Hi Everyone,
Took delivery of my Chili Red 2009 MC the end of October, and she's been all I hoped from a MINI. A real blast to drive, and no problems mechanically. The only complaint I have is with the windshield wipers of all things, specifically the lack of multiple intermittent wiper speeds which is a pretty standard feature in all cars these days. We had a very bad rain storm in Boston yesterday, and at the top regular wiper speed, it could barely keep up. It was very nerve racking! The wipers themselves tend to squeak when there is little water on the windshield which others have commented on.
When I was thinking about purchasing a MINI, a big decision was the MC or MCS. I went with the MC because of it's better gas mileage, and smoother ride. My nephew has a 2008 MCS (in the enclosed photo), and I spent some time test driving his. It definitely has more pop off the accelerator, but once up to cruising speed, is definitely not as smooth and noiser than the MC.
Since this thread is for MC owners, would like to hear how you decided to buy the MC over the MCS.
Also got the Sport and Cold weather packages, black bonnet stripes, center arm rest, sport
seats, front fog lights, the Invisishield to protect the paint on the nose of the MINI, and the alarm.
It will be interesting to see how she handles the coming New England winter! My dealer said to wait and see if I think I need snow tires. All my prior cars were real wheel drive, and those definitely needed them!
Happy Holidays to all my fellow MINI owners!
Jim from Boston