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Old 12-20-2006, 12:53 PM
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A new GP is waiting

Hi Everyone,

I have been lurking around your forum for the past two weeks and want to thank you all for your wonderful insights which helped me take the plunge. Tomorrow I am picking up my GP and you would think it was the birth of my first child.

My name is Jeff and I live in Chapel Hill NC. I will be sure to post pics when I get home from my journey.

One question...how have you found the halogen lights for night driving on dark roads? My last two cars had Xenons and I wonder if I will miss them

Cheers!
 
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Old 12-20-2006, 01:02 PM
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You will miss them! I still cannot believe they were not included on the GP.
 
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Old 12-20-2006, 01:05 PM
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I miss the Xenons tremendously when driving my GP at night. (My points of comparison are the Xenons in the '05 MCS and in the '05 Corvette.) Having said that, overall I -love- the GP, and I'm looking into some Hella units for driving light assistance and (separate pair) fog lights too.
 
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Old 12-20-2006, 01:36 PM
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I didn't have them on my MCS either - so I'm not missing them - but I did purchase some upgraded Silverstar bulbs at my dealer - they shine a bit brighter and whiter... but not ricer looking (blue like) - I think they cost $40.

Xenon I guess are heavier and couldn't be added... who knows.
 
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Old 12-20-2006, 01:40 PM
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If you had a 2006 MCS with Xenons and a 2006 GP side by side, could you do a swap and how difficult would it be?
 
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Old 12-20-2006, 01:49 PM
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I don't know, but I'm sure that this has been covered somewhere on the forums - if I recall correctly its not such a simple plug-&-play
 
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Old 12-20-2006, 01:57 PM
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It is actually a still open question as to what would be involved to do the swap and yes I am quite interested in the answer!
 
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Old 12-20-2006, 02:00 PM
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Originally Posted by Grokster
Hi Everyone,

I have been lurking around your forum for the past two weeks and want to thank you all for your wonderful insights which helped me take the plunge. Tomorrow I am picking up my GP and you would think it was the birth of my first child.

My name is Jeff and I live in Chapel Hill NC. I will be sure to post pics when I get home from my journey.

One question...how have you found the halogen lights for night driving on dark roads? My last two cars had Xenons and I wonder if I will miss them

Cheers!
Glad we have a GP in this area. We had a Christmas get together for our Tar Heel MINI Motoring Club ( http://www.tarheelminis.org/ ) and discussed that we had not seen any GP's. Join the club and get a discount off MINI parts and accessories at Flow. Will look forward to seeing you around!!
 
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Old 12-20-2006, 03:03 PM
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Welcome to the club - I forgot to welcome you in my first post.

You're gonna love the GeePee as much as we all do.... I'm sure of it!
 
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Old 12-20-2006, 04:57 PM
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Thanks for the welcome.

Flying out tomorrow morning to bring her home

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Old 12-20-2006, 09:21 PM
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post up pics and impressions of your trip when you get back - I'm jealous that you get a break-in road trip...my dealer is just 2 miles away so its taken me a while to finish mine, but I'm almost to 1200mi. woohoo
 
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Originally Posted by SoCal_Mini
I don't know, but I'm sure that this has been covered somewhere on the forums - if I recall correctly its not such a simple plug-&-play
If it's anything like other cars there involves a wiring harness for the Ballast and the rear axle level sensor.
 
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