We had been looking for almost a year and she finally took the plunge this past weekend. The nice thing is that she has given me the greenlight to do whatever I want to it, mod wise!

Right now the only plans are to black out the trim and eventually vinyl the roof satin black, a custom Magnaflow exhaust and the "Joey Mod" as well...been reading mixed reviews, so we'll see.

Springs
Black out the wheels
Pulleys
Intake

All will come later...

Stats that I know of...correct me if I'm wrong:
'06 MCS Chili Red, 50k on the clock
6MT
Sport Package
Navigation
Blutooth

All the usual goodies as well (cruise, aux input, H/K radio, etc.)




....aaand since the cars are cousins, here is my ride. I like to keep it in the family!!

 

Nice! Pics please

 

Nice looking MINI

Enjoy the ride, enjoy the modding.

MOTOR ON!

 

Sweet MINI. Bimmer is a Black Beauty too....love those Black Forrest cars.

Good luck with them both, and welcome to NAM

 

nice rides..

 

Think I like both cars, but the color of the MINI is just right but not sure the Bimmer would look good in Chili Red/White.

 

Thanks for all the comments!

Kind of a funny story....my fiancee' hasn't driven a stick at all and I haven't been able to teach her since we dont' live in the same state right now. Basically she has been taking the car out in the evenings and trying to learn and is getting fairly confident but she freaks out with the dreaded "hill start!!" I don't know what to tell her to help, any suggestions?! She gets around fine on flat land and on the freeway, but she just can't get the clutch right without either burning rubber at stop signs on a hill or she kills it.

 

That's great
A pulley may actually help her with driving the stick. I've had several customers that got a pulley then told me their wife liked it better cause it made it easier for them to drive in traffic, mainly cause they short shifted the car alot and the extra torque helped out.

 

I will keep this in mind the next time I go out to visit her. Maybe I can research between now and then and perhaps "surprise" her with a new toy for her Mini!

 

Congrats on the new car. Regarding the hills...

The old hill trick can be used.

Pull up the Emergency brake. With the car in gear, lift the clutch a bit until the revs drop, then release the brake.

Best advice though is to just start normally and don't worry when you roll a bit backwards. It is unavoidable and doesn't matter. The drivetrain doesn't know the difference between rolling back a bit at the start and having the car loaded with stuff on a level surface. Basically it just is a bit heavier off the line that way. Just ignore it and things will be fine.