Hello boys! my name is Andrea and i have 24 years old...

I write from Italy, Milan for precision.

Sorry for my english, i dont speak very well...

I have a Cooper R50 '04 pre-rest (damned midland!) and a CooperS R53 '06.

I love the first generetion of Mini, the second less...


What else...i'm happy to take part in this very beatiful forum

 

A very warm welcome to you!

 

heLLO!

I would love to drive my MINI in your country, especially Stelvio Pass, Italy!!
Have you been there?

 

Welcome to the forum, don't worry about your English just post away, we will figure it out. Glad to haveyou join our forum.

 

Welcome, Andrea, from Lolly and me

 

Oh thankyou for the warm welcome!

I searched this tread but i didn't find it before now...

I would go to a Stelvio pass soon, although there are many others wounderfull street in my country...with the Mini are a really fun

P.S. this forum is huge...and how many people! compliments!

 

So jealous, take pictures of Passo dello Stelvio
14,333 members
Passo dello Stelvio:

 

Sorry I have to have a moment to myself with this picture. Hey don't worry about your English. There are people in America that are far worse. I have to agree with you because I too like the 1st Gen MINIs better than the 2nd. Although I still wouldn't mind having an R56 along with my R53.

 

Ciao Andrea from Madison, Wisconsin. Welcome to a great source of all things MINI!

 

That street is fantastic, but at the same time is very stressful for brakes an tyres...dear Mini!

Howsoonisnow i love Mini GP but 18" wheels penalize the drive too much

Thankyou for the welcome to others too

 

Yes some penalty, the 18"s are harsh on bad streets, but not too many in area that I usually drive. My tyres are 225/35-18 so I can feel everything on road, thinking of buying 225/40-18. In East Coast I had to get 17"s because of bad roads, I do have 15"s but that is for track only. Pics of 15s, 17, and oem 18 in Gallery.

 

Are there some problems with the police with illegal size tyres?

I usually travel with 205/50 r15 on R50 and 205/55 r15 on R53 but in Italy the risk is great...instead the handling is fantastic, expecially on uneven roads

 

No problems with The Police. It is not illegal in California. I do have 205/50-15's too but for track only, the GP sit too low with the 15s. So, is it illegal to mount non-oem sizes in Italia? So, you have 2 MINI's?