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westendboy · Apr 17th, 2008, 08:43 PM

Hi all,

Well my Clubman has arrived after weeks of painfully going through the options list, struggling over the colour combo.

Ordering
I originally went in to the dealership to try out the small diesel as my city run around and after speccing it up with Mini Hifi, Leather, sunroof, bluetooth kit, comfort access and just about everything except PDC and GPS the price was only about 3000CHF (£1500) less than a Cooper S. I took the Cooper S out for a spin and came back with a huge grin. 7 weeks of impatiently waiting like I was going to give birth to the car myself I got the call that it had arrived a few days early.

Arrival
Took it straight away and am loving it. It's a Feb/March 2008 build and I can confirm that non the regular problems mentioned on this site have occured. However on delivery the horn did not function and the garage told me it was due to a short circuit, I'm booked in on Monday for a replacement.

Experience
Taking it easy for the first 2000km but can already feel the torque in 2nd/3rd gear at 2000rpm.
- Admittedly the ride is on the hard side and I would love to get rid of the run flats but I know that may cause problems with the insurance and I;m not sure it it's good for the flat tyre sensor either.
- The Hifi Mini is great but i expected a little more bass or even a small sub-woofer installed for the price.
- The Comfort access is excellent
- The heated seats are a marvel.
- The factory tinted windows could be a little darker as sometimes I wonder if they're tinted or not.
- The sunroof and beige leather adds loads of light and the feeling of much larger car.
- Boot space is very good, it swallows £250 of food shopping with ease.
- The engine is naturally a little rattly as it gets warmer but its like a tappet noise although from above the tappets. I reckon its the characteristics of the engine although its abut embarassing ticking over with a passenger and the CD off as you hear it reasonably clearly,

Hope this little review helps any prospective buyers. If any other owners have comments on my experiences I would love to hear about them.

Cheers and thanks for listening (or should i say reading)

westendboy · Apr 17th, 2008, 08:49 PM

This is a strange foto, my Mini next to the Phaeton (my long distance car) that I am now saving up to buy. You;d think they weren't talking to each other.

Mini_Flower · Apr 18th, 2008, 08:38 AM

OOh! The beige interior is lovely. Beige is just such the wrong word really as it makes it seem dull (which your car isn't). MINI should come up with a better word/description for the colour.

I hope you have as much fun in your Clubman as I do with mine!

mister.t · Apr 18th, 2008, 09:32 AM

wow that's a lovely looking Clubman you've got

Congratulations

aussie11 · Apr 18th, 2008, 09:33 AM

Quote: Originally Posted by westendboy (original)

This is a strange foto, my Mini next to the Phaeton (my long distance car) that I am now saving up to buy. You;d think they weren't talking to each other.

You have a very nice Clubman, dont see main Phaeton's in the UK I have only see 1 in the last year

westendboy · Apr 18th, 2008, 10:10 AM

Quote: Originally Posted by Mini_Flower (original)

OOh! The beige interior is lovely. Beige is just such the wrong word really as it makes it seem dull (which your car isn't). MINI should come up with a better word/description for the colour.

I hope you have as much fun in your Clubman as I do with mine!

Yes you're right about the colour, I thought the marketing departement would come up with something more funky than Tuscan beige. The online mini.com generated fotos didn't really reassure me either. I thought long and hard about the blue/beige combo and thought about switching to black lounge but after seeing a blue/beige audi on the roads despite the colours not being exact i thought it could work and for me it's done the trick.

I'm looking for fotos of your Clubman...... ;-)

westendboy · Apr 18th, 2008, 10:11 AM

Quote: Originally Posted by aussie11 (original)

You have a very nice Clubman, dont see main Phaeton's in the UK I have only see 1 in the last year

Thanks aussie. Out in Switzerland the Mini is the slowest depreciating car on teh amrket and Phaeton amongst the fastest depreciating cars but after having tried both I think they're both candidates for the best car in their respective categories.

billy.batson · Apr 18th, 2008, 11:18 AM

Quote: Originally Posted by westendboy (original)

- Boot space is very good, it swallows £250 of food shopping with ease.

Good grief, food must be expensive in Switzerland! That's about 4 times what we spend on a weekly shopping trip.

Mini_Flower · Apr 18th, 2008, 11:52 AM

Quote: Originally Posted by westendboy (original)

I'm looking for fotos of your Clubman...... ;-)

Only a picture of my Newf x St Bernard in the back

So if you decide to get any Swiss Mountain Dog, it will fit!

Professor Peach · Apr 18th, 2008, 01:10 PM

That looks great! Like the beige leather, nearly went for that myself.

aussie11 · Apr 18th, 2008, 03:23 PM

Quote: Originally Posted by Mini_Flower (original)

Only a picture of my Newf x St Bernard in the back

So if you decide to get any Swiss Mountain Dog, it will fit!

