Hi all, thought I'd better say hello and thankyou to all of you since over the past couple of months I've learnt lots of useful things about the 500.

My wife has been after one for a while, when the iDeal came out we decided to go for a test drive and now we've got a 1.2 Pop in Bossa Nova White coming with air con, tan leather, interscope and 15" alloys for her.

However in an unexpected twist I ended up trading in my 5 year old Mini and ordering a 1.4 By Diesel in green with climate control for myself!

So that's 2 500's ordered then. Does that make it a thousand?

Bianchiboy said:

So that's 2 500's ordered then. Does that make it a thousand?

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No.
What it does mean however is you have the coolest drive in your area.

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Welcome and congrats on the purchase... how cool is your drive gonna look? Don't forget to show us pictures when the twins finally arrive!

Thanks guys, I will post lots of piccies when we get them, the dealer thinks sometime this month fingers crossed.
I'm going to organise some runs out for anyone interested after I've put a few miles on mine, I used to do plenty of runs in my old Mini and would rather like to contribute a bit to the social scene surrounding the 500.
I'm near Leeds but I'll get a show of hands for something nearer the time.
I am also probably going to do a bit of modifying to the By Diesel - I've done lots in the past to other cars I've had, my old Mini made the front cover of Go Mini magazine. Possibly coilovers, brake kit and a nice SQ based ICE system - I had Genesis Dual Mono amps, Nakamichi HU and Dynaudio speakers in my last car so I'll do something similar to the 500 when time and money allow.
More expense then!
(Don't be surprised to see threads from me in the future entitled "Help I've dismantled my car and don't know what to do" and so forth!!! )

Well itll be nice to have some more northern members, Ive just been down to the new forest from North Nottinghamshire to meet up with some other members! Quite a few people on here have added suspension mods etc so I'm sure youll find lots of interest and help! Dont ask me tho the most Ive done is add some chrome wing mirrors lol

Welcome! Looking forward to hearing what you do to the car - I'm not a technical car person at all so it's all a bit of a mystery to me!

Heidi said:

Welcome! Looking forward to hearing what you do to the car - I'm not a technical car person at all so it's all a bit of a mystery to me!

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...and that includes washing it!

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Congrats on your purchases I hav'nt got one yet but hope too

Will they have names to match ..........Dolce & Gabbana ???

suzey said:

Will they have names to match ..........Dolce & Gabbana ???

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That's a good idea, but since they don't quite match we may call them Batman & Hutch!

Bianchiboy said:

That's a good idea, but since they don't quite match we may call them Batman & Hutch!

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Bianchiboy said:

That's a good idea, but since they don't quite match we may call them Batman & Hutch!

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