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Offline wigit

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Re: The time has come...
« Reply #30 on: 25 May 2012, 11:21 »
Quote from: Edi35 on 24 May 2012, 23:56
For example I was on the school run this week and there were at least 15 Mini's at the school with half being convertibles, but only two GTI's  :smiley:

that sums my road up rather well given the number of people who work at Mini and take full advantage of their car scheme  :smiley:
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Offline PenguinGTI

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Re: The time has come...
« Reply #31 on: 25 May 2012, 21:46 »
Yep, Cooper S JCW I'm going for.

Quote from: The Doc on 24 May 2012, 12:57

I had a cooper s GP and it was awesome  :wink:

Brilliant cars. Would have loved to own one but unfortunately I do need more than two seats  :sad:
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Re: The time has come...
« Reply #32 on: 25 May 2012, 22:05 »
Girlfriend has mini one in lightening blue and I love it! Great fun to chuck about the roads! What's the difference between the cooper s, JCW s and GP??? Sorry, not too clued up on minis  :rolleyes:
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Offline PenguinGTI

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Re: The time has come...
« Reply #33 on: 26 May 2012, 13:31 »
Ok, simplest way is that there's two models. The R53 (Supercharged) and the R56 (turbocharged).

MINI One 1.4 (1.6 in the R53) 90-100bhp
MINI Cooper = 1.6 NA 130bhp (approx.)
MINI Cooper S = 1.6 turbo = 163-184bhp (depending on model and revision)
MINI JCW = 1.6 turbo (stronger engine block) = 211bhp
MINI GP = stripped out JCW (R53 only) = 218bhp

HTH.
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Offline p3asa

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Re: The time has come...
« Reply #34 on: 26 May 2012, 16:04 »
Any decent mini forums about till I have a nosy?
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Offline Ess_Three

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Re: The time has come...
« Reply #35 on: 26 May 2012, 16:35 »
Quote from: PenguinGTI on 26 May 2012, 13:31
Ok, simplest way is that there's two models. The R53 (Supercharged) and the R56 (turbocharged).

MINI One 1.4 (1.6 in the R53) 90-100bhp
MINI Cooper = 1.6 NA 130bhp (approx.)
MINI Cooper S = 1.6 turbo = 163-184bhp (depending on model and revision)
MINI JCW = 1.6 turbo (stronger engine block) = 211bhp
MINI GP = stripped out JCW (R53 only) = 218bhp

HTH.

I remember test driving a very late R53 JCW with the LSD and the shorter gearing the later cars had...and it was epic fun.
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Offline PenguinGTI

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Re: The time has come...
« Reply #36 on: 27 May 2012, 14:31 »
Quote from: p3asa on 26 May 2012, 16:04
Any decent mini forums about till I have a nosy?

MINI2 seems to be the biggest, but I've not really been on it. There's also NorthernMINI and NewMINIScotland, the latter of which I'm on.
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Re: The time has come...
« Reply #37 on: 27 May 2012, 14:34 »
Good fun car to replace the GTI if you don't need the rear space, good luck Mr Penguin  :smiley:
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Re: The time has come...
« Reply #38 on: 27 May 2012, 22:03 »
Quote from: PenguinGTI on 27 May 2012, 14:31

MINI2 seems to be the biggest, but I've not really been on it. There's also NorthernMINI and NewMINIScotland, the latter of which I'm on.

Cheers
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