Mini - can you recommend a good forum ?

[Alan]

I want to research the Mini and I know a few of you have one or have researched them ... can you please tell me what forum you go to ...

thanks !!

[Plaz]

http://www.northamericanmotoring.com is the big US MINI forum. I spent time there long ago, haven't been there in quite awhile.

[Alan]

Thanks Plaz ... I did a search but came up with some sites with little traffic

[FC]

Originally Posted by Plaz

http://www.northamericanmotoring.com is the big US MINI forum. I spent time there long ago, haven't been there in quite awhile.

Although I have to say that I am disappointed with how little action there is on the classifieds. The MCS is posted there.

[Alan]

Originally Posted by FC

Although I have to say that I am disappointed with how little action there is on the classifieds. The MCS is posted there.

Did you try eBay ?



My daughter loves the Countryman and I wanted to research it. The thing that bothers me is it's kind of on the small side but with the awd it seems to sit higher and give a bigger presence plus the crash ratings were all good.

[JST]

Originally Posted by AF

Did you try eBay ?



My daughter loves the Countryman and I wanted to research it. The thing that bothers me is it's kind of on the small side but with the awd it seems to sit higher and give a bigger presence plus the crash ratings were all good.

I found that this was a really good forum for selling Minis.

AF, I had a love-hate relationship with our Countryman that devolved fairly rapidly into a hate-hate relationship, but most of that was down to the clutch feel and the infotainment system. Obviously the first isn't relevant if you're thinking automatic (though I have my own issues with BMW/Mini automatics), and I think they've improved the second.

Other than that, it was a tidy, appealing car. Small footprint but a decent amount of room inside, and reasonably good performance. It seems like a very good choice for a teenager.

[Josh (PA)]

The new clubman looks very well done. We spent a bunch of time playing with it at the car show. My wife and kids loved it.

[FC]

Originally Posted by AF

Did you try eBay ?

I haven't really tried to sell it at all. I just washed it last weekend and I am trying to detail it. I will try to post it on Craigslist and autotrader in the next couple of days.

[Alan]

Originally Posted by JST

I found that this was a really good forum for selling Minis.

AF, I had a love-hate relationship with our Countryman that devolved fairly rapidly into a hate-hate relationship, but most of that was down to the clutch feel and the infotainment system. Obviously the first isn't relevant if you're thinking automatic (though I have my own issues with BMW/Mini automatics), and I think they've improved the second.

Other than that, it was a tidy, appealing car. Small footprint but a decent amount of room inside, and reasonably good performance. It seems like a very good choice for a teenager.

You had 2 mini's or is the one you sold to FC a countryman, I always thought it was the regular Mini ... not that I know much about them I just learned recently there was a mini, a clubman and a countryman, the size of all of the Mini's freaks me out a bit, i'm trying to talk her into something bigger like a Little suv but we will go test drive cars when the time comes and see how it goes.


Meanwhile I have always wanted a mini in the family so it could work out pretty well.


Alan

[JST]

I had two; we sold the coupe to FC when we bought one of the first 2011 Countrymans.

Part of my frustration with the C'man was that dynamically it wasn't as much fun as the coupe, but that obviously won't be an issue if you aren't directly comparing them.