Was it my computer playing funny games or was the thread moved back to Mini Chat for a short time last night? That's the bit I didn't understand?
It will always be a divisive issue.
I'm not sure what happened there, whether the forum did a backup or something, but nobody seems to know about it being moved back to Mini Chat.
And, for the record.
I'm actually coming around to buying a Mini Cooper S. My cousin-in-law is a specialist BMW service/repair garage and gets the odd one in there. I reckon the Cooper S or S Works would be a cracking track car for me. Stripped out, few decent upgraded bits and pieces, cage, buckets, harnesses etc. If I do it, I'll join one of the MINI forums though. 
I remember you saying about buying a Cooper S before. There are a couple of people where I work who have made a few mods. One guy has a GP2 which is standard. I was talking to him and his brother has a stripped out track weapon Cooper S, which cost him around 8k in total, and another guy there has a son with a GP1 also modded. I work in a company full of engineers and manufacturers though, so it's not that surprising that a few of them like to tinker with cars. I'd love a Cooper S or works, and came very close to buying one not too long ago, but backed out at the last second. To run one as a daily will be quite expensive, and with my other commitments I don't earn enough right now. If I get a better job, which I am hoping will happen so, I will look at this option again.
As for the direction of the site, Carlos I'm not going to discuss it with you if all you can do is reference other cars by the same manufacturer. That's ridiculous and doesn't prove anything. The MINI was the next Mini in the line, the Land Rover is a completely different car.
Just for the record, I have no problems with this site at all. It's well run, there is no swearing, its fairly well moderated and plenty of people contribute to the financing through TMF +. I also have no problem it staying just Classic Minis. Its the owners prerogative what they do with the site.