Mini or not

[GCA3N]

If you next car purchase was your last would you choose a mini?

[Smitty]

Yes - i'm pretty certain it would be a JCW, but I would be very tempted by a Focus RS. I think I would go for the Focus if I had the money to run 2 cars so I could keep my current MINI. :D

But unfortuantly i'm at least a year off being able to invest (and I use that word very lightly!) in a new car :frown::thud:

[KenL]

Is this poll money dependant?

[GCA3N]

Is this poll money dependant?


simple, if you had to buy your last car tomorrow, with your own personnel circumstances (ie funds family etc) would it be a mini?

[KenL]

simple, if you had to buy your last car tomorrow, with your own personnel circumstances (ie funds family etc) would it be a mini?

OK, given that I bought my current MINI 6 months ago, and nothing has changed, I would buy another Cooper S.

No real desire for a works as it is fast enough as it is.

I may spec some minor different things as my current car was one of the "credit crunch" stock cars.

[The Dogfather]

If it was my last car then no, I've always wanted to own something totally impractical like an Ultima.

[Delboy]

This is a bit weird - if I was buying my last car tomorrow then, unless I kick the bucket rather early, I'd need it to last a long time so perhaps a Toyota Avensis would be a sensible choice :lol:.

Having said that, some say the Clubman is an old man's car :rolleyes: so maybe that would work too ;).

However, I'd probably sell the kids and buy a Porsche 911 Turbo :D.

[GCA3N]

I'd probably sell the kids and buy a Porsche 911 Turbo :D.


:laugh::laugh:

[RyanK]

I want to leave the mini scene but I don't want to leave the mini scene :confused::lol:

[GCA3N]

I want to leave the mini scene but I don't want to leave the mini scene :confused::lol:


I know how you feel, mini is sometimes a bad addiction.

It's a gr8 car no doubt, well it's more than a car it's almost a way of life, there's just so much more for your money out there now.:eek: Sorry but it's true. Still love my baby though!:clap:

[Stewart]

When I bought my Cooper I did not even try the S or Works. I was just glad the car appeared to be as fun to drive as I had imagined. Thinking I’ve got some room here for improvement over some of the others, even with my driving style I seriously fancy a Cooper S in Gray.

Granted I’d only had the car a few weeks when we went to Durness but even at that stage I was thinking some of the S cars were stunning the more I seen them and it must be nice to have the extra power on tap.

[RyanK]

I know how you feel, mini is sometimes a bad addiction.

It's a gr8 car no doubt, well it's more than a car it's almost a way of life, there's just so much more for your money out there now.:eek: Sorry but it's true. Still love my baby though!:clap:

Got my opinion right down to a T there :thumbs up:

[GCA3N]

Got my opinion right down to a T there :thumbs up:


it's a terrible affliction.

I spent the best part of 17K on that mini and when you look and see what you can get for 17K it makes me shudder sometimes. However I know that if i went out there and say bought a 4 yr old M3 or similar I would regret selling my mini and miss it every day. It is a very unique car that makes me feel different when I drive it. I can accept spending more than I should My only wish would be that mini's were reliable and better built.

[doogz__]

Na, i'd either have a M5 or a RS4, if i had to keep it forever.

I'd like an RS6, but i don't do auto's.

[RyanK]

I want a Mk2 focus RS, can sense them falling in price next year! Theres too much going around imo for them to hold a steady value

Had a shot of one a few weeks ago and omg...

[antihero3000]

If its a forever car for me it'll be from Stuttgart :thumbs up:

[ianking]

Yeah I agree with you guys. I love my MINI and I love the passionate ownership that comes with them but however I aint buying a £25k small car again when I consider how much other car you can get for your £ and most other cars for that buck wont have interior rattles and other problems like the MINI has, and as such I voted NO.

[GCA3N]

Yeah I agree with you guys. I love my MINI and I love the passionate ownership that comes with them but however I aint buying a £25k small car again when I consider how much other car you can get for your £ and most other cars for that buck wont have interior rattles and other problems like the MINI has, and as such I voted NO.


Quite sad that you can't get good value for money.

[GCA3N]

I answered yes origonally but i think if push came to show I would probably go down the road of a 3 series convertable, audi convertable something like that.

[Delboy]

I answered yes origonally but i think if push came to show I would probably go down the road of a 3 series convertable, audi convertable something like that.

I guess hairdressing must run in the family..... :Whistle:

[Gismo]

It's a no from me

[koolsville]

No from me too, I will buy another MINI, but not if it was to be my last car ever.

[GCA3N]

I guess hairdressing must run in the family..... :Whistle:


That's nasty....:hand:

true....but nasty:lol:

[bry_mini]

as much as i love minis.....its a no for me!

[N16SHP]

I voted yes. There are loads of reasons why I would have another car (bigger boot, better passenger space etc) but thats not why we buy a Mini. Now I have found it, I couldn't drag myself away from the Mini-ness now!

I think the only thing I would change would be a few more optional extra's and probably a JCW!