Early R53 Cooper S Buying Advice

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    Quote Originally Posted by Crombers View Post
    What a find, you will not get any better re ownership, milage & colour. Not my car but I'd keep something this good as standard as possible
    I agree and where possible I'll be keeping it standard or close to standard. I even asked the owner if they kept the original exhaust when they upgraded to a Milltek but unfortunately not. It would have been good to have had the option to return it to standard. Although I'm not sure I'll be able to live with the minidisc option! It's a great period feature and maybe I'll be happy just listening to the supercharger whine

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    Quote Originally Posted by Sprockutt View Post
    I agree and where possible I'll be keeping it standard or close to standard. I even asked the owner if they kept the original exhaust when they upgraded to a Milltek but unfortunately not. It would have been good to have had the option to return it to standard. Although I'm not sure I'll be able to live with the minidisc option! It's a great period feature and maybe I'll be happy just listening to the supercharger whine
    Milltek is fine, I'd keep the appearance standard as cars like these are getting so rare & IMHO the rarity brings out more of the beauty of the R53.


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    Excellent News! Hope everything goes to plan. By the way, I really like the DT Edition, I’ve seen a few very positive reviews on YouTube which got me thinking. Luckily I took the ELFmobile out for a run and saved myself a ton of dosh. It was a close call though! The DT JCW is a fantastic piece of kit, a well thought out balanced conversion. It handles well, has enough grunt with the almost standard setup - it’s Warrantied - it sounds great and it looks fab with its lower, wider stance. Very tempting...

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    Quote Originally Posted by ELFMAN View Post
    Excellent News! Hope everything goes to plan. By the way, I really like the DT Edition, I’ve seen a few very positive reviews on YouTube which got me thinking. Luckily I took the ELFmobile out for a run and saved myself a ton of dosh. It was a close call though! The DT JCW is a fantastic piece of kit, a well thought out balanced conversion. It handles well, has enough grunt with the almost standard setup - it’s Warrantied - it sounds great and it looks fab with its lower, wider stance. Very tempting...
    Have been talking to Dave at Bimmerdeals and an updated LCI2 DT Edition is on its way

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    Quote Originally Posted by sprockutt View Post
    Have been talking to Dave at Bimmerdeals and an updated LCI2 DT Edition is on its way
    Brilliant. Any idea of arrival?
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    Quote Originally Posted by MINI William View Post
    Brilliant. Any idea of arrival?
    No, just that it will be updated over the coming months. Looking forward to seeing it though!

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    Quote Originally Posted by Alasdair JCW View Post
    Exciting times. Any details of the spec or are you keeping us all in suspense?
    I wish! Unfortunately I meant that I've just been keeping in contact with Dave at Bimmerdeals with a view to possibly ordering a JCW/DT Edition with him at some point. I actually seriously considered buying DT 001 that was used in all the promo's on YouTube. It was on as an approved used MINI about 6 months ago but it was a bit too pricey for my liking.

    The R53 is due to be collected next Saturday. It's been a long wait but hopefully it'll all be worth it in the end when I finally get my hands on it.

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