[AndyP]

We took delivery of our new baby this morning - 8.30AM!!

Fantastic drive. Fantastic colour. Fantastic car. What a difference to the Cooper CVT. Those extra 55 horses sure make a huge difference.

Despite the uncertainty of certain people on MINI2.com, we love the Auto Box. Just keeping it in normal "Auto Drive" mode is blisteringly fast. No doubt after a week or so we'll be bored with that and start to venture into the "Sports Drive" mode a little more.

All the best,

AndyP and Lenore

See the pics here

Here's a taster pic:

[Berthil]

Very Nice! I'm thinking about getting the aero side skirts more and more.

May I suggest a first very cheap and easy mod? Change the front indicator bulbs for silver ones from Philips so they don't look so orange (see my gallery)

[chaincooperS]

Sweet! What rims are those? Those are hot.

[AndyP]

Quote: Originally Posted by chaincooperS

Sweet! What rims are those? Those are hot.

Hi ChaincooperS,

Thanks for your comments . The rims are official MINI wheels called: R99 DOUBLE-SPOKE LIGHT ALLOY WHEEL. Retail at £1250 inc 17" runflats. MINI part number 36 11 0 309 285

AndyP

[Tinkerbell]

Great looking car great choice of wheels

[miniXL]

Congrats !! Looks the Bizz!

Did you get the White indicator option (in the rear light cluster) or is it just the angle of the rear photo that makes it seem that way?

Enjoy!!

[chaincooperS]

Thanks for the part numbers. Man, those are nice wheels. Enjoy your mini dude, it looks great! I should be in the drivers seat of mine with 2 weeks. Mine is a 6 speed though - I can see why people like those tiptronic transmissions but I just loved the 6 speed.

[MiniMinor]

Very very nice..

just like how mine will look when it comes in june..


What do the two new buttons do on the MFSW?

[AndyP]

Cheers.... Tinkerbell.

Thanks!... Hyperconvert... It is the White indicator option. It looks cool, but I'm not sure it was worth £35! It's just a little bit of lenz that's clear instead of amber. They have to stick a lenz in there, what difference does it make if it's clear or amber? What I'm getting at is, why isn't it a no-cost option?

Strange, but that's BMW for you.

Miniminor.... Not sure which buttons you're talking of. I've never had a MFSW so all the buttons are new to me If it's the two buttons to the right of the Radio control, I think the top one is supposed to switch between radio and cd (but I need to check that with the user manual). And the bottom one is to use the Bluetooth attached telephone. That's IF you've put the Bluetooth option in. Which we didn't.

Thanks to everyone for your very nice comments. We love the wheels tooo!!!!!

AndyP & Lenore

[MiniMinor]

Quote: Originally Posted by AndyP

Cheers.... Tinkerbell.

Thanks!... Hyperconvert... It is the White indicator option. It looks cool, but I'm not sure it was worth £35! It's just a little bit of lenz that's clear instead of amber. They have to stick a lenz in there, what difference does it make if it's clear or amber? What I'm getting at is, why isn't it a no-cost option?

Strange, but that's BMW for you.

Miniminor.... Not sure which buttons you're talking of. I've never had a MFSW so all the buttons are new to me If it's the two buttons to the right of the Radio control, I think the top one is supposed to switch between radio and cd (but I need to check that with the user manual). And the bottom one is to use the Bluetooth attached telephone. That's IF you've put the Bluetooth option in. Which we didn't.

Thanks to everyone for your very nice comments. We love the wheels tooo!!!!!

AndyP & Lenore

Thanks, those are the two i mean. So they've put a source button back on then. Very good..

[ScottyB]

Phwoar

Looks great! Congrats

[Tom B]

Andy,
I'm sooo jealous. I just called MINI today and mine is still 6-8 weeks away I guess i'll have to live vicariously thru you.

Seriously......congratulations. Enjoy.

Tom

[CooperID]

Great looking car... really individual looking with those few exterior extras...

btw... are they the silver or polished R99's??

[AndyP]

Quote: Originally Posted by CooperID

Great looking car... really individual looking with those few exterior extras...

btw... are they the silver or polished R99's??

Hi CooperID,

Thanks fro your kind comments. The wheels are silver with Dunlop 17" runflats.

All the best,

AndyP

[AL912]

Hi AndyP,

Do you have any idea about the part no. for white indicator light because I want to order the lights. By the way, I also ordered a Hyper Blue MCSA in Hong Kong and the target delivery date is early July since Hong Kong also has a long quene for the auto MCS as well.

Andrew

[X30YES]

Andy have you looked in at www.newminiscotland.co.uk yet ?
Angus

[AndyP]

Quote: Originally Posted by AL912

Hi AndyP,

Do you have any idea about the part no. for white indicator light because I want to order the lights. By the way, I also ordered a Hyper Blue MCSA in Hong Kong and the target delivery date is early July since Hong Kong also has a long quene for the auto MCS as well.

Andrew

Hi Andrew,

Which "white indicaor lights" are you talking of? Is it the wing side repeaters? Or the indicators within the rear light cluster?

Let me know which it is and I'll have look through our spec sheet to see if a part number is listed.

July is a looooooong wait. We waited 4 months for ours, but they didn't start puting the Auto box into the S until January. So I suppose it's only 2 months really. However, the wait will be worth it. The Auto Box is fantastic. The more I drive it, the more I like it!!

All the best,

Andrew

[AndyP]

Quote: Originally Posted by X30YES

Andy have you looked in at www.newminiscotland.co.uk yet ?
Angus

Hi Angus,

Although I'm by no means a regular at NMS, I am a "member" and have posted a topic about the new car there too.

Are you going on Callums run on Sunday? Scrub that question.... just checked the list and I see you're coming. See you there!


Andrew

[AL912]

Quote: Originally Posted by AndyP

Hi Andrew,

Which "white indicaor lights" are you talking of? Is it the wing side repeaters? Or the indicators within the rear light cluster?

Let me know which it is and I'll have look through our spec sheet to see if a part number is listed.

July is a looooooong wait. We waited 4 months for ours, but they didn't start puting the Auto box into the S until January. So I suppose it's only 2 months really. However, the wait will be worth it. The Auto Box is fantastic. The more I drive it, the more I like it!!

All the best,

Andrew

Hi Andy,

I mean the rear light cluster and this is the first time I saw this option as it was not stated in the accessories catalogue. By the way, do you know MCSa has the option for anthracite headliner since the salesman told me this option is not available but I could find it in another countries such as US. Thank you so much.

Regards,

Andrew

[Wondaboy]

Andy,

I wanted to get the R99 alloys, but was unable to negotiate a discount against the standard wheels. I don’t know if you keep both sets of wheels? If you did and are selling the standard alloys I would be interested in knowing how much you get for them as I may upgrade. If you did not get both sets then you should have a word with your dealer, as the R99’s are a dealer fit option. My dealer told me that they don’t usually pass the spare set onto the customer unless the customer specifically ask, even though they have paid for eight and tyres and wheels.

Piers