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drinkingnick55555 · May 20th, 2007, 11:21 AM

derek just red ur spec give us sum pics before you put the side skirts and fogs on if posible. as white roof bonet stripes and crowns is exactly what im thinkin of having

wud love to c it exactly on the new model

. I was gonna go with black but after cing kenny and a few others changing my mind.

Regards

Nick

DerekH · May 20th, 2007, 09:33 PM

Hi Drinkingnick The car is ment to be for my wife but been hard to get her out of the driving seat , but the best bit was car was ready to pick up tuesday, and i was away tuesday with a few guys to Monte Carlo and still recovering yet was so good, got the car on Sat but still to get the Spot lights and skirts fitted as dealer was wanting to much so will sort out this soon also have stuff on at the weekend and work long hours during the week so might be a little time till i get the photo's.
The car makes you feel so good and the Sport button realy does work all the faults i have seen on the board don't seem to be there thank goodness engine is noisey slightly nothing to worry me though, the car looks great inside with Rooster Red colour line and standard Chequred dash and JCW mats look great. The problem will be getting my wife to take the BMW well thank goodness the Mini has only 4 Seats. The colour choice we have made we both realy like and the dealer had two more MCS's in chilli red so seem's to be getting more popular on the new MCS

drinkingnick55555 · May 21st, 2007, 10:54 AM

cool derek glad ur happy with it. If u get a chance stick sum pics up before the skirts and spots go on. Im interested in an exterior exactly like yours prior to skirts and spots so wud b great viewing for me, and im sure others on the board wud love to c it. Closest i have seen is kenny but he has white wheels on his S.

I quite like the fact that not many peeps seem to b going for red. Lets hope it stays that way and keeps are car's a little more exclusive.

everyone seems to go for the laser blue (which i did like but have now gone off) there r loads in this colour under a year old for sale i have seen.

All the best happy motoring

Nick

NLJCW · May 21st, 2007, 12:59 PM

Here is mine. Allmost 4 months old allready.
Still waiting for the JCW spoiler i ordered, and my car is getting lowered

eggtruck · May 21st, 2007, 04:37 PM

All that spec and no heated seats!!!??

DerekH · May 21st, 2007, 08:36 PM

Hi NLJCW very nice indeed how is it going i love those wheels how does it ride on the 18" wheels

NLJCW · May 22nd, 2007, 06:59 PM

Quote: Originally Posted by NLJCW (original)

Here is mine. Allmost 4 months old allready.
Still waiting for the JCW spoiler i ordered, and my car is getting lowered

I had heated seats in my last S JCW with the sparco seats, and never used it, so why pay more for something you don't use.

NLJCW · May 22nd, 2007, 07:04 PM

Quote: Originally Posted by DerekH (original)

Hi NLJCW very nice indeed how is it going i love those wheels how does it ride on the 18" wheels

I have more troubles with those trucklanes (don't know the exact english word) in the road then with my last R53 JCW, which also drove with the 18"R95
This car is more searching and directer on the steering wheel.

eggtruck · May 22nd, 2007, 07:46 PM

the heated seats in the R56 are very cosy and the buttons look good on the dash too.

DerekH · May 24th, 2007, 10:11 PM

Hi Guys & Girls the long awaited arrival arrived last Saturday. I had originally been looking at a cooper with extras but after making the mistake of driving the Cooper S first was hooked by its looks and performance and had a set budget as it was a car mainly for my wife and some fun driving for myself at the weekends.
Spec: MCS
17" Crown Spoke
Fog lights
Bonnet Stripes
Sports Steering Wheel
Rooster Red Colour Line
JCW Chequered Mats
Standard Chequered Dash and Seats
Passenger seat height adjustment
Spot lights to follow shortly (fitting myself)
Skirts to follow shortly after getting them at a reasonable price

Up in the North East of Scotland no major need for air conditioning and wanted the car to look nice without having to spend too much above the list price hope it has worked. I plan to keep the car for 4 years approx so not so much worried about not having a Chili Pack.

