[Jase]

Geez! My dad will probably never let me drive the Mini once he gets it, let alone buy me one! For some reason he doesn't trust other people with 'his' belongings. Probably has something to do with my sister sticking the hose up the exhaust pipe of the year old bmw 5 series one day when she was washing it. Her excuse? "It was dirty". LOL!

Over in the UK you can purchase a street legal, race ready John Cooper S pack - included in the price is the entry fee for a race series. The car includes a removable rollcage - so you can put it in for a race and out when you're going to and from work etc. I can't recall exactly, but I believe the car was stock, bar the rollcage and other race mods. I imagine if BMW did that here it would be very popular.