ehem I used to have a Mini. It cornered like mad, went pretty quick- but had no sound proofing to speak of, had a strange string thingie that closed the door and if you wanted to go any distance the best thing to do is to wear ear plugs - I went to see my sister in Colchester from where I lived (just outside London)- around 80 miles- and was so deafened that I couldn't hear what she was saying! The newer ones were much better and some of the specials even had proper door handles! (fact) The latest BMW mini are just the Bees Knees - as fast as the old mini and far more comfortable Dudley love your cars. What I would really like is a model of the MiniMoke - a sort of cross between a landrover and a Mini - If you are a viewer of sixties TV shows and you may have picked up a program called the Prisoner the little taxis in the village were minimokes. I'm doing some stuff for one of the fan sites and a minimoke could come in rather useful. PaulC