I like the way the seats have lots of covers

, Wish my in-laws would use some the dog hair gets everywhere

westendboy · Apr 18th, 2008, 05:15 PM

Quote: Originally Posted by Mini_Flower (original)

Only a picture of my Newf x St Bernard in the back

So if you decide to get any Swiss Mountain Dog, it will fit!

wow, now that's making good us of that boot space but I'm guessing rear vision is out of the question.

ontheroadagain · Apr 18th, 2008, 07:14 PM

Beautiful - love that leather!

CC07ERS · Apr 21st, 2008, 02:07 PM

I didnt think you could get that colour combo

osotoc · Apr 21st, 2008, 04:58 PM

Big congrats on the Clubman. The beige interior is very stylish. Blue/Beige is a good contrasting color combo. Well done!

cheers,
albert

westendboy · Apr 21st, 2008, 07:47 PM

Quote: Originally Posted by CC07ERS (original)

I didnt think you could get that colour combo

Yeah I was surprised when I looked throug the catalogue and so that it was possible but for 8 painstaiking weeks I had my fingers crossed that it would look ok.

westendboy · Apr 21st, 2008, 07:51 PM

Quote: Originally Posted by osotoc (original)

Big congrats on the Clubman. The beige interior is very stylish. Blue/Beige is a good contrasting color combo. Well done!

cheers,
albert

Cheers Osotoc, its the only one in my town with that combo so i;m not sure how the resale will be

but I plan to hang on to it for a good few years yet as my funky little run around.

Aurel · Apr 22nd, 2008, 05:38 PM

that combo looks fantastic!!! ... great looking interior.

Apr 17th, 2008, 08:43 PM	#1
westendboy MINI2 Newbie Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Geneva Local Time: 12:59 PM Posts: 32 Offline	My Clubman is born ... with beige leather Hi all, Well my Clubman has arrived after weeks of painfully going through the options list, struggling over the colour combo. Ordering I originally went in to the dealership to try out the small diesel as my city run around and after speccing it up with Mini Hifi, Leather, sunroof, bluetooth kit, comfort access and just about everything except PDC and GPS the price was only about 3000CHF (£1500) less than a Cooper S. I took the Cooper S out for a spin and came back with a huge grin. 7 weeks of impatiently waiting like I was going to give birth to the car myself I got the call that it had arrived a few days early. Arrival Took it straight away and am loving it. It's a Feb/March 2008 build and I can confirm that non the regular problems mentioned on this site have occured. However on delivery the horn did not function and the garage told me it was due to a short circuit, I'm booked in on Monday for a replacement. Experience Taking it easy for the first 2000km but can already feel the torque in 2nd/3rd gear at 2000rpm. - Admittedly the ride is on the hard side and I would love to get rid of the run flats but I know that may cause problems with the insurance and I;m not sure it it's good for the flat tyre sensor either. - The Hifi Mini is great but i expected a little more bass or even a small sub-woofer installed for the price. - The Comfort access is excellent - The heated seats are a marvel. - The factory tinted windows could be a little darker as sometimes I wonder if they're tinted or not. - The sunroof and beige leather adds loads of light and the feeling of much larger car. - Boot space is very good, it swallows £250 of food shopping with ease. - The engine is naturally a little rattly as it gets warmer but its like a tappet noise although from above the tappets. I reckon its the characteristics of the engine although its abut embarassing ticking over with a passenger and the CD off as you hear it reasonably clearly, Hope this little review helps any prospective buyers. If any other owners have comments on my experiences I would love to hear about them. Cheers and thanks for listening (or should i say reading) Attached Thumbnails

Apr 17th, 2008, 08:49 PM	#2 (permalink)
westendboy MINI2 Newbie Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Geneva Local Time: 12:59 PM Posts: 32 Offline	They aren't talking to each other... This is a strange foto, my Mini next to the Phaeton (my long distance car) that I am now saving up to buy. You;d think they weren't talking to each other. Attached Thumbnails

Apr 18th, 2008, 09:32 AM	#4 (permalink)
mister.t Dodgey, er, dodgem driver Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Nowhere exciting Local Time: 11:59 AM Posts: 3,751 Offline	wow that's a lovely looking Clubman you've got Congratulations A dream can only become a reality if you chase it... MINI2 Karting

Apr 18th, 2008, 11:52 AM	#9 (permalink)
Mini_Flower MINI2 Regular Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: North Herts Local Time: 11:59 AM Posts: 151 Offline	Quote: Originally Posted by westendboy (original) I'm looking for fotos of your Clubman...... ;-) Only a picture of my Newf x St Bernard in the back So if you decide to get any Swiss Mountain Dog, it will fit! Attached Thumbnails

Apr 18th, 2008, 01:10 PM	#10 (permalink)
Professor Peach MINI2 Regular Join Date: Feb 2008 Local Time: 11:59 AM Posts: 174 Offline	That looks great! Like the beige leather, nearly went for that myself. I like 'em big...

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Apr 18th, 2008, 08:38 AM	#3 (permalink)
Mini_Flower MINI2 Regular Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: North Herts Local Time: 11:59 AM Posts: 151 Offline	OOh! The beige interior is lovely. Beige is just such the wrong word really as it makes it seem dull (which your car isn't). MINI should come up with a better word/description for the colour. I hope you have as much fun in your Clubman as I do with mine!

