Because I bought a 2009 factory JCW!!!

I saw it last Saturday, and I just had to have it. Drove 100 miles or so today, had a huge grin the whole time. Can't even describe the power difference between my old MC and my new JCW. It's in absolute perfect condition, with only 11,800 miles on it now. Not a scratch on it.

I loveeeeeee the pop & burble!!!! I never realized how awesome that would be.

I was planning on ordering one in the spring, and this one has every single option I would have ordered, besides the color. I saved a lot of money buying it slightly used so I figured, why not?

It's going to suck in the snow though!!!

 

Amazing Very Nice

Congratulations

 

That's TOTALLY awesome DM...another great MINI you got there!!

 

Very nice!

 

Lucky!

 

That is one good-looking JCW. Well done.

 

wow, i'm jealous

 

Very sweet ride Clyde

I agree! I would seriously consider getting an old SUV (or whatever is cheap in your area) to thrash around in those infamous Buffalo winters. Save your JCW for the no-snow days.

 

Nice upgrade!

 

Shucks, just put a set of Blizzaks on it and drive it. We've gotten some serious snow here in central Iowa the past couple of years, too, but not like Buffalo. Last December it seemed that we got 8" of snow ever three days for about three weeks. I drove my Miata everyday. Snow plows do work and just wait until they do their job.

Anyway, very nice car. Looks alot like one that I saw in West Chester last month that was two years old too, and Pepper White. It had a little over 5K on the clock. Really surprised me on the miles.

 

Thanks guys! I'm loving it. I never really pictured myself in Pepper White though, I can't decide what I want this thing to look like!

According to the Carfax, this thing just came from Boca Raton FL in May, so it's never seen a winter. I have a set of 17s that I used for my summer wheels on my MC, I'm going to put some winter tires on them and hope they fit.

I might just be used to it, but I really don't think Buffalo winters are really as bad as people say they are. There are a bunch of places in this state that get more snow than we do here- Ellicottville (WNY ski country), Syracuse, the Adirondacks, etc.. I think we still just have a bad rep from the blizzard of '77, and that was like 30 years before I learned how to drive.

I don't know how I lived without the Xenons though. I took it for a late night drive last night, I could see everything!

 

Welcome to the club. I live downstate from you near exit 14 of the Thruway. I have 17" Nitto Neogens on my car and they were great last winter. Perhaps just throw a dedicated set of winter wheels/tires on and you should be good to go.

 

Nice grab!! Good luck!

Your 17's should fit just fine. As hemisedan says, throw a set of Blizzaks on and you'll think you've got AWD.

 

very nice!!!

my only little suggestion would be beltline blackout and get some non-smoked side signals... its like there is dark where there should be light and light where there should be dark lol

 

oh you are surely in deep doo-doo now....

how'reya goin'ta find it in a drift?



ps: 2nd the blizzaks on a seperate set of rims, and tell me how the electronic LSD works. i know a couple of gents that can whip my *ss in one of those with an eLsd and me with a Quaife, so I know it works at least somewhat.

 

That was the "Blizzard of '78"...........

DOC

 

Yeah I'm going to. The only mods on the car were the tinted side markers, fender reflectors, & tail lights, along with body color tail light rings & gas cap, & a hot side hard pipe.

I don't think I'm going to do anything to it till spring though. It's getting chilly!

I took it for another drive today, about 130 miles. Found some really cool windy roads that I never knew about. I averaged over 30 mpg the whole time too, and drove the car pretty hard the whole time.

 

Nope!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blizzard_of_1977

 

The one that brought the entire Northeast to a standstill for close to 2 weeks was in '78. (Only emergency and military vehicles were allowed on the roads for 10 days after they were cleared.)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northea...izzard_of_1978

I guess the one you are referrng to may have been serious, but was more localized to your immediate area.

DOC

 

Welcome to club JCW

Are you going to have the windows tinted?

 

I really like the color. I don't think there will be a lot of JCW's that color at all. Very nice.

 

I remember '78 all too well. Spent all that night on I-95 with a friend in his brand new GMC 4x4 pickup. I still get anxiety attacks whenever they forecast snow.

I also vaguely recall a monster of a storm in the news the year before and thinking gee, I'm glad I don't live there ...

 

That storm was why I now live in Florida.

Not to get off the subject but I still like drewstermalloy's new JCW. It looks great.

 

That's a great looking car Drew.

Congrats....

Mark

 

A set of blizzaks get me to vermont through the winter from NJ