It's actually my fiancee's car but I take care of it for her, and drive it any chance I get. Needs some minor repairs and upgrades, planning on replacing blown speakers and upgrading faded halogen headlights with something bixenon, but otherwise it's a great little car and a real hoot to drive. Looking forward to learning more about it as I fix it up for her and maybe eventually getting myself one as well, or inheriting hers when I am able to buy her a new Countryman.

 

Hi and welcome to NAM, charles,
Before you take over the justa, you better try an S. Don't get me wrong, the justa is a good car, but an S with a six speed, is something you need to try! It will change you!

 

Welcome to the forum

 

When we were shopping for hers I got to drive several S models, all with automatics though since sadly she does not drive manual. Still, they were quite quick once you got past the initial turbo lag. If I ever buy my own just for me it will definitely be a manual, and probably an S although I'm a bit concerned about the timing chain issues I've read about on here. I want to try out the Magnaflow header/cat and a Sprint Booster on this justa first and see what that's like. Of course I will post lots of pics of the process when I do.

My first project will be a front/rear channel swap and speaker upgrade for her base soundsystem, since she's got a blown driver side door speaker. Thanks to everyone here, lots of valuable information and ideas for upgrades and improvements I would not have otherwise thought of.

By the way, here are a few pics.

 

Welcome, remember when that came out in spice orange, that was the newest orange after the hot orange of the convertible Gen 1 MINI.
Looks clean, just needs a new rear badge.

 

Thanks! Yeah, she's a looker in that spice orange. I'll be ordering those Spyder projector headlights from y'all in the near future. Do you carry replacement MINI badges? I need the rear replaced as well as one of the center caps.

 

Welcome. Looks great and love the slick top.

 

Thanks! We don't miss the sunroof, never really used them in other cars we've had. I much prefer the lower center of gravity and weight savings, plus it makes doing a custom headliner easier.

 

Great! Rear badge here: https://www.ecstuning.com/Mini-2011-...terior/Emblem/
Center caps here: https://www.ecstuning.com/b-genuine-...h/36131171069/