I love mini's, but the countryman has fallen out of the ugly tree, twice

what do you expect its owned by the krauts  rainy-city
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It's a real shame what's happened to the Mini. Let's not forget that it was totally designed by Rover Group and i thought it kept some of the original Mini magic in the modern day. That car i think, could have been the saving of Rover but for some short sighted thinking.
Sales proved it to be so.
Anyway, i loved it, we bought one, it's 52 reg in the best colour red and still looks wonderful.

Now BMW are trying to make it as ugly as 3 series, 5 series, ad nauseam.

Such a shame, i could almost  Another member of the failed FL2 clutch/DMF club, twice.

Agree Pegleg, the "original" new Mini has a huge amount of character which the later BMW-only models just don't have. I've got a first generation Cooper S Works and I love it to bits

Martin,
Went on track day a few years ago with a supercharged and broke the gearbox.
Along with three others. That box ain't up to 160 odd bhp.

Great car though, great fun, didn't half make me smile. Another member of the failed FL2 clutch/DMF club, twice.

Well mine's doing fine with 210 bhp

Let me have a go please!!!!!
I'll break it!
Good man, nice to know you're another Mini fan . Another member of the failed FL2 clutch/DMF club, twice.

Never been a BMW mini fan, looked at one for the wife but it just didn't do it for me, if it had a roof, the convertibles though were a little more pleasing if the roof was down though Former Mod/Member, with the most post & Chicken George Arch nemesis

Nick,
You need to drive one, the car is full of character. It's also a looker, at least in my eyes.
We've also got an old MX5 which is also great fun but not as much as the Mini. Another member of the failed FL2 clutch/DMF club, twice.

The one I was driving up until May 2010:

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Very nice. Dunno how you could have parted with such a beaut  Another member of the failed FL2 clutch/DMF club, twice.

Pegleg wrote:

Very nice. Dunno how you could have parted with such a beaut

Thanks. If you think it was sad having to part with it from that photo, check out what it looked like underneath, even after I'd done 47,000 miles in it:

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The thing that killed it for us in the end was simply the lack of space; neither my wife, or my daughter, wanted to sit in the back anymore

Tigger wrote:

The thing that killed it for us in the end was simply the lack of space; neither my wife, or my daughter, wanted to sit in the back anymore

So why did you part with the car?

Looks a lovely example. Bet you had no problem selling. Another member of the failed FL2 clutch/DMF club, twice.

Pegleg wrote:

It's a real shame what's happened to the Mini. Let's not forget that it was totally designed by Rover Group and i thought it kept some of the original Mini magic in the modern day. That car i think, could have been the saving of Rover but for some short sighted thinking.
Sales proved it to be so.
Anyway, i loved it, we bought one, it's 52 reg in the best colour red and still looks wonderful.

Now BMW are trying to make it as ugly as 3 series, 5 series, ad nauseam.

Such a shame, i could almost

Excelent post & spot on. BMW took all the credit but I love telling owners of the latest incarnation who actually designed it. It was due to be built in CAD2 at Longbridge, I went in there back in 2004 but we know the end result !!

BMW have in recent years totally ruined an Icon then I saw the coupe on TV last night  (Past) Freelander 2 HSE 2010 MY In Rimini Red.
(Past) RR Evoque Dynamic Lux Si4 In Firenze Red.
(Past) RR Evouque Pure Tech in Barollo Black with bespoke Firenze Red colour coding.
(Present) Freelander Metropolis 2015 MY In Santorini Black with Ivory Premium Leather.

EV,
I used to visit Longbridge regulary as part of my job. This was some years after the 'troubles'.
I thought Rover had begun to turn things around, R600 wasn't a bad car and R75 was a big improvement.
When i first saw the Mini, you knew instantly that it would sell and the team at Canley had surely come up with a winner.

There are those in high places who should be ashamed at the events since the Mini was conceived.

Longbridge was special place to me, difficult to explain why. Maybe it's the history and Stanley Edge had his first job there!! Another member of the failed FL2 clutch/DMF club, twice.