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Old 01-04-2011, 07:02 AM
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New guy from Europe

Hi y'all,

I'm Floris from The Netherlands (wich is the country of Amsterdam, legal weed and hookers.. Tulips, wooden shoes and somewhere in Europe, across the waters ). Anyway, I'm new :P

I've bought a US-model R53 MCS last week in dark grey:


Well as I'm planning to do as much of the maintenance as I possibly can, I'm really looking for help finding the right OBDII-scanner, I've read that Equus won't really work on any Mini for example.

Changes/mods planned for this year:
  • Renew oil
  • Renew filters
  • New CAI
  • New brake-disks and brake-pads for the front of the car
  • New spark-plugs
  • Fit a MFS, enable cruisecontrol and audio-functions (maybe the phone too)


So ehr.. Hi! Hopefully somebody can tell me about the OBDII scanners and let's ride!
 
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Old 01-04-2011, 07:06 AM
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nice one!!!
there is something between christmas time and buyng mini cooper
 

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Old 01-04-2011, 09:13 AM
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Originally Posted by kriss
nice one!!!
there is something between christmas time and buyng mini cooper
Best time to buy a car is between christmas and new years
Also my girlfriend wrecked her car just beforre christmas. A tiny little VW Lupo (not sold in the US) with 100BHP. A van pulled out from behind a building onto the road she drove on, entirely his fault, but still: a lot of hassle. (She's allright by the way, just a little shaken)

I've been told by a parts seller today that an ODBII scanner would be just about worthless for me. I still don't know
 
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Old 01-04-2011, 09:23 AM
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Great looking car! I was in Amsterdam and all over Western Europe in September, beautiful scenery, friendly people, and the coffee shops were nice too! Welcome!
 
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Old 01-04-2011, 09:27 AM
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horror.

good luck with new car!!!
 
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Old 01-04-2011, 10:25 AM
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Welcome from Hawaii! Good lookin MINI!
 
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i like the intro.....hahah couldnt have said it better myself
 
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Your post made me laugh out loud.

Beautiful MINI!!

 
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Old 01-04-2011, 09:30 PM
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Welcome to the forum Floris!
 
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Old 01-05-2011, 11:27 PM
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Welcome to the forum, good looking MINI.
 
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