"New" Mini Owner

[Penny Louise]

Hey :bigwave: was recommended to sign up to the site by John Fallon who works for Peter Vardy Mini in Edinburgh

Have only recently joined the Mini world :smilewinkgrin: will post up some pics of my Cooper S in the gallery section shortly :)

[ianking]

Hello, welcome to NMS

[MINI William]

Hi and welcome to NMS

[Craig]

:welcome:

Looking forward to the pics!


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[GCA3N]

Welcome along, how r u enjoying the new mini then?

[Penny Louise]

put them up, had a bit of a problem uploading but got them fixed :)

The Mini's great, I love it!! Handles like a go-kart :D At first I found it a bit heavy on the fuel but have realised that it's only because I've been used the big tank in the Golf so was getting more miles to a full tank but because the Mini has quite a small tank, it feels like I'm forever at the petrol station... the joys eh!! Just got two new tyres for it today aswell, cos over the last few weeks, it's turned into RWD... lol

[Doug_m]

Welcome penny :)

[Gismo]

:welcome:

[AndyP & Lenore]

:welcome:

[Penny Louise]

thank you for the welcomes :)

[ELFMAN]

:welcome:
What year's the car? Is it a SliMINI (an R53 up to '06) :cool:, or a PhatMINI? (R56 - '07 onwards) :cool:.
If it's an R53, the fuel stops will unfortunately be more frequent! :hand:, but the fun will be worth it! :thumbs up: The later car's fun too - I should know! :smilewinkgrin:

[Penny Louise]

Can I ask why SliMINI and PhatMINI? Its an R53, 53 plate registered in 2004. Yeah, I'm assuming this is because the R53's were supercharged and the R56 is turbo'd therefore you can drive economically by staying off the turbo but the superchargers kick in pretty much straight away? Or am I talking mince? lol... sorry if I am! Still learning lol

[Gismo]

Can I ask why SliMINI and PhatMINI?SliMINI are the pre body change and the PhatMINI's are the newer type, fatter body type and not so well liked by a few, me included, though they are growing on me :lol:

[cooperchris]

Wecome to NMS

[Penny Louise]

SliMINI are the pre body change and the PhatMINI's are the newer type, fatter body type and not so well liked by a few, me included, though they are growing on me :lol:

Ah right okay... so its just really a nick-name thats been given to them? Well I dont really have a preference to be honest, if I had the money to throw about I would have gone for a newer one but the one I've got was in my price range and had reasonable mileage so Im happy :D

[Gismo]

Ah right okay... so its just really a nick-name thats been given to them? Well I dont really have a preference to be honest, if I had the money to throw about I would have gone for a newer one but the one I've got was in my price range and had reasonable mileage so Im happy :DAnd that's exactly what counts :thumbs up:

[Penny Louise]

And that's exactly what counts :thumbs up:

Plus it was a police officer from Kirkcaldy who had it before me so it's been well looked after :) Actually saying that, Police officers are worse lol

[N16SHP]

Hey, welcome along to NMS! Good to see you getting involved already, we're a friendly bunch!!

[Delboy]

Hello and :welcome:.

Hope you enjoy the site - don't be afraid to ask for advice, and it doesn't even have to be about your Mini :lol:.

[Penny Louise]

thanks, it seems quite a good site actually... I was registered on a few owners clubs when I had the Golf and they can tend to be cliquey... but this seems ok :)

[Penny Louise]

lol delboy, thanks - you'll find over time that Im not afraid to ask... cos I would rather ask if I don't know rather than making an arse of myself pretending I do lol

[RobSco]

Hi Penny Louise

Welcome to New Mini Scotland... :thumbs up:

:welcome:

[stoney]

:welcome: good to here a dealer is behind us :lol:

[ELFMAN]

thanks, it seems quite a good site actually... I was registered on a few owners clubs when I had the Golf and they can tend to be cliquey... but this seems ok :)

QUITE Good??? OK?????? :frown:
It's BRRRRRRRRRRRRIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIILLLLLLLLLLLLIIIIAA AAAAANNNNNNNNNT!:clap::lol:
Of course I'm in the 'I love NMS' clique! :smilewinkgrin::bigwave:

ps, I can't talk to you any more because I have a big fat R..:moonie:..56 and we don't talk to wee MINIs.

pps Seriously - I LOVED my R53, and I'm sure you will too - just get that Supercharger whining away and forget about the petrol! :thumbs up::D

[GCA3N]

Plus it was a police officer from Kirkcaldy who had it before me so it's been well looked after :) Actually saying that, Police officers are worse lol

Police officers are always careful drivers :Whistle:

[Craig]

Police officers are always careful drivers :Whistle:

Aye right !! :lol:

[GCA3N]

Aye right !! :lol:

:laugh:

:lol:

[audrey]

Hi :bigwave:

[JOHN MILNE]

:welcome::thumbs up:

[Penny Louise]

QUITE Good??? OK?????? :frown:
It's BRRRRRRRRRRRRIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIILLLLLLLLLLLLIIIIAA AAAAANNNNNNNNNT!:clap::lol:
Of course I'm in the 'I love NMS' clique! :smilewinkgrin::bigwave:

ps, I can't talk to you any more because I have a big fat R..:moonie:..56 and we don't talk to wee MINIs.

pps Seriously - I LOVED my R53, and I'm sure you will too - just get that Supercharger whining away and forget about the petrol! :thumbs up::D

LOL! thanks!

[rawtor51]

Welcome along:bigwave:

[Colin]

:welcome:

[John Fallon]

:welcome: good to here a dealer is behind us :lol:

Always supportive here - try to send as many new oners your way ;)

Welcome along Penny!

[Penny Louise]

Thanks John :D

[Flash_Amber]

:bigwave: Hi and welcome. I like both Mini styles fat ones and small ones. Hubby and I are lucky enough to have one of each, I have the R56 and he has the R50

[Duncan Stewart]

:welcome: