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Ferg's Volcanic Orange & Black F56 MINI Cooper 'Mango'

Postby MiniMpi » Wed Feb 17, 2016 5:19 pm

I took delivery of my latest MINI yesterday.
I ordered an F56 MINI Cooper Petrol in Volcanic Orange with a Black Roof.
Thrilled with the car ! :)
I bought it from Morrison MINI in Cahir and Caroline the salesperson was just outstanding from start to finish.
Constant updates on where it was in production etc etc.
Highly recommended.
Going to call it Mango :)

Some photos of the collection yesterday.

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Re: Ferg's Volcanic Orange & Black F56 MINI Cooper

Postby jordanfaf » Thu Feb 18, 2016 2:56 pm

Congrats! Looks brilliant in the orange. Is the cooper Engine the same 1.5 used in the Bmw I8, or am i mis informed??
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Re: Ferg's Volcanic Orange & Black F56 MINI Cooper

Postby MiniMpi » Thu Feb 18, 2016 3:02 pm

It is the same engine, just uprated in the i8.
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Re: Ferg's Volcanic Orange & Black F56 MINI Cooper

Postby Vexorg » Sat Feb 20, 2016 6:52 pm

Happy driving Ferg, any upgrades planned?
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Re: Ferg's Volcanic Orange & Black F56 MINI Cooper

Postby MiniMpi » Mon Feb 22, 2016 9:14 pm

Thanks Gerry !
Not a lot to be honest as i'm very happy with it.
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Re: Ferg's Volcanic Orange & Black F56 MINI Cooper

Postby bomber01 » Wed Mar 02, 2016 11:50 am

Congrats Ferg,... nice colour, well ware.
did you get to keep the cover?? :1icon_idea:



john :D lol
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Re: Ferg's Volcanic Orange & Black F56 MINI Cooper

Postby MiniMpi » Fri Mar 04, 2016 11:26 pm

No sadly not John.
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Re: Ferg's Volcanic Orange & Black F56 MINI Cooper

Postby Masterbiker » Wed Mar 09, 2016 3:57 pm

Did they put the scratch resistant stickers on the door pillars yet Ferg?
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Re: Ferg's Volcanic Orange & Black F56 MINI Cooper

Postby MiniMpi » Wed Mar 09, 2016 7:44 pm

Masterbiker wrote:Did they put the scratch resistant stickers on the door pillars yet Ferg?


It's going up tomorrow to get it done Michael.
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Re: Ferg's Volcanic Orange & Black F56 MINI Cooper

Postby Masterbiker » Wed Mar 09, 2016 10:22 pm

Cools
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Re: Ferg's Volcanic Orange & Black F56 MINI Cooper

Postby MiniMpi » Fri Jul 22, 2016 12:41 am

Well there is nearly 15,000 km's on it now and I just Love this car !!! :)
It is just so nice to drive, the handling is great, the engine note from the 3 cylinder is very nice and it hasn't taken a drop of oil since I bought it.
I got the oil and filter changed at 14,000 km's as the condition based servicing is off the wall in that it is still saying another 20,000 km's before it's to get it's first oil change, so that would have been 34,000 km's !!! which is ridiculous and way to long. The oil would be like bovril !
To sum up, I'm very happy indeed :)
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Re: Ferg's Volcanic Orange & Black F56 MINI Cooper

Postby MiniMpi » Sun Jul 09, 2017 1:31 am

I traded in Mango last Wednesday.
New thread started with it's replacement :

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Re: Ferg's Volcanic Orange & Black F56 MINI Cooper 'Mango'

Postby leyland » Sun Jul 09, 2017 11:48 pm

Ferg, Best of luck with the new purchase. Looks very nice indeed and we have being getting the weather to enjoy it with the roof down . Love the combination of colours you picked.
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Re: Ferg's Volcanic Orange & Black F56 MINI Cooper 'Mango'

Postby MiniMpi » Mon Jul 10, 2017 6:41 pm

leyland wrote:Ferg, Best of luck with the new purchase. Looks very nice indeed and we have being getting the weather to enjoy it with the roof down . Love the combination of colours you picked.


Many Thanks Richard.
Looking forward to seeing your Convertible also.
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