I searched the forums and coudn't come up with anything. I'm going to pick my mini up in 4 days and I'm pretty sure I didn't order the anthracite headliner. Does anyone have pictures of one with vs. one without? I thought a headliner was the whole interior roof piece (which I wouldn't really care about), but apparently it's something else? Help!

 

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You are correct that the headliner is the interior roor/ceiling. also if I recall correctly the A,B and C interior pillars are dark grey (anthracite) also.

 

Oh, okay! Cool. Not a huge deal then. How about the LSD option? I didn't order it. Does it make a big difference with just regular driving?

 

As long as your Head is not Lined with LSD it won't affect your driving

But seriously. LSD shines during spirited driving. It helps put power down coming out of a corner and when other forces shift traction away from the primary drive wheel. During normal "commuter" type driving, it provides no real advantage. It wasn't available for my car and I can't say I miss it, but I would get it next time simply because I could. But that's just me.

 

I'm going with the good ole "If you don't know what it is, you don't need it" answer.

 

Your MINI's already almost here, so don't sweat it. If you'd asked before ordering your MCS, I would have said definitely get the LSD, but in the grand scheme of things it's a great car either way, so just enjoy it as you got it.

Just don't let anyone else offer you a drive in one that has LSD, and you'll never miss it.

 

I know what an LSD is, I just wanted to know if it GREATLY enhanced the drivability of the mini, or just a little bit . I've never driven an FWD car with limited slip, so I'm not sure HOW much it affects the experience.

Thanks for the great info, guys! This week is going to suck =D

 

 

The LSD makes a huge difference in the snow. If I leave my DSC enabled the car creeps along looking for traction, trying to prevent wheelspin. Someone will jump in here and say 'that's the traction control not DSC, you idiot', but all I know is when I turn it 'off' then the LSD comes into play and I take off like I had 4-wheel drive. After I get to speed I turn it back on for the skid control, although I haven't experienced that. Since the only control I have over it is turning the DSC 'off', I don't really care whether it's DSC or ASC+T or whatever...but if I only had $500 and was ordering again, I'd get the LSD before I got the DSC.

 

hahahaha very good, bravo