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Offline winrya

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Help guys, found the perfect car for the missus but there's a problem
« on: January 08, 2011, 05:57:48 pm »
Hi all,

Sold the other halfs cooper s in the week and looking for a mini cooper diesel to replace it with.  Yes I know, diesel :sick: but 72mpg, £20 a year tax and £400 a year cheaper insurance :laugh:

Anyway we've found a car, it's fully loaded; xenons, panoramic roof, heated front windscreen, bluetooth, climate, auto lights and wipers, cruise, mfsw, low miles, pepper white exactly as the missus wants it, the correct wheels, BUT... it has a white roof?  I've never seen a white mini with a white roof and I'm sure it's going to look worse with having a huge slab of glass in the middle because of it. 

Are we mad not to buy the car because of a roof colour??

One of the only pics i could find on the net (not the car)


Any idea how much it would cost to have the roof wrapped as this could be a fix to this problem?


Cheers,

Ryan
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Re: Help guys, found the perfect car for the missus but there's a problem
« Reply #1 on: January 08, 2011, 06:02:35 pm »
Wouldnt let the roof put you off - like you say wrap it for a few hundred quid tops and job done!
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Re: Help guys, found the perfect car for the missus but there's a problem
« Reply #2 on: January 08, 2011, 06:03:59 pm »
Yeah £100-£150 to get the roof done,no point in losing the car for a simple fix :grin:
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Re: Help guys, found the perfect car for the missus but there's a problem
« Reply #3 on: January 08, 2011, 06:05:42 pm »
Quote from: too hot on January 08, 2011, 06:03:59 pm
no point in losing the car for a simple fix :grin:

+1  :happy2:
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Re: Help guys, found the perfect car for the missus but there's a problem
« Reply #4 on: January 08, 2011, 06:07:56 pm »
That roof would cost about 80 quid to wrap.

I like it how it is though lol
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Re: Help guys, found the perfect car for the missus but there's a problem
« Reply #5 on: January 08, 2011, 06:15:50 pm »
Yeah, I think it looks OK tbh
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Re: Help guys, found the perfect car for the missus but there's a problem
« Reply #6 on: January 08, 2011, 06:23:11 pm »
whats wrong with the white roof?? looks good.

where is it?? looks like some western cowboy town  :signLOL:
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Re: Help guys, found the perfect car for the missus but there's a problem
« Reply #7 on: January 08, 2011, 06:24:56 pm »
By the way, do you live in the 1930s?  :grin:

Also pretty much every new mini I see has a white roof.   :wink:

EDIT: Hold on a minute, is that some one sat in the boot of that old car???   :signLOL:
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Re: Help guys, found the perfect car for the missus but there's a problem
« Reply #8 on: January 08, 2011, 06:39:21 pm »
The background does look odd - everything just lookss dated - quite a smart shot really!
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Re: Help guys, found the perfect car for the missus but there's a problem
« Reply #9 on: January 08, 2011, 06:49:04 pm »
Lol, as said it's the only pic i could find, does look a rather random place.

I'm gonna stick the deposit down when they open in the morning and go down and see it when it comes in friday.  White roofs on white mini's appear to be rare, there are 2 for sale in the country on autotrader at the moment.

Cheers for the input guys.  Knowing our luck we will get there and it will have a wood interior and brown seats :laugh:
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Re: Help guys, found the perfect car for the missus but there's a problem
« Reply #10 on: January 08, 2011, 06:55:17 pm »
I am not sure how it works with the pano roof but i seem to recall even BMW do special vinyl kits for the roof
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Re: Help guys, found the perfect car for the missus but there's a problem
« Reply #11 on: January 08, 2011, 07:35:06 pm »
Quote from: winrya on January 08, 2011, 06:49:04 pm
Lol, as said it's the only pic i could find, does look a rather random place.

I'm gonna stick the deposit down when they open in the morning and go down and see it when it comes in friday.  White roofs on white mini's appear to be rare, there are 2 for sale in the country on autotrader at the moment.

Cheers for the input guys.  Knowing our luck we will get there and it will have a wood interior and brown seats :laugh:

There's a White roof on the one I have for Sale!  :wink:

http://www.mk5golfgti.co.uk/forum/index.php/topic,23557.0.html
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Re: Help guys, found the perfect car for the missus but there's a problem
« Reply #12 on: January 09, 2011, 11:29:56 am »
Ok guys, another problem - it has half red leather seats which both of us dislike!  Time to walk? :confused:
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Re: Help guys, found the perfect car for the missus but there's a problem
« Reply #13 on: January 09, 2011, 11:41:12 am »
Why do you dislike the seats you will be sat on them so can't see them  :confused:  :wink:
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Re: Help guys, found the perfect car for the missus but there's a problem
« Reply #14 on: January 09, 2011, 02:14:32 pm »
Quote from: Hedge on January 09, 2011, 11:41:12 am
Why do you dislike the seats you will be sat on them so can't see them  :confused:  :wink:

Haha, that's what I'm telling the missus, plus the fact they are more like 20% leather than half leather :smiley:
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