First impressions - Great car to look at all be it sitting a bit high on the wheels I think the side skirts may help make the car look lower. Inside the car I am very pleased with the interior look apart from the poor quality switches. I am glad to say up to now I have not seen any of the unfortunate problems other unlucky members have had long may it continue and the engine does sound slightly noisey compared to other 1600 engines but the ride on the standard suspension with the 17" wheels is very good but being quite honest anything would be better than my current E90 330d Sport its suspension is far too hard for the roads up here and is far harder then my last 330d sport. I will now have to persuade the wife to take the BMW more often as the car handles so beautifully and you just want to drive it all the time. Sorry for the delay with the photos was having a problem reducing the size of them on my computer. Full review to follow shortly.

mister.t · May 25th, 2007, 03:41 PM

Ooh eck DerekH very nice!!! Worth the wait then

jlove · May 25th, 2007, 03:47 PM

Got mine yesterday:

Chili Red/Black roof & mirrors
Chili Pack, Crown spoke 17's
Cloth/Rooster Red leather seats
Interior colour line Rooster Red (yes, it's very red)
Piano Black trim (... and very black)
Storage compartment pack
Bluetooth prep (incl. centre armrest & m/f steering wheel)
DAB radio
Auto-dim mirror
Darkened rear glass
Sports suspension
DSC
LSD

TLC

I need to run it in a bit before I have a real opinion.

DerekH · May 25th, 2007, 05:50 PM

Hi Jlove very good spec have you any pic's

eggtruck · May 25th, 2007, 06:50 PM

Takes about 2k miles for them to bed in properly. Thrash the life out of it until then and it will be super quick. Engines are factory run in now anyway.

jlove · May 25th, 2007, 06:50 PM

Quote: Originally Posted by DerekH (original)

Hi Jlove very good spec have you any pic's

I'll snap some over the weekend. It's not a million miles different to yours, apart from the black, that is! I think my first change is to get the Carbon Fibre air scoop... just to add some more black.

I've also got a 2004 Cooper that is red/white so went for the black as a change. As far as I'm concerned, the red or pepper white are the only 'true' Mini colours!

jlove · May 25th, 2007, 06:56 PM

Quote: Originally Posted by eggtruck (original)

Takes about 2k miles for them to bed in properly. Thrash the life out of it until then and it will be super quick. Engines are factory run in now anyway.

It's more the other mechanicals as well, the gear shift seems quite notchy. I've got to go up to Chesterfield next week so I may give it the motorway miles. It won't take me long; my Cooper now has 102,300 on it, in one month less than 3 years.

eggtruck · May 25th, 2007, 07:00 PM

im used to having company cars. They get thrashed from day one and do 90k miles in two years. Maybe the next owner gets the propbems!!

DerekH · May 25th, 2007, 09:16 PM

Hi Guys the car has been driven very slow for the first 250 miles the fun will start soon i hope

AndyBanks · May 25th, 2007, 09:40 PM

Just arrived today.....

DerekH · May 25th, 2007, 09:49 PM

Hi Andy thanks for posting your pic very nice a man of my own taste how is Mini adventure going.

May 21st, 2007, 12:59 PM	#104 (permalink)
NLJCW lets speed Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Eindhoven, NL Local Time: 06:00 AM Posts: 31 Offline	Here is mine. Allmost 4 months old allready. Still waiting for the JCW spoiler i ordered, and my car is getting lowered Attached Thumbnails

May 24th, 2007, 10:11 PM	#110 (permalink)
DerekH MINI2 Master Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Fraserburgh Local Time: 07:00 AM Posts: 827 Offline	Hi Guys & Girls the long awaited arrival arrived last Saturday. I had originally been looking at a cooper with extras but after making the mistake of driving the Cooper S first was hooked by its looks and performance and had a set budget as it was a car mainly for my wife and some fun driving for myself at the weekends. Spec: MCS 17" Crown Spoke Fog lights Bonnet Stripes Sports Steering Wheel Rooster Red Colour Line JCW Chequered Mats Standard Chequered Dash and Seats Passenger seat height adjustment Spot lights to follow shortly (fitting myself) Skirts to follow shortly after getting them at a reasonable price Up in the North East of Scotland no major need for air conditioning and wanted the car to look nice without having to spend too much above the list price hope it has worked. I plan to keep the car for 4 years approx so not so much worried about not having a Chili Pack. First impressions - Great car to look at all be it sitting a bit high on the wheels I think the side skirts may help make the car look lower. Inside the car I am very pleased with the interior look apart from the poor quality switches. I am glad to say up to now I have not seen any of the unfortunate problems other unlucky members have had long may it continue and the engine does sound slightly noisey compared to other 1600 engines but the ride on the standard suspension with the 17" wheels is very good but being quite honest anything would be better than my current E90 330d Sport its suspension is far too hard for the roads up here and is far harder then my last 330d sport. I will now have to persuade the wife to take the BMW more often as the car handles so beautifully and you just want to drive it all the time. Sorry for the delay with the photos was having a problem reducing the size of them on my computer. Full review to follow shortly. Attached Thumbnails

