My name is Bob and I live in the San Francisco area. I've been reading the forum since the middle of September last year, when I became interested in purchasing a car to replace my aging 14-yr old X3.

First, my thanks to the members that post regularly. There is a wealth of knowledge here... I found it very helpful in making a decision about which car to buy. I've finally registered so that I can try to return the generosity of members with information I have when relevant. I'll probably be "found" most often in the F60 forum and I have some info to post now about mis-behaving tailgates.

I now have a 3-week old 2018 CM JCW that I ordered on 2 Oct. It was built on 14 Nov and I picked it up on 20 Dec, It's geting a lot of use in the Bay Area... already out of the break-in period. It's been running well (abt 29 mpg on the road), and as you all know it's a lot of fun to drive. The car is pretty much fully loaded with a sport transmission (but not with ACC). I'll post a photo and also for fun a GIF of the RoRo my car was on coming through the Panama Canal below...I hope the animation works (it only repeats one time).

Cheers,
-Bob

 

Welcome to NAM.

Any MINI is a good handling car, add the JCW into the mix and you have a great car.

 

and thanks for getting involved.

 

Welcome to the forum

 

Welcome.

Great looking car.

Motor On!

 

Hi and welcome to the NAM family!
Congrats on your Mini purchase. We hope you have the proper fun with it, that it is designed for!
Welcome to the JCW groups!

 

Congrats it's a nice looking JCW