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Old May 24, 2018 | 09:02 AM
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Just sold my ‘04 Cooper S with 265K miles (still runs strong!) and picked up a ‘13 Countryman S with 50K. 134 R60’s were for sale within 500 miles of Miami between Autotrader and CarGurus and only 14 came with stick?! Took me three months of looking around to find an S in black with 18” wheels, blacked out interior, sunroofs and stick and I had to drive over to the FL west coast to pick it up. Love the vehicle and looking forward to performance mods. In a community in Islamorada that I manage.
Needs lowering, JCW lower lip, red brake intake ports and I found a set of black and red Union Jack side mirror covers on-line.
New slotted and drilled rotors are going on this weekend, as well as having them paint the calipers Chilli Red.
 

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Old May 24, 2018 | 10:00 AM
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Congrats, looks great! I would get the windows tinted.
 
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Old May 24, 2018 | 10:15 AM
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Originally Posted by ECSTuning
Congrats, looks great! I would get the windows tinted.
Thanks! The windows are down in the 1st pic, in the 3rd pic they’re up, and tinted as dark as is allowed in the FL Keys.

Also just got rid of the run flats and put on Falken Azenis FK-510 235/40/18’s, an ‘ultra high performance’ summer tire at a terrific price ($118/ea all in!). Very quiet and great on wet pavement.
 

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Old May 24, 2018 | 10:44 AM
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Sorry was looking at the first pic.
 
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Old May 24, 2018 | 12:35 PM
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Welcome to NAM, great looking car.
 
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Old May 24, 2018 | 01:05 PM
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Originally Posted by whine not walnuts
welcome to nam, great looking car.
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Old May 24, 2018 | 01:40 PM
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Great looking MINI. Are there any good twisting roads in Southern Florida? If not, I hope some of the 265k miles on your 04 were to get up to the mountains to get it some good exercise.
 
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Old May 24, 2018 | 05:05 PM
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Welcome to the forum
 
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Old May 24, 2018 | 07:39 PM
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Hi and welcome to NAM!
Congrats on your Mini buy!
 
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Old May 31, 2018 | 06:33 AM
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Hey! Nice looking car.

Motor On!
 
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Old May 31, 2018 | 07:02 AM
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Newly installed drilled and slotted rotors, Chilli Red painted calipers and S logo tire stem caps.

 
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