As I promised in my welcome post, here's a few pics of my CM.

It's a month old and my first ever brand new car. To be fair, it's not strictly mine as being an injured serviceman, I have it on the Goverment's Motability scheme. I've still got it for 3 years though so I'm making the most of it and mods are allowed as long as it can be returned to standard when I exchange it for a new one!

The spec is:

Mini Countryman Cooper SD All4 with CHILLI Pack

Exterior:

Absolute Black metallic with matching roof and mirrors
Colour Line Carbon Black trim
Anthracite 18" Turbofans

Interior:

Half leather Parallel - Pure Red interior
Anthracite Roof Lining
Interior World Carbon Black trim
5 seat configuration

Mechanical:

Sports Suspension

Right, here's the pics

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Your MINI looks fantastic. Now about a few pics of the interior.

 

Beautiful! I still hold out a very small sliver of hope that we will have the Diesel in the US some day.

 

Nice. I wish Lana was an SD. Come on Mini, Volkswagen does diesel!

 

In which package is the kid included?

 

Ha! A bit of photobombing going on there.

 

Lol, that'll be the Jack pack!

Here's a quick pic of the interior

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WTH? The steering well is on the wrong side! I don't want an SD if that is what it means.

 

Wow, I like!

 

Lol, I was going to say the same about all the other cars on this site, I bet you drive on the wrong side of the road as well don't you?

Well, 1200 miles came and went this week, so I have been able to try out the sports button for the first time. And I'm quite impressed! Only really used it for overtaking at the moment rather than a fully spirited drive but it really does feel like the car has been remapped instead of just having a sharper throttle.

To be honest, I was wondering where all the 143 horses were in the engine, but now I can feel them! It's finally feeling nice and torquey and it's quite addictive although I know economy will suffer! Speaking of which, now the engine has loosened up a touch, my mileage has increased to an indicated 50mpg average which I think is quite impressive for a heavy All4. Not as good as my old VW Bora TDi (Jetta mk4 for you guys) which could average up to 60 mpg but still better than I expected.

 

I swear there is only one person on the planet that would say this ... Is this you Neighbor??.. Haha

 

I've used the sport button since day one. You just have to watch the revs. I am just shy of 500 mi on mine.

Oh, and my wife has a new Jetta TDi, so I know what you mean. Great car.

 

That's very impressive restraint! It's not just me driving it but also my heavy footed wife, so I thought best to set the standard and follow the guidelines!