Is "Sparkiling Silver", MINI's new "Solid Gold"?

[burack]

Hey dis is my coops first pic. I love it!

[Robot Features]

Congrats buddy! Looks great! Love the white contrast.

[bugiz]

Quote: Originally Posted by Robot Features (original)

burack, i was in exactly the same boat. was about to purchase LB and bamm! saw SS in the flesh and loved it! Great colour

Must be a big boat as I was going to order the PW but saw the SS.. as you guys put it.."BAMM!!"

[Robot Features]

bugiz... the propsed date for my mini was 22nd june. today i get a phone calling telling me its now 12th july. doh!

[burack]

If I'm lucky enough and don't suffer from r56's other problems, i am going to get mine this monday. I hope it's going to be a week to remember I can only wish patience for you guys

[Robot Features]

hahahah thanks. i need to mentally re-adjust my expectations.

[Martin L]

I love the SS, it add's a bit of class

[ScottyB]

Think it looks awesome

[bugiz]

Quote: Originally Posted by Robot Features (original)

bugiz... the propsed date for my mini was 22nd june. today i get a phone calling telling me its now 12th july. doh!

Yea same thing happened to me Robot Features, dealer said sometime in May, well car's in Melbourne shores but have to go through ADR inspection and stuff, so moved the date to 1st June!!

Guess our "Waiting Patiently For My R56" membership has just been extended..

[Robot Features]

Hey Bugiz

I just read your comment on the other thread. Not good man. What is ADR inspection??

[bugiz]

I dunno... someting about making the car up to "Australian Standards"... i say if it's good enogh to earned 5Star Euro-NCAP... it's good enough for me... what a waste of time...

They should've done it on the bloody ship... ahh sigh

[Robot Features]

Is this happening with all cars in Australia?

Hmmm so it looks like a brand new order with what used to be a 3 month wait is now longer.

[rburna]

Hey all! first post here. Just been roaming the message boards for a bit now...

Before heading out to the dealer for a test run, I first visited miniusa.com and SS/B was the first color that caught my eye. Altho when I went to the dealership, there were none around to see The day was absolutely gorgeous and they had an LB/LB on the lot w/o stripes and it almost swayyyyyeeed me! Visiting the dealership a week later and finally seeing one, made me happy that I stuck with my initial decision and hopefully get to pick it up this Tues!

BTW.... as you probably guessed... I voted that "I LOVE IT"!!!

[bugiz]

Good man!!

[DeadCanDanceR]

Isn't it funny how things happen? I started this thread a couple of weeks ago, precisely because I'm not at all convinced by this new MINI colour. Well, I've been working as a contributor for a local radio show about cars since February, and the fun thing about this whole thing is that I get to drive lots of different cars (and visit some really cool places too)!

I've driven all kinds of cars lately, from FIATs, Nissans, Peugeots, Suzukis, to a Hummer H2! This week, we were finally given the chance to test drive a brand new 2007 MINI Cooper! Oh boy, was I excited when I was told that we were going to test drive the new MINI! But, guess what? Of all the possible colours that are available, we were given an all Sparkling Silver MINI Cooper!!! I've been driving this car since Tuesday and will have it until Saturday.

I drove it all day today! And, I just don't feel that I'm driving a MINI when I see this colour surrounding me! My father loved it. A couple of friends saw it and they told me that this colour looks out of place in a MINI. People in general didn't even look at it... and, it's brand new (and MINIs aren't all that common here in Mexico)!!! I get far more attention driving my two year old LY/W MINI!!!

The interior is gorgeous though, it has the tan leather seats with the piano black inserts. But I wonder how much nicer that interior would look with an all black exterior (especially with the discontinued solid black!)...

Anyway, I just wanted to share this with you. I respect your colour choices and hope nobody gets offended by this brief story.