Any pictures of brake dust on white rims?
I certainly know what you all are talking about, when I wash my Grama's 3-Series, I'm amazed at how dirty the rims were, but they didn't look all that bad while they were dirty, just less sparkly.
I have seen various other cars, like 5-Series and Mercedes that have very, very dirty front wheels, and realtively clean rear wheels (yes I know that's how the brakes work). Not all cars suffer from this imbalance in the apparent dirtyness of the wheels.
So, since the MINI has lots of 3-Series parts, but it is much lighter, but it will have white wheels (on mine at least) what's this going to look like? Anyone snapped a pic of their dirty car?
Plus, what extremes are we talking about here. I usually wash my car quite frequently in the Summer (if I like the car) and about bi-monthly in the winter (because of the excessive use of road-salt in Canada). I have a feeling that the brake dust builds up more in the summer when you're flinging it around, and you have the opportunity to wash it more easily (and cheaply) in your own driveway.
I also expect I am going to have an alternate set of wheels with winter tires... (sorry to get off-topic, anyone seen nice white 15" steel rims?)