gnat

Yes and I'm doing my best to not look at that window

Drew M

$11,250 right now....

DTMiller

He's adding cost of drinks with me. Budget blown.

gnat

I did fess up to ettil. Apparently her "you fvcking did what???" limit for a sight unseen car is $5k.

Whoops

Drew M

"You could not duplicate the build on this car at this price."


I love this comment because yes, you most certainly could.

Drew M

She can be mad now but she'll love it when she sees it.

Drew M

$16,500. Good lord.

gnat

I almost jumped back in at your 13 number 4 minutes before the close, but was beat to it. Definitely wasn't going higher than that for a car I know so little about though

Vancouver996

My Dad is English and not really a car guy .
One day my brother in law , dad and I were sitting onthe frount patio , the BIL and I were talking about cars .
Dad says "if I was to treat myself I'd get one of those new Cooper s minis . When I was in university in London the coolest car you could have was a Cooper s"

Dad would never spend money on something fun for himself .
So I started looking for used Cooper s cars .

Someone at the min club told be about the John Cooper works cars , in 2006 they made 64 jcw competition editions for the Canadian market as a tie in to the targa Newfoundland rally .
210 hp. (Regular cooper s is 170) Coilovers , big brake kit. Limited slip diff etc. plus all the luxury trim and jcw carbon fiber options .
I found one , # 48 .
All black , 40k miles on it .
I went up to kelowna to see it , bought it and one of the most fun trips I had was racing back to Vancouver , BIL in my 996 , me in the mini .
It's was like driving Darth Vaders go cart .
One of the last 50 cars built at Coopers shop in Oxfordshire , before BMW bought cooper out and moved the high performance conversions in house .

Fantastic fun car . We gave it to Dad for Christmas. And when Mum isn't racing around in it , he grins every time he gets behind the wheel .

I had a coulple hot mgbs and an original mini with a worked 1275 in it , the newer one is definitely more fun

wildbilly32

gnat: The 2CV didn't go much over your "unseen" limit!

Woodman71

I bought an '08 Mini instead of a 1996 C4, and I don't regret my decision one bit.

(Quietly weeps and takes another slug of Jack straight from the bottle.)

gnat

Oh it went well over my unseen limit for that car

I like it, but from the description and pics it has some issues that need to be addressed before I think it would be a reliable DD.

Had I been able to see it and get some good idea about fixing its rust, I may still have been interested at that price. I've gone through 2 rusty e30 iX cars, so I'm leery

Slakker

I may have experienced this same reaction from my wife a time or two in the last year.

VivG

I don't even want to think about how much I've dropped on cars purchased sight unseen this year....

For what it's worth, I /love/ old Minis, very much enjoy new Minis, and miss my 2007 MC quite a bit. It had to go to clear garage space for the 996 though, so in the end, probably worth it. I might consider an R56 Cooper S if I decide I want another subcompact.

Drew M

It's a nice car but somebody overpaid, in my opinion.