Hey, first time new owner of a Mini. Yeah its a 2017 Countryman 'S' with the 2.0 & all wheel drive( Can I just put 4wd? ) If you all are ok with that ?
I have two Jeep wranglers & they are 4wd. Keeps everything straight.
Lapis blue and it is a blast to drive. I have been reading that the 'Countryman' is viewed by some like the red-headed step child of Mini's.
I can live with that, it is like with Jeeps, some people don't wave at Jeeps with square headlights.
My wife and I really like the Countryman, Plenty-o-power, it's motor is stout. I am impressed every time I drive it.
I have to be careful, I try to remember its a new motor, only 400 miles, and I have to break it in easy.
Great car, only thing I have a time with is there is no dipstick for the engine
oil ! I have come to live without a dipstick in transmissions, but come on, no dipstick with the engine ? I am having a hard time with that.
How do you all get by that ?

Glad I found this forum, I have a lot of questions, like where can I get a spare tire & jack ?

Anyhoo, this Mini lives is Southwest Virginia. ( about 220 miles away from the dealer) that's ok, I know where I can get a trailer if I need to take it to it in to the dealer, but from what I have read quality is way up on the 2017's .
glad to be here,
Have a good one

 

Welcome to the forum

I'm new to Mini .. and .. that NO oil dip stick is still very much strange to me.

 

Welcome to NAM.

No you do not have a 4-wheel drive at least the CMS AWD that was in a recent tour I went on in mountains handled like no 4-wheel drive I have ever seen. Take the car up on the BRP and do some off-Parkway twisities with it.

 

Hi and welcome to NAM!

 

Welcome to NAM. Shoot me a PM with the last 7 digits of your vin number and I can help you get what you need for your MINI.

 

Welcome to NAM. We have had 2 countryman and they are very well built have not had any issues with either one.