to drive, kinda like a high-end go-kart.
catswiththum
04-13-2016, 07:52 AM
That's exactly what it feels like. It is a Cooper S - but an automatic. :( Easier for her, and if she's not happy I'm bunking outside with the raccoons.
catswiththum
04-13-2016, 07:54 AM
You Oligarch, you. Is she going to let you drive it?



Maybe- if I start showing a little more initiative with the household chores . . .
HarmanKardon
04-13-2016, 09:30 AM
Very nice little BMW! ;)

Anyway - I like the classical Mini Cooper S more... without all the nowadays gimmicks...
BlueStreak
04-13-2016, 09:44 AM
I've heard the maintenance is expensive.
Pio1980
04-13-2016, 09:50 AM
Very nice little BMW! ;)

Anyway - I like the classical Mini Cooper S more... without all the nowadays gimmicks...

Were tho 0ld ones "British sports car" in the 'fix it on Saturday, drive it on Sunday, repeat' sense?

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Pio1980
04-13-2016, 09:50 AM
I've heard the maintenance is expensive.

It is, according to one former owner.

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whell
04-13-2016, 12:08 PM
Congrats.

Tried to fit in / drive one of those one time. At 6' 6" tall, it was...putting it mildly...a bitch. But it looks like it would be fun to drive.
icenine
04-13-2016, 12:18 PM
Mad Men had the ultimate comment about the quality of 1960 Jaguars.
Boreas
04-13-2016, 12:55 PM
Mad Men had the ultimate comment about the quality of 1960 Jaguars.

What was it.
nailer
04-13-2016, 02:29 PM
What was it.

Sucks, thus saving lives.
icenine
04-13-2016, 02:35 PM
What was it.

I would ruin it if I told you.
It is sort of a spoiler. Suffice it to say that the agency has both a Ford account and a Jaguar account and one of the guys with a loaner from Jaguar has a sort of ironic encounter with the British product's perceived lack of reliability, which is a point made in the series.
Boreas
04-13-2016, 02:45 PM
I would ruin it if I told you.

What's "it"?
nailer
04-13-2016, 02:52 PM
What's "it"?

Which it?
Rajoo
04-13-2016, 02:57 PM
I have heard that the older Jaguars are very nice cars with a Chevy motor in it. Otherwise they are still nice to look at. :)
Boreas
04-13-2016, 03:06 PM
I have heard that the older Jaguars are very nice cars with a Chevy motor in it. Otherwise they are still nice to look at. :)

There used to be kits fro installing small-block Chevys in XKEs. The Chevy engine rediced the weight of the car considerably.
MrPots
04-13-2016, 04:08 PM
I would ruin it if I told you.
It is sort of a spoiler. Suffice it to say that the agency has both a Ford account and a Jaguar account and one of the guys with a loaner from Jaguar has a sort of ironic encounter with the British product's perceived lack of reliability, which is a point made in the series.

Even back in the 70's the running joke was you better have a mechanic on your payroll if you buy a Jag....

But contrats on the new ride Cats. I've always like the mini, seems like a nice well built car.
Rajoo
04-13-2016, 04:19 PM
Even back in the 70's the running joke was you better have a mechanic on your payroll if you buy a Jag....

But contrats on the new ride Cats. I've always like the mini, seems like a nice well built car.

After all it's a Beamer ground up. Only mini part is the size and shape. ;)
Pio1980
04-13-2016, 05:04 PM
There used to be kits fro installing small-block Chevys in XKEs. The Chevy engine rediced the weight of the car considerably.

As well as value and desirability. Minus the XK mill, it's not really a Jag.

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d-ray657
04-13-2016, 05:07 PM
I would ruin it if I told you.
It is sort of a spoiler. Suffice it to say that the agency has both a Ford account and a Jaguar account and one of the guys with a loaner from Jaguar has a sort of ironic encounter with the British product's perceived lack of reliability, which is a point made in the series.

As I recall, the Jaguar account had something to do with Red getting a partnership.
icenine
04-13-2016, 06:23 PM
As I recall, the Jaguar account had something to do with Red getting a partnership.

If you mean Joan no...she slept with the owner of a chain of NY
car dealerships to gain a share of the firm.

