Mr G ,I love your red and white new cooper s (the exact same car I plan to buy in a couple of years),I'm 37 own 2 1275 LS 's an incredible silver one with 65 000km on the clock and a gold one I use daily but may sell soon,my best mate has a new mini convertable with a JCW works kit and every possible option which cost him $68 000,and it's brilliant ,it's even encouraged me to get a new mini(well a second hand cooper s ) for my 40th birthdaypresent I like minis old and new , we all work hard to get what we want ,I work in a service station ,have anice house ,a rental property (with mortgage),and have 3 kids ,so stop all the bagging of new mini's,my boss bags me every day,he hates pommy cars,he just likes toyotas and v8 Holdens,I just laugh we are all different and have different values, roll on the big 40 ,Tony
