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Old 03-09-2013, 03:47 AM
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Hi all,

I just bought a red 2013 MINI Cooper S this Tuesday, 3/5, with 4 miles on it. I never owned a car this new before. Yay!!! Previously, I owned a 97 BMW Z3 which was a lot of fun but not practical as I have two kiddies.

Anyhoo, just wanted to say hi to all of you.

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Old 03-09-2013, 04:29 AM
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Welcome! I'm not too far away from getting my own new MINI. Show off your new baby, we like pictures here!
 
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Old 03-09-2013, 05:34 AM
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I plan to take some pics today!
 
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Old 03-09-2013, 05:43 AM
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Welcome! I'm sure you'll find this forum to be a wealth of information and, most likely, the cause of your tinkering flu contraction. LOL

Thanks to these guys, I've got a 2012 Cooper S that has 16k miles on it that's been out of warranty for 4 months. LOL

Happy Motoring!
 
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Old 03-09-2013, 06:54 AM
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Congratulations! Your kids will love the MINI as much you do!
 
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Congrats and Welcome aboard. Good luck.
 
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Old 03-09-2013, 07:35 AM
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Old 03-09-2013, 05:07 PM
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Here are some pics from today as promised!!
 
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Very nice and so is your MINI
 
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Congrats! I'm a new owner of a Chili Red/Black MINI as well (though not the S, nice choice)!
Have you named it yet?

Happy Motoring!
 
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Damn 4 miles... Mine had 6. Ugh.

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Old 03-10-2013, 10:05 AM
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Originally Posted by Immutable
Congrats! I'm a new owner of a Chili Red/Black MINI as well (though not the S, nice choice)!
Have you named it yet?

Happy Motoring!
Yep, I'm naming it after myself, so it'll be called GeekGirl
 
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Old 03-10-2013, 10:05 AM
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Damn 4 miles... Mine had 6. Ugh.

Welcome!
It was 12 before I drove it off the dealership
 
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I'm curious as to what makes you a geek. Welcome to these forums. I'm a geek myself in many aspects
 
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Old 03-10-2013, 12:12 PM
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I'm curious as to what makes you a geek. Welcome to these forums. I'm a geek myself in many aspects
I'm an IT Director for a major university. That makes me a geek
 
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Welcome Clare! She looks great! Happy Motoring!!
 
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Congrats and welcome!
 
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Very Nice
 
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I created the following block ASCII art based on the original human evolution art...

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Originally Posted by Clare Din
I created the following block ASCII art based on the original human evolution art...

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pretty cool. haven't seen an original asc art in a long time. I'm geek as well but just for comp gaming. at least I can build my own
 
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Old 03-11-2013, 11:34 AM
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welcome to the board, GeekGirl...
 
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Old 03-11-2013, 12:28 PM
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Welcome, Clare. I'm also IT in education.

Hopefully, your kids stay mini for a while. There's NO room in these back seats. Unless, of course, you're mini and skootch way forward?
 
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