Total Mini noob's here!
 

Hey everyone just joined in last night after the purchase of a 2006 Mini S Convertible with the John Cooper Works package. Figured if we were going to do it may as well do it right. The car was purchased for the girlfriend but after I drove it a little last night I see myself stealing it often. I know very little about the mini as a whole and hope to learn some things here. I do know I'm looking forward to the first warm dry day to put this thing on a real test run. We are from the southern New Hampshire area by the way. Will post a picture soon

Welcome to the world of MINI! As for stealing your girl's MINI, that's how I wound up getting mine - I took my wife's so often that she finally told me to get my own! That's how we ended up with two 2006 'S' convertibles.

Welcome and congrats on the car! Plenty of info here and over on http://nemini.org NH plays host to a rather large group of minis one weekend every June for Minis on Top as we all take over Mount Washington :)