My Royal Grey Duchess has arrived!
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My Royal Grey Duchess has arrived!
Hello everyone, after many weeks of waiting and anticipation I finally took delivery of my Royal Grey Mini Cooper on Friday. I noticed how there weren't too many personal Royal Grey pics circulating, so I thought this would be the perfect time for me to contribute.
Now about my first impressions. I love how the car handles (very responsive steering), but has anyone also noticed that when driving down concrete freeways with grooves running down the lanes the car often shifts from side-to-side causing your head to weave in and out?? I know it's not the wind because as soon as I hit asphalt, that behavior stops. Anyone driving on SoCal freeways experiencing this??
Now about my first impressions. I love how the car handles (very responsive steering), but has anyone also noticed that when driving down concrete freeways with grooves running down the lanes the car often shifts from side-to-side causing your head to weave in and out?? I know it's not the wind because as soon as I hit asphalt, that behavior stops. Anyone driving on SoCal freeways experiencing this??
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Originally Posted by ylwjkt
Yes, MINIs and their stock tires are notorious for trammeling.
Main Entry: 2trammel
Function: transitive verb
Inflected Form(s): -meled or -melled; -mel·ing or tram·mel·ling
/'tra-m&-li[ng], 'tram-li[ng]/1 : to catch or hold in or as if in a net : [size=-1]ENMESH[/size]
2 : to prevent or impede the free play of : [size=-1]CONFINE[/size]
synonym see [size=-1]HAMPER[/size]
(Mine will sometimes tramline a bit, but that just keeps things interesting.
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She is a beauty! Congrats!
My mini does the same here in Germany. You will get used to it over time and I suspect better tires would alleviate the issue. Are they performance tires or all season? I have the performance tires. With that said, my wife's Subaru does the same with her new performance tires.
My mini does the same here in Germany. You will get used to it over time and I suspect better tires would alleviate the issue. Are they performance tires or all season? I have the performance tires. With that said, my wife's Subaru does the same with her new performance tires.
If you have runflats, they are notorious for tramlining. This is what's going on:
http://motoringtv.com/archives/midas/tramlining.html
And congratulations on your new Mini!
http://motoringtv.com/archives/midas/tramlining.html
And congratulations on your new Mini!
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I'm glad I clicked to check out that beautiful car. I'd been wondering why my car was suddenly darting around, I never heard of tramlining before. I was gettin ready to get an alignment and my brakes checked 
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Beautiful car. I haven't seen this color in real life yet. In the photos it looks darker than DS but maybe it is a colder gray?
The photo of the rear of the car is scary though. Did the building in front of you have an accident?
The photo of the rear of the car is scary though. Did the building in front of you have an accident?
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Acutally the Royal Grey is a warmer, slightly darker gray...It's a very lovely color....if you want classy, this is your color.
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Originally Posted by morknmini
Beautiful car. I haven't seen this color in real life yet. In the photos it looks darker than DS but maybe it is a colder gray?
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Welcome to NAM, miniskini and congrats on your beautiful new Duchess! What a royal beauty!
You are experiencing what is called "tramlining," due to the pattern of your tires and the grooves in the roads to prevent slipperiness when it rains. You'll get used to it!
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You think the trammeling is bad on those grooved freeways, wait till you cross a high drawbridge with that horrible jagged metal grating....about a 5 on the "pucker" meter...or a 10 if you're on a motorcycle.
Cheers
Cheers
I hope my MINI can't hear me in the garage.
very, very nice! You are so helping me build my case (against myself) for RG!
can you please post a few more, esp getting the silver roof into play?
the silver looks much better than I thought it was going to on the RG!
-jac
can you please post a few more, esp getting the silver roof into play?
the silver looks much better than I thought it was going to on the RG!
-jac
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Congrats on the car; it's beautiful! I can't wait to see the new colors in person. I have yet to see royal grey, solar red, or space blue.
Reminds me of the new Stata Center at MIT:
I can't wait to see the new colors in person. I have yet to see royal grey, solar red, or space blue.
Originally Posted by morknmini
The photo of the rear of the car is scary though. Did the building in front of you have an accident?
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thanks!
you guys have been so welcoming! thanks for all your comments!
I will have to get back to you on that. The weather here has been cloudy, but maybe that will enhance the color of the roof? I'll have to take some more pictures. I still haven't seen a new Mini with my color yet, we are a rare breed I guess!
very, very nice! You are so helping me build my case (against myself) for RG!
can you please post a few more, esp getting the silver roof into play?
the silver looks much better than I thought it was going to on the RG!
can you please post a few more, esp getting the silver roof into play?
the silver looks much better than I thought it was going to on the RG!
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