Appears I joined back in 2006 and then when I didn't get a Mini I just kind of faded away.

Twelve years from joining the forum to finally getting a new Mini is probably some kind of record, but better late than never.

On Dec. 27 bought a 2018 Mini John Cooper Works Hardtop 2-door, 6-speed, rebel green.

How do I like car? Meh. It is ok.

Just kidding. The thing's fantastic. What a great car.

Let me try a pic...

 

Well, welcome back! Sorta. Great looking car and I see you're feeding' it the good stuff too. Hope we'll be seeing more of you now.

 

Welcome back and .. your not alone ... it took me a couple decades to finally get my hands on one.

 

Great Looking car.

Motor On!

 

Nobody is old here, we are all enlightened.

Great looking car. The only bad thing about having pictures here is if you don't have a napkin to wipe the drool of your face.

 

The good stuff... Surprisingly the engine appears to favor Shell V-Power. With other car engines I could not notice any difference between Shell V-Power and Chevron Supreme, other than after nearly a tank of Chevron -- this after a couple of years of almost always Shell -- my Boxster engine perked up.

Spoke to some Porsche techs about this and they confirmed this is a real benefit to running Chevron Supreme. One tech told me that even so he prefers to use V-Power in his VW Golf GTi and Jetta with the 6-cylinder engine because the engines make a bit more power with V-Power. Oh, he'll run a tank of Supreme once in a while for the benefit of Techron but most of the time he'll run V-Power for the extra power.

Based on my early experience I may do the same. After a tank or so of Shell V-Power in the JCW I filled up with Chevron Supreme and the engine felt a bit down on power. Nothing earth shattering but it was noticeable.

When the fuel tank is run down a good ways I'm filling the tank up with V-Power and see if I can notice the difference. If I do then I'll run Shell most of the time.

 

Hi and welcome back to NAM!
Congrats on your new buy! It is a great looking Mini and has the JCW option! I see many a ride with this fun car!
There is a serious ride coming: http://www.minitakesthestates.com/
Hope to see more of your Mini!