Apr 18th, 2008, 09:33 AM	#5 (permalink)
aussie11 MINI2 Regular Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Rochester Local Time: 11:59 AM Posts: 339 Offline	Quote: Originally Posted by westendboy (original) This is a strange foto, my Mini next to the Phaeton (my long distance car) that I am now saving up to buy. You;d think they weren't talking to each other. You have a very nice Clubman, dont see main Phaeton's in the UK I have only see 1 in the last year

Apr 18th, 2008, 10:10 AM	#6 (permalink)
westendboy MINI2 Newbie Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Geneva Local Time: 12:59 PM Posts: 32 Offline	Quote: Originally Posted by Mini_Flower (original) OOh! The beige interior is lovely. Beige is just such the wrong word really as it makes it seem dull (which your car isn't). MINI should come up with a better word/description for the colour. I hope you have as much fun in your Clubman as I do with mine! Yes you're right about the colour, I thought the marketing departement would come up with something more funky than Tuscan beige. The online mini.com generated fotos didn't really reassure me either. I thought long and hard about the blue/beige combo and thought about switching to black lounge but after seeing a blue/beige audi on the roads despite the colours not being exact i thought it could work and for me it's done the trick. I'm looking for fotos of your Clubman...... ;-)

Apr 18th, 2008, 10:11 AM	#7 (permalink)
westendboy MINI2 Newbie Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Geneva Local Time: 12:59 PM Posts: 32 Offline	Quote: Originally Posted by aussie11 (original) You have a very nice Clubman, dont see main Phaeton's in the UK I have only see 1 in the last year Thanks aussie. Out in Switzerland the Mini is the slowest depreciating car on teh amrket and Phaeton amongst the fastest depreciating cars but after having tried both I think they're both candidates for the best car in their respective categories.

Apr 18th, 2008, 11:18 AM	#8 (permalink)
billy.batson MINI2 Regular Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Yorkshire, England Local Time: 11:59 AM Posts: 157 Offline	Quote: Originally Posted by westendboy (original) - Boot space is very good, it swallows £250 of food shopping with ease. Good grief, food must be expensive in Switzerland! That's about 4 times what we spend on a weekly shopping trip.

Apr 18th, 2008, 03:23 PM	#11 (permalink)
aussie11 MINI2 Regular Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Rochester Local Time: 11:59 AM Posts: 339 Offline	Quote: Originally Posted by Mini_Flower (original) Only a picture of my Newf x St Bernard in the back So if you decide to get any Swiss Mountain Dog, it will fit! I like the way the seats have lots of covers, Wish my in-laws would use some the dog hair gets everywhere

Apr 18th, 2008, 05:15 PM	#12 (permalink)
westendboy MINI2 Newbie Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Geneva Local Time: 12:59 PM Posts: 32 Offline	Quote: Originally Posted by Mini_Flower (original) Only a picture of my Newf x St Bernard in the back So if you decide to get any Swiss Mountain Dog, it will fit! wow, now that's making good us of that boot space but I'm guessing rear vision is out of the question.

Apr 18th, 2008, 07:14 PM	#13 (permalink)
ontheroadagain MINI2 Master Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: near Playland Local Time: 06:59 AM Posts: 1,736 Offline	Beautiful - love that leather! First love: MC CVT Indi Blue/White '04 Past MINI: MC CVT PW/Black '06 Present MINI: MCa Clubman BRG/BLK '08

Apr 21st, 2008, 02:07 PM	#14 (permalink)
CC07ERS TYPE R GT VTEC POWERED My Classifieds Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Type R GT Local Time: 11:59 AM Posts: 2,721 Offline	I didnt think you could get that colour combo

Apr 21st, 2008, 04:58 PM	#15 (permalink)
osotoc MINI2 Newbie Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Colorado Local Time: 04:59 AM Posts: 46 Offline	congrats Big congrats on the Clubman. The beige interior is very stylish. Blue/Beige is a good contrasting color combo. Well done! cheers, albert

Apr 21st, 2008, 07:47 PM	#16 (permalink)
westendboy MINI2 Newbie Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Geneva Local Time: 12:59 PM Posts: 32 Offline	Quote: Originally Posted by CC07ERS (original) I didnt think you could get that colour combo Yeah I was surprised when I looked throug the catalogue and so that it was possible but for 8 painstaiking weeks I had my fingers crossed that it would look ok.

Apr 21st, 2008, 07:51 PM	#17 (permalink)
westendboy MINI2 Newbie Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Geneva Local Time: 12:59 PM Posts: 32 Offline	Quote: Originally Posted by osotoc (original) Big congrats on the Clubman. The beige interior is very stylish. Blue/Beige is a good contrasting color combo. Well done! cheers, albert Cheers Osotoc, its the only one in my town with that combo so i;m not sure how the resale will be but I plan to hang on to it for a good few years yet as my funky little run around.

Apr 22nd, 2008, 05:38 PM	#18 (permalink)
Aurel MINI2 Senior Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: New Amsterdamn Local Time: 06:59 AM Posts: 407 Offline	that combo looks fantastic!!! ... great looking interior.

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