Long story short, buddy of mine bought a R56 Cooper S to use as a daily driver and let me drive it once. That's all it took for me to fall in love, so there began my search for a perfect to me R56 Cooper.

In that search, I ran across the R58 Coupe and it looked goofy at first (still kinda does). The car was a 1 owner, GA owned vehicle and was priced very well. So, I figured I would go take a look in person and give it a chance. And I am glad I did, the color scheme, how unique it looked in person, and the way it handled instantly brought a big smile to my face. To me, that was the whole point of buying a MINI. Made quite a low ball offer for the out the door price and the dealership agreed to it! I was the happiest guy the day I brought it home (same day I test drove it).

Went to the mountains the next morning!

 

Welcome to the Coupe club!

 

Nice snag... great deal and car! All these Mini's are a hoot to drive. Congrats. Good color combination, too.

 

Hi Jaaaggg,
Welcome to the NAM family
Nice looking ride. Lets us know about your trip to the mountains!

 

Welcome.

So much fun in the R58, I love mine.

 

I always get a kick seeing your car in the product pictures on ECS' website.

 

The R58 likes the to be photographed Thanks

 

Thanks for all the warm welcomes folks! Excited to be a Coupe owner, it is such a unique and rare car! Driving around town I have noticed so many people do double takes when they see the R58 drive by.

The current stable makes me a happy man

 

A very nice stable!

 

Thank you sir! Been barely a week and the mods have already started

 

When I went to see the roadster that I eventually bought, it had the JCW exhaust/intake and tuning on it. Made me think about it, and do some extra research, before I bought the car, since I had never considered any JCW bits and pieces.

Turned out to be one of the best parts of this car. I'd driven quite a few during the search, including new leftovers, but none had the optional JCW exhaust. I figured, and feared, that it would make the car too loud on the highway, but it's not. Love the sound.

Excellent ad!

 

Congrats it looks great.

 

That's awesome that your Roadster came with the JCW kit on it, once you experience that, you can't go back to the "regular" S.

The JCW muffler adds the right amount of volume and tone, it makes all the good noises without being obnoxious.

Thanks!

 

Wow, great pictures and love the video. I did the same conversion from S to JCW muffler on my last MINI and it made such a difference! I also made a video showing the difference in tone but yours is much better quality. Being an 08 it didn't have the pops and burbles in the N18 engines though, which I lusted for. The JCW muffler on an S is definitely the best exhaust to go with - louder than the S, with perfect tone and not drony on the highway. And cheaper to buy than most other exhaust systems!

 

JCW kit is the perfect addition. And to think I was worried about it when I first went to see the Roadster.

 

Cool, White Silver!

Likewise, installed OEM JCW muffler (although not full JCW kit) and love the sound - especially with manual gearbox!

Bought mine CPO last May and still less than 19K total miles, since not a daily driver since new. Makes great Garage Art simply parked inside out of the weather! Hey, I'm fussy about my stuff - how about you???

 

Another White Silver... there must be a few around. This Roadster's not a daily driver... stays out of the bad weather during Winter, but our Winter's are definitely getting shorter here in Maine, so it's not too painful.

Roads are clearing off and the forecast rain and thunderstorms tomorrow (Wednesday) should clean off any of the leftover road salt. That means we may be out motoring top down by Thursday.