New to the board. My husband and I just bought our 15 year daughter a 2008 MINI non S. Nooooo S for her lol. We previously owned a 2007 MINI Cooper S that we modded out, but traded it for a new Mustang GT. I do miss my S. We do have a 1972 Austin Mini which is my baby. My husband bought Classic for me when he got back from Iraq in 2010 and now he bought our daughter a MINI this year after his tour in Afghanistan. We end up with Minis after deployments lol.