May 25th, 2007, 09:40 PM	#119 (permalink)
AndyBanks MINI2 Newbie Join Date: Mar 2007 Local Time: 07:00 AM Posts: 17 Offline	Just arrived today..... Attached Thumbnails Chilli Red Cooper arriving 25/05/2008 Andrew Banks Multimedia www.andrew-banks.co.uk

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May 20th, 2007, 11:21 AM	#101
drinkingnick55555 MINI2 Newbie Join Date: Apr 2007 Local Time: 07:00 AM Posts: 13 Offline	derek just red ur spec give us sum pics before you put the side skirts and fogs on if posible. as white roof bonet stripes and crowns is exactly what im thinkin of having wud love to c it exactly on the new model . I was gonna go with black but after cing kenny and a few others changing my mind. Regards Nick

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May 20th, 2007, 09:33 PM	#102 (permalink)
DerekH MINI2 Master Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Fraserburgh Local Time: 07:00 AM Posts: 827 Offline	Hi Drinkingnick The car is ment to be for my wife but been hard to get her out of the driving seat , but the best bit was car was ready to pick up tuesday, and i was away tuesday with a few guys to Monte Carlo and still recovering yet was so good, got the car on Sat but still to get the Spot lights and skirts fitted as dealer was wanting to much so will sort out this soon also have stuff on at the weekend and work long hours during the week so might be a little time till i get the photo's. The car makes you feel so good and the Sport button realy does work all the faults i have seen on the board don't seem to be there thank goodness engine is noisey slightly nothing to worry me though, the car looks great inside with Rooster Red colour line and standard Chequred dash and JCW mats look great. The problem will be getting my wife to take the BMW well thank goodness the Mini has only 4 Seats. The colour choice we have made we both realy like and the dealer had two more MCS's in chilli red so seem's to be getting more popular on the new MCS

May 21st, 2007, 10:54 AM	#103 (permalink)
drinkingnick55555 MINI2 Newbie Join Date: Apr 2007 Local Time: 07:00 AM Posts: 13 Offline	cool derek glad ur happy with it. If u get a chance stick sum pics up before the skirts and spots go on. Im interested in an exterior exactly like yours prior to skirts and spots so wud b great viewing for me, and im sure others on the board wud love to c it. Closest i have seen is kenny but he has white wheels on his S. I quite like the fact that not many peeps seem to b going for red. Lets hope it stays that way and keeps are car's a little more exclusive. everyone seems to go for the laser blue (which i did like but have now gone off) there r loads in this colour under a year old for sale i have seen. All the best happy motoring Nick

May 21st, 2007, 04:37 PM	#105 (permalink)
eggtruck The Estate Agent!! Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: South Coast Local Time: 06:00 AM Posts: 269 Offline	All that spec and no heated seats!!!??

May 21st, 2007, 08:36 PM	#106 (permalink)
DerekH MINI2 Master Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Fraserburgh Local Time: 07:00 AM Posts: 827 Offline	Hi NLJCW very nice indeed how is it going i love those wheels how does it ride on the 18" wheels

May 22nd, 2007, 06:59 PM	#107 (permalink)
NLJCW lets speed Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Eindhoven, NL Local Time: 06:00 AM Posts: 31 Offline	Quote: Originally Posted by NLJCW (original) Here is mine. Allmost 4 months old allready. Still waiting for the JCW spoiler i ordered, and my car is getting lowered I had heated seats in my last S JCW with the sparco seats, and never used it, so why pay more for something you don't use.

