My JCW Roadster.....just rolled over 2K miles :-)

 

Thanks for the info Kev! You are making some very healthy numbers It gives me a good idea of where I'm headed with mine.


-Steven

 

After 3 1/2 years in my 2009 JCW I passed it on to me son and bought a new one.

The only way to buy a car, Have it delivered right to your house!!

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Looking nice! I want mine delivered to my house... Did you own that trailer or paid to get it delivered?

 

What a great looking MINI.

More pics!!

 

I had the car delivered. I live in New Orleans and the car came from Houston. It's amazing how few JCW's there are for sale in the whole country. I went on tthe internet to every MINI dealership until I found the one I wanted. I made a deal with them over the phone and we split the shipping cost to have it delivered straight to my house!!

I will post more pictures soon.

 

Apparently only around 500 JCW per year in the US. Probably almost nill up here in Canada. I have seen a total of three JCWs this year. All three were on a dealership lot ( one hatch, coupe and a roadster). I don't remember seeing any JCW's on the road so far this year, and I live in a city of like 5 million people.


I came pretty close to getting that colour combo but with silver wheels. Must look pretty impressive in person.

 

I must have missed this pic. You must be in RAF because I figure anybody else would be hauled away as a terrorist or something for parking in front of some a great looking plane. Is it an old FA18/Hornet?

Wish I had access to photo ops like that . Maybe if I work on my photochop skills.

 

This is why I'm kind of shocked that nobody is really biting on mine yet... Especially since it's $2-5k cheaper than almost all of them on autotrader, all of which have higher mileage.

 

I think it has a lot to do with the average MINI buyer is not an enthusiast so they have no idea why this JCW is asking a premium price over a MCS. Most people on the street that see my car like it but think it is a heavily customized version not a factory JCW.

 

That is a Tornado.

 

I've done a lot of research on this subject lately and here's my experience.

I recently picked up an '09 fJCW Hatchback with 15,000 miles in immaculate condition for $22k. It has the Aero kit and Xenons and no Sunroof (which adds unnecessary weight). Plus it came with an extra Challenge rim and a car cover. The only things it doesn't have that I wanted is heated seats and leather. I can live without leather (it has leatherette) and I did the heated seat mod (there's a full write up with pics in the How-To section...).

In my opinion, it's especially hard to find these cars with less than 30k miles on them with the Aero Kit (not sure why, that was just my experience). On the other hand, '09s with more than 30k miles are pretty abundant (and with great options too). It's very difficult to find them without the sunroof. So, keep that in mind as you go down the path. Maybe it's just me and please don't take offense, but 30k miles is kind of a cutoff for a used car for me. I just don't even look at the cars with more than that.

There was an '09 listed on AutoTrader recently with 3,900miles and it was listed for $23,900, but it didn't have the aero kit, which was a deal-breaker for me. It sold, but I don't know how much it went for.

If you want leather interior, you can expect to pay a little more for the car, but I don't think the same applies for the aero kit. The other thing I've noticed is that there are A TON of fJCW Clubman's on the market. A lot of people aren't hanging on to them and I'm not sure why. I had absolutely no interest in owning a Clubman, so I didn't spend much time looking at them. I like the Clubman, I just don't want to own one.

 

Hi.

 

Very nice pair!

 

Love that


-Steven

 

Hot.

 

The pool of cars is small. In another tread here, someone contacted the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders organization from the UK. This is an automotive trade organization and among other things, they track automotive exports from the UK. For 2009, there were 498 JCWs imported to the US. Going from memory, I think there were also 67 to Canada and 33 to Mexico. The total number of cars that came to the US that year was something over 45,000. So, in rough numbers, we're talking about 1% of the cars that year. I have not seen numbers for 2010 and 2011. I think they are probably selling more JCWs, but it still won't be a ton of cars. So, I think the reponse to your statement is just the fact that there are not many cars and people may be predisposed to keep them longer. Also, the cars haven't really changed that much. You might see more used cars on the market when the engine upgrade comes.

 

 

Hi and thanks,

Yeah i'm an engineer in the RAF so i can get nice and close

It's a Tornado GR4.

 

My 2012 MINI JCW Coupe under a sunny Florida sky.

 

^ Awesome!

 

Great shot James...keep em coming

-Steven

 

Here is a new one of my Roadster...I love this thing




-Steven

 

Wow, awesome scuttle.

 

Nice. Looks like I could jump right in and motor off into the sunset.