[Kenmini]

Well ... I finally picked up my MCSA yesteraday w/ only 9KM on the ODometer ( HB/HB, Premium+sport+chrono package) ! !! Then I took a 20 mins highway blast back to my local tire shop to mount my snow tire on to get ready for the snow storm later that afternoon ... While I was driving on the highway I could see the snowfall was getting stronger and stronger ... so I was on the race with the weather ...!!!!

SO after mounted my snow tires on ( 175/65-15 Pirelli Snow Control )....I had a blast driving the mini back home... I can certainly feel the difference in acceleration between my 17" S spokes and my snow tire .... the snow tire definitely made my MCSA accelerate much much faster from 50KM - 70KM at 2100RPM w/ no over drive. and the ride, Better because all the vibration is absorbed by the tire and was not all Transfered to the cabinet. But .... all the snow and slush is causing a big mess and my MINI is all dirty !!.. good thing I've taken some pictures of the MINI when its still sparkling clean at the dealership !

Well ... what can I say .. I'm a happy man !!!! Pictures to come !

[Tom B]

Busy day!!!
Congratulations.


Tom

[Kenmini]

Well... I had my MCSA for a week now and its absolutely great ... very fast and very fun ... the 15" winter tires is great in the snow .. but I never wanna drive it out during snowy days cuz I don't want my MINI to get all dirty never the less it still got dirty from all the dust flying around my area ... so I use some QuikWax or those detailer shine stuff to clean my MCSA ! here's some pictures ! enjoy !




this is a picture right before I head over to my tire shop to put on my snow tire.... I took that picture on the day I picked Him up !

[Kenmini]

Well ... its spring again and I just put my summer tires ( preilli run-flat ) back on for the first time... I can definitely give you guys a better feed back to how the ride quality varies between the S-lite/runflat and the 15" steelie/snow .... obviously the ride is softer and quiet with the 15" but its not quite as bad with the 17" ... it doesn't cause immediate harsher ride to the point that it makes Everything rattle and Sqwik ... its noticably firmer not the BANG BANG BANG type.... One issue I incurred witht eh 17" rubber that it does tramline much more than the 15" snow to the point I have to GRAB ON to the wheel with both hands sometimes because of the road imperfection and the tramlining problem. Also, maybe because the 17" rubber is more CONNECTED to the road, I feel like the steering wheel does pull more noticably to either side when the road is slanted.... but overall ..I love to have these awsome tires back on and DAMN these wheels looks nice ... !!!!!!!

[AprilWhine]

Gorgeous car! Thanks for the feedback on the tires.

[Aqualung]

appreciate the tire feedback, I'm about to remove my R81's (15" alloy) and Nokians and put my S-Lites w/ Dunlop RF perf tires back on this weekend...will have to make some adjustments for sure.

[Kellzir]

Congrats & great color choice!