So a while back, Poco, my 03 Cooper rolled past 100,000 miles. Today I finished detailing him. Now he has always been taken cared of, never without some kind of wax protection, and kept clean, though he has been very dirty.

This MINI has seen some very harsh conditions, -45c, lots of gravel roads, blizzards, heavy rain storms. He also probably saved me from major injury, or death, by taking on a 15 foot deep ditch.

This is his first, total, all at once, all the same product brand, detail in over 2 years. He has been my test mule for all kinds of products, and detailing techniques lately. He has had to wait while I worked on other cars, we went motoring, or other life things that did not allow him attention. Now like I said, he has been washed, and has always had different products protecting him, just not one brand/system for a couple of years.

He is not perfect, a couple of very small dents, you can see some swirls in very harsh lighting conditions, and he has a stone chip here and there, but after I was done today, I must say the old fellow looks better than some brand new MINIs I see. His white wheels look like new, his paint is silky smooth, black trim has an even matte sheen.

Some pics from today;










Mark

 

wow... are you sure you didn't cheat and took that pict when you first got the car?

now it really looks like this?

 

I look like that, Poco looks much better

Mark

 

Mark...Poco looks awesome!!! I know you are proud...and you have every right to be. I gave my '03 to my daughter and she loves driving it!!!

 

Thanks Mr. kart We gave our 05 Cabrio to the dealer, and they gave us Gimli, our new Clubman S

Mark

 

Awesome...I missed this news!

 

AWESOME looking MINI!! Giving Love and Attention to our MINIs, even if its only when you can, really shows when you see the end result and S@@ your MINI Smiling back at YOU!!

 

Nice work lotsie your MINI looks great for being an '03 with 100K.
Bet your a little tired and sore after spending the whole day on the job.

 

I'm a little stiff this morning. I wonder how the RO would work at giving massages

Mark

 

I wonder? Want to try it

 

Could create a whole new line of RO accessories not to mention PRIMA products.

 

lotsie's going to turn out shiny...

 

Looks great, Mark!

Do you get people asking:"How do you like your new MINI?"

 

Yup Most folks are amazed he is 5+ years old, and has over 100k miles on him. Being a Canuck edition, his odo shows 163,000+KMs

Mark