I Bought a Thing

"Trunk Impaired 318" (matteocscaptura)
11/10/2015 at 13:59 • Filed to: None

After what seems like an eternity of searching for a new car I finally decided to pull the trigger on one. While it wasn’t exactly the smartest buy of my life (never look at a car in the dark people) I’m pretty satisfied with my new toy. My goal was to find a car that could effectively be daily driven and put a smile on my face while doing so, which my ‘86 MR2 did wonderfully but after moving this past year my daily commute became much worse and I knew the MR2 wouldn’t be able to hold up. After falling in love with the cheap parts, great reliability and phenomenal driving dynamics the MR2 offered I decided to go with the almost exact opposite car. A front wheel drive, British built, not so reliable, expensive to maintain, box on wheels.

However, there is one great similarity between my new car and the MR2 and that’s their engines. While I was moping around in my naturally aspirated 1.6L 4AGE, there were other, luckier people who had a supercharged 1.6L 4AGZE. This time around, I made sure to get the car that had the supercharged 1.6L engine. I would imagine by now everybody knows exactly what my new car is so I suppose its time to unveil it (him, maybe).

Its a Mini Cooper S of course! After my test drive of the car, I knew I had to have it. I wont go into detail about the car now but for all of the little nagging issues that it has, an boy there are a lot of them, when you want to get on it, the car is more than happy to oblige. I think of it like a puppy because you can just sense that this car wants to play and hoon about. Now if only my wallet is prepared for what this car is going to do to me.......

DISCUSSION (11)

Arrivederci > Trunk Impaired 318
11/10/2015 at 14:43

Congrats! Fun little cars - hopefully it’s good to you!

wiffleballtony > Trunk Impaired 318
11/10/2015 at 14:43

For a moment, I thought you bought an iQ. Disaster averted.

Trunk Impaired 318 > Arrivederci
11/10/2015 at 14:45

Thanks! Im hoping its just like any other BMW an that as long as you do the proper maintenance like ze Germans intended theres not a whole lot to worry about.

Trunk Impaired 318 > wiffleballtony
11/10/2015 at 14:46

Haha that would’ve been terrible, but no just the first image that came up!

Rock Bottom > Trunk Impaired 318
11/10/2015 at 16:10

While they’re not Corolla reliable, they’re also not Renault Fuego un reliable. Keep up on the PMs and it’ll be fine and fun!

Trunk Impaired 318 > Rock Bottom
11/10/2015 at 17:38

I’ve been a BMW (older of course) owner/enthusiast for a long time now so preventative maintenance and general upkeep are second nature by now and with the Mini it’s basically all the same so I’m not walking into it blind!

MUSASHI66 > Trunk Impaired 318
11/10/2015 at 19:27

Congrats - this was my second choice, but I decided on an Abarth. Great looking color! I have a thing for gray cars..

Trunk Impaired 318 > MUSASHI66
11/10/2015 at 19:34

Thanks! I have a huge want for an Abarth but it didnt quite fit in the budget, one day though!

MUSASHI66 > Trunk Impaired 318
11/10/2015 at 21:18

Used is the way to go - they depreciate like insane!

Rock Bottom > Trunk Impaired 318
11/11/2015 at 09:35

Then you’re way ahead of me! I drove an early Cooper years ago and loved it. I felt the little supercharger was perfectly suited to the car and it sounded great.

Trunk Impaired 318 > Rock Bottom
11/11/2015 at 11:59

That it does!