MAD IN NC said:
Nomis - thought you were going big on the GT.... now we see this :ack ?
I run a daily driver - which was the E60 M5 - however, I intended to change it soon-ish for something a little less thirsty (I do a fair few miles and European trips with work) and that replacement was is/will be the new TDV8 Range Rover.
However, Land Rover aren't releasing the TDV8 (a 2007 MY) until October and I was offered a very good price to sell the M5 now (while there is still a waiting list in the UK). So it gave me the perfect chance to enjoy a Cooper S for a few months! I've always wanted one but as it doesn't fall into the daily-driver genre, nor the special weekend genre, this gave me the perfect chance to own/drive one for 3-months and then get back into a proper mile-muncher.
The GT is still very much a 'coming soon' but I would never want to use it daily, in all weathers, and for all types of driving :thumbsup
As for the Mini, I took my wife out for dinner this evening and we took the Cooper S, rather than her SUV. We went off into the country and tooks some lovely back-roads. It's a big change from a proper sedan car but is a real hoot, fair power for it's size and handles like a go-kart. I'll be ready to get out of it in October, I'm sure, but for now I'm really enjoying it.
:banana
So not quite a Viper... but it's got some spirit nevertheless