mini cooper the excrement edition

[DimPrawn]

I knew a contractor that put down a deposit for the Mini Cooper S when it came out all those years ago, without test driving it, pre-launch.

When it arrived he drove it for a few weeks, took it back to the dealers and sold it. Horrific engine with awful noise.

Luckily they were so popular with idiots he got all his money back as people could jump the waiting list.

Now many years later, they are very costly to run, the engine is a joint development between Chrysler and Rover. Total piece of crap. Add the supercharger and you have a nightmare.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tritec_engine

BMW complained about the performance of the engine. According to Ward's Auto, Erich Sonntag of BMW described the Tritec engine as old fashioned and not very effective on function, performance and fuel efficiency

[FatLazyContractor]

£6500!

You is having a laugh! Extra 0 got in there somewhere...

You'd pay £650 for that ?!

That in hooker money is 20 Luton ones or 100 Hungarian lasses.

[vetran]

You'd pay £650 for that ?!

That in hooker money is 20 Luton ones or 100 Hungarian lasses.

£6.50 for a hookup?

blimey

[AtW]

Would rather have one of these;

https://www.ebay.co.uk/ulk/itm/222118648605

For a socialist monkey you've got unreasonable taste for luxuries.

[FatLazyContractor]

£6.50 for a hookup?

blimey

Information courtesy of my friend. He also said, "Welcome to Budapest".

[eek]

I knew a contractor that put down a deposit for the Mini Cooper S when it came out all those years ago, without test driving it, pre-launch.

When it arrived he drove it for a few weeks, took it back to the dealers and sold it. Horrific engine with awful noise.

Luckily they were so popular with idiots he got all his money back as people could jump the waiting list.

Now many years later, they are very costly to run, the engine is a joint development between Chrysler and Rover. Total piece of crap. Add the supercharger and you have a nightmare.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tritec_engine

Yep the R53 was a piece of tulip in more ways than 1. The R56 (drove one for a year) was a lot more fun 0-60 was far less time than the 7.1 implies...

[diseasex]

£6.50 for a hookup?

blimey

you can get a PRETTY hooker in Poland for 20-30£ ph. And i mean 18-23 one. Miss my country :S

[unemployed]

I knew a contractor that put down a deposit for the Mini Cooper S when it came out all those years ago, without test driving it, pre-launch.

When it arrived he drove it for a few weeks, took it back to the dealers and sold it. Horrific engine with awful noise.

Luckily they were so popular with idiots he got all his money back as people could jump the waiting list.

Now many years later, they are very costly to run, the engine is a joint development between Chrysler and Rover. Total piece of crap. Add the supercharger and you have a nightmare.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tritec_engine

i regularly walk past a bmw/mini show room and just laugh at the 29k asking price for that pile of junk

30k will buy you a proper car why the feck would anyone pay that for that tulip.

but then i noticed females drive them mostly

[AtW]

Yep the R53 was a piece of tulip in more ways than 1. The R56 (drove one for a year) was a lot more fun 0-60 was far less time than the 7.1 implies...

On the other hand RS3 and RS6 are great...

[FatLazyContractor]

you can get a PRETTY hooker in Poland for 20-30£ ph. And i mean 18-23 one. Miss my country :S

Are you the friend I often talk about?