A Stereo Shop Flooded And Totaled My Mini
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My first new car was a 2004 Mini Cooper S. I did a factory order and waited three months for it. Three years later it was declared a total loss due to flooding, but the terminal water damage inside wasn’t a result of the usual causes.
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Long before I came up with the idea of becoming a professional car shopper, I was a kid fresh out of college making “real job” money. It was nothing too impressive, as the starting salary for an English teacher was about $45,000, but it was more than I ever earned. Naturally, I wanted to spend a chunk of my income on a car payment. This was not the smartest financial decision, since my 1995 Prelude Si was running just fine, but I wanted to treat myself to a “grownup” purchase and having recently seen
The biggest update is an updated 8.8-inch touchscreen infotainment system.
It is powered by a 231PS/320Nm 2.0-litre turbo-petrol engine, with 6-speed manual and 8-speed automatic transmission options.
The Mini JCW can also be availed with new optional adaptive suspension.
India-spec JCW could get the same updates by the end of 2021 or early 2022.
The MiniJohn Cooper Works is quite the potent hatchback, with go-kart-like handling prowess in a small package. Now, Mini has enhanced that hot hatch experience by giving it a mid-life refresh. And it s a decent set of updates that make it more appealing than ever before.
Up front, it retains that nice blend of cutesy, yet aggressive hatch, with round LED headlights and the sporty front grille, that now extends further down the front bumper. Complementing the grille are large air intakes, and more openings around the bumper. A revised diffuser rounds off the exterior changes.
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Mini Coopers
Mini Coopers are one of my favorite cars. I ve had three of the later version.not the original. I sat in an original but my knees hit the steering column. My favorite was a Blue supercharged version (that s what the S stands for in the name plate) and it was like driving a Formula 1 car. So much fun that it produced 3 tickets the first year I had it. So it had to go. It had the white stripes down the hood which was BMW s ode to Race Driver John Cooper who raced the early minis to great success and all his race cars had that same stripe on them. Later, I had a Red one that had some mechanical issues but was what I used to teach my daughter how to drive a stick. She actually learned in a VW bug to start with (story another time) This time it went much better and we had a blast. I sold it because I really needed an automatic. The last one I owned was a silver one and was also a non supercharged one. Still fun but no race car. I suspect I will get another one, probably new