1st Gen 100K+ Just a little over 100K

when my car reaches 100k, im going to get it RMW tuned. that's for sure.
my koopa is at 75k right now, and ive only had it for a year.

can you believe it?
its a 2003 R50, but i bought it in Aug 08 with 48k.
not too bad right? 5 years, less than 50k

then....
exactly a year later, last august 2009, i found out it had reached like,
72k

did a lot of driving in that one year lol.

 

Thats amazing ! How much do you drive a day ???

 

Holy cow that's a LOT of miles!!! Good thing insurnace isn't milage-based. I'm the exact opposite. This is my 10th month with Spike and he's reached 2600 miles

 

First 3 years I owned Poco, I motored about 30k a year. In the last 3 1/2 years I've only put on 26k.

Mark

 

Wow, that's fantastic!! Congrats on 200k.......here's to 300k!!!! opcorn:

 

umm about 3-4 days a week i drive 50 miles 2 ways. i live 25 miles away from the college i go to, so driving back and forth really racked up those miles lol. luckily, a couple nights a week i spend the night at my cousin's place who lives right across the street from school so those few nights really help my gas usage.

and sometimes i may drive that direction not for school, but for my girlfriend. she's also about the same distance away and lives fairly near Mt. San Antonio College. and when im hanging out with her, were going everywhere in all directions! so i do a lot of motoring :cornut:

lol yes it a lot of miles. i honestly dont know how my isnurance is based because my parents are the ones who talked about that ish at the dealer hah. but i do know i have a warranty that backs any broken part, and if its over a certain number in $$$ (i think its like 200 or 500 dollar in parts&labor) then all i gotta pay up is 200 and all will be fixed.

dude, 10th month and not even 5000 miles. that's a miracle in my book :lol:
is everything you need to go to close to your home? my buddy with a honda fit put 5000 miles within the summer months hahha. he got his car in june and by the end of september it had 5000k.

 

I'm 9,000 miles away from 100K now myself. Wherever I am when it happens, I plan to stop then and there to commemorate the event. I plan to keep one of the metal 100K badges in the MINI so I will be ready to make the install on the spot.

I have the 100K and 50K badges in stock and also have matching hat/lapel pins:

100K and 50K badges

100K and 50K pins

 

I work 9 miles from home, when I do drive. During the summer I didn't drive (to work) once between June and Sept on account of being on my bike. I did do drive to hockey 2 or 3 times a week. That's one thing I can't do on my bike :frown2: When I traded in my 318is for Spike it was a 1991 and it had 45,000 miles on it

 

mannn i really want a bike for myself.
a sexy black GSXR 750 would be a dream.
saves me so much gas, and i got around quicker and will be easier to find parking spots.

 

Dude, I'm talkin pedal power!

 

Mark

 

omg.
xsmini, you just becamse my new hero lol.
now that i know that MINIs can last just as long as hondas can, i have nothing to worry about.
but i think that by the time my car hits 200k miles, i'll already have another car to make as my daily driver. the mini will be my beloved sacred car that will be carefully driven on a rare basis.

but what am i thinking?
that point in my life will probably be 10 years from now hah.

 

This is all great to hear, since I plan to keep my R52 and make it my "Classic."

 

i cant wait until its 2020 and my little Koopa will be all modded up and a true classic like the previous classic is now.

the R50 will be long gone within the next 10 years, sad as it is.
and knwoing that as a fact, ill keep mine forever

 

My R52 is a Cooper too.

 

Just got my badge, will post pics as soon as I get it installed.

Mark

 

high five for naturally aspirated MINIs!

 

Badge is wonderfully made, and looks GREAT!!!




Mark

 

MI MINI hit 100,000 miles today. I was crossing the Brent Spence Bridge going to a Cincinnati Bengals game.