Unless that guy had the Jaguar dealerships...anyway I am talking about Lane.
nailer
04-13-2016, 08:43 PM
If you mean Joan no...she slept with the owner of a chain of NY
car dealerships to gain a share of the firm.

Unless that guy had the Jaguar dealerships...anyway I am talking about Lane.

As was I above. Failed suicide attempt due to car failure.
d-ray657
04-13-2016, 10:38 PM
If you mean Joan no...she slept with the owner of a chain of NY
car dealerships to gain a share of the firm.

Unless that guy had the Jaguar dealerships...anyway I am talking about Lane.

I know the episode you are talking about. It makes one grateful to not have a materialistic spouse.

I do think that the slimeball dealer sold Jags. Might have to revisit Madmen some day.
catswiththum
04-14-2016, 07:26 AM
I've heard the maintenance is expensive.

Well, the engine is solid, the interior and exterior in awesome shape. With our cars I try to do most of the remove and replace on the components that eventually wear out myself (steering components, alternators, shocks, etc.)

If I had to take them to the shop every time something gave out I'd be living in a van down by the river . . . :D
nailer
04-14-2016, 12:43 PM
After all it's a Beamer ground up. Only mini part is the size and shape. ;)

Mini Cooper - The Penultimate Driving Machine
Boreas
04-14-2016, 01:49 PM
Mini Cooper - The Penultimate Driving Machine

What comes next.
donquixote99
04-14-2016, 05:11 PM
James Bond car. Without a doubt.

http://s3.caradvice.com.au/thumb/480/240/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/Aston-Martin-DB10-design24.jpg
Pio1980
04-14-2016, 07:54 PM
Bumm, James Bumm.
Trying to remember which MAD installment skewered which 007.

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ebacon
04-14-2016, 07:54 PM
Sucks, thus saving lives.

HA!

That right there is funny. :D
sheltiedave
04-15-2016, 10:56 PM
They are a hoot to drive, just drive it in a manner where you can avoid the $8000 clutch job.
sanford12
03-14-2017, 10:37 AM
The CVT transmission in the early models was junk stay away from those.
barbara
03-14-2017, 11:54 AM
Have fun with your new car!
JCricket
03-14-2017, 04:26 PM
This wold be my preferred version of a Mini Cooper.
https://denver.craigslist.org/cto/6022983539.html

Of couse it wouldn't be quite as sporty, but it would be heck of a lot of fun to drive.

And no, this is not mine, I have just been eyeballing it a bit
donquixote99
03-14-2017, 04:39 PM
Oh, I do approve of station wagons. I sort of think I heard that those were't VW's finest moment, however....

But anything besides a sedan, if it's to be one's only car. If you're going to have a vehicle, it should have some ability to carry cargo....
merrylander
03-15-2017, 05:48 AM
Oh, I do approve of station wagons. I sort of think I heard that those were't VW's finest moment, however....

But anything besides a sedan, if it's to be one's only car. If you're going to have a vehicle, it should have some ability to carry cargo....

Or buy a 2000 Chev Impala - the rear seats fold down. I brought home an HP 36" plotter, its stand, the roll paper attachment and a dozen rolls of paper in mine. And the trunk lid was shut tight. Even with rear seats up the trunk is huge.

My beautiful candy apple red 1970 Meteor (Ford) hardtop rusted out so badly I feared having to slam on the brakes for fear the drive-train would stop but not the body.
Pio1980
03-15-2017, 09:27 AM
I have the 2004 Impala, fairly basic with cruise control.
I'd want another like it, but with assist handles.
The later fancier models have too much "stuff" to go wrong.
Rajoo
03-15-2017, 09:44 AM
This wold be my preferred version of a Mini Cooper.
https://denver.craigslist.org/cto/6022983539.html

Of couse it wouldn't be quite as sporty, but it would be heck of a lot of fun to drive.

And no, this is not mine, I have just been eyeballing it a bit

I had a 1971 baby blue version of it with AT, great vehicle for camping, could haul a lot of grear with a luggage rack, and surprisingly quiet for a rear engine VW. But not known for power nor handling, more like a grandpa car from my youth. Since I did all of the work, was quite inexpensive to maintain and I owned it for several years.