May 22nd, 2007, 07:04 PM	#108 (permalink)
NLJCW lets speed Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Eindhoven, NL Local Time: 06:00 AM Posts: 31 Offline	Quote: Originally Posted by DerekH (original) Hi NLJCW very nice indeed how is it going i love those wheels how does it ride on the 18" wheels I have more troubles with those trucklanes (don't know the exact english word) in the road then with my last R53 JCW, which also drove with the 18"R95 This car is more searching and directer on the steering wheel.

May 22nd, 2007, 07:46 PM	#109 (permalink)
eggtruck The Estate Agent!! Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: South Coast Local Time: 06:00 AM Posts: 269 Offline	the heated seats in the R56 are very cosy and the buttons look good on the dash too.

May 25th, 2007, 03:41 PM	#111 (permalink)
mister.t 5 days!! Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Nowhere exciting Local Time: 06:00 AM Posts: 6,328 Offline	Ooh eck DerekH very nice!!! Worth the wait then

May 25th, 2007, 03:47 PM	#112 (permalink)
jlove 3 JWL Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Salisbury Local Time: 06:00 AM Posts: 60 Offline	Got mine yesterday: Chili Red/Black roof & mirrors Chili Pack, Crown spoke 17's Cloth/Rooster Red leather seats Interior colour line Rooster Red (yes, it's very red) Piano Black trim (... and very black) Storage compartment pack Bluetooth prep (incl. centre armrest & m/f steering wheel) DAB radio Auto-dim mirror Darkened rear glass Sports suspension DSC LSD TLC I need to run it in a bit before I have a real opinion.

May 25th, 2007, 05:50 PM	#113 (permalink)
DerekH MINI2 Master Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Fraserburgh Local Time: 07:00 AM Posts: 827 Offline	Hi Jlove very good spec have you any pic's

May 25th, 2007, 06:50 PM	#114 (permalink)
eggtruck The Estate Agent!! Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: South Coast Local Time: 06:00 AM Posts: 269 Offline	Takes about 2k miles for them to bed in properly. Thrash the life out of it until then and it will be super quick. Engines are factory run in now anyway.

May 25th, 2007, 06:50 PM	#115 (permalink)
jlove 3 JWL Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Salisbury Local Time: 06:00 AM Posts: 60 Offline	Quote: Originally Posted by DerekH (original) Hi Jlove very good spec have you any pic's I'll snap some over the weekend. It's not a million miles different to yours, apart from the black, that is! I think my first change is to get the Carbon Fibre air scoop... just to add some more black. I've also got a 2004 Cooper that is red/white so went for the black as a change. As far as I'm concerned, the red or pepper white are the only 'true' Mini colours!

May 25th, 2007, 06:56 PM	#116 (permalink)
jlove 3 JWL Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Salisbury Local Time: 06:00 AM Posts: 60 Offline	Quote: Originally Posted by eggtruck (original) Takes about 2k miles for them to bed in properly. Thrash the life out of it until then and it will be super quick. Engines are factory run in now anyway. It's more the other mechanicals as well, the gear shift seems quite notchy. I've got to go up to Chesterfield next week so I may give it the motorway miles. It won't take me long; my Cooper now has 102,300 on it, in one month less than 3 years.

May 25th, 2007, 07:00 PM	#117 (permalink)
eggtruck The Estate Agent!! Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: South Coast Local Time: 06:00 AM Posts: 269 Offline	im used to having company cars. They get thrashed from day one and do 90k miles in two years. Maybe the next owner gets the propbems!!

May 25th, 2007, 09:16 PM	#118 (permalink)
DerekH MINI2 Master Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Fraserburgh Local Time: 07:00 AM Posts: 827 Offline	Hi Guys the car has been driven very slow for the first 250 miles the fun will start soon i hope

May 25th, 2007, 09:49 PM	#120 (permalink)
DerekH MINI2 Master Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Fraserburgh Local Time: 07:00 AM Posts: 827 Offline	Hi Andy thanks for posting your pic very nice a man of my own taste how is Mini adventure going.

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