R56 Astro Black R56 Picked up yesterday
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Astro Black R56 Picked up yesterday
All Black 07 MCS. Ordered and received in under one month from Towne BMW in Clarence, New York. It pays to be 6 hours from New York City! It's still snowing Upstate so good photos and boring, ill-informed complete 'review' soon come. Initially, after 150 miles, what else can I do but love it? Sport Button is a must. Upgraded Hi-Fi is very nice. Roomier inside. I got all the packages except convienence. Chrome in and out. English Oak (very cool) w/ Piano black trim. 'Secret' compartment' above glove box is functional. CD's in their jewel boxes fit!!! I got the All-Season run-flats this time hoping they would wear better than the Performance tires on my 05 Cooper. This MCS, as compared to my Cooper, is FAST! Wow. Forget about it.
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From: Upstate New York
sport button is standard on mc and mcs
congrats.
All Black 07 MCS. Ordered and received in under one month from Towne BMW in Clarence, New York. It pays to be 6 hours from New York City! It's still snowing Upstate so good photos and boring, ill-informed complete 'review' soon come. Initially, after 150 miles, what else can I do but love it? Sport Button is a must. Upgraded Hi-Fi is very nice. Roomier inside. I got all the packages except convienence. Chrome in and out. English Oak (very cool) w/ Piano black trim. 'Secret' compartment' above glove box is functional. CD's in their jewel boxes fit!!! I got the All-Season run-flats this time hoping they would wear better than the Performance tires on my 05 Cooper. This MCS, as compared to my Cooper, is FAST! Wow. Forget about it.
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i concur with all the praise! i'm going to be selling a black 5 series BMW and nothing looks as striking as a glossy black car ... and the chrome onlyl adds to it. tough to keep clean ... but a small price to pay for such a nice ride!
happy motoring!
happy motoring!
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How does one get that "secret compartment". What option/package is it? Is it found in the MC and MCS?
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The more complicated part of it is that there has been a troubled history for the compartment in the past few months.
It's located above the glove box and is meant to hold the multiple CD changer.
The problem started in the U.K. last November, when the first cars off the line lacked the box for some reason. Later, the compartment was added but they discovered it was the source of an annoying rattle.
As a result, MINI ordered dealers to wire it up so it couldn't be opened while engineers tried to figure out how to remove the rattle. In the past few weeks, fresh cars off the line began arriving with the secret compartment open once again. Apparently, they figured out a way to stash the rattle.
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Astro Black is my favorite color, but I ordered Sparkling Silver. Too m'm not uch mud and rain in Seattle. Black cars are far more suited to drier climates other than ours. I'm not sure how this thread turned into a "secret compartment" thread??
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The simple answer is that it's available in every new car.
The more complicated part of it is that there has been a troubled history for the compartment in the past few months.
It's located above the glove box and is meant to hold the multiple CD changer.
The problem started in the U.K. last November, when the first cars off the line lacked the box for some reason. Later, the compartment was added but they discovered it was the source of an annoying rattle.
As a result, MINI ordered dealers to wire it up so it couldn't be opened while engineers tried to figure out how to remove the rattle. In the past few weeks, fresh cars off the line began arriving with the secret compartment open once again. Apparently, they figured out a way to stash the rattle.
The more complicated part of it is that there has been a troubled history for the compartment in the past few months.
It's located above the glove box and is meant to hold the multiple CD changer.
The problem started in the U.K. last November, when the first cars off the line lacked the box for some reason. Later, the compartment was added but they discovered it was the source of an annoying rattle.
As a result, MINI ordered dealers to wire it up so it couldn't be opened while engineers tried to figure out how to remove the rattle. In the past few weeks, fresh cars off the line began arriving with the secret compartment open once again. Apparently, they figured out a way to stash the rattle.
Hmmm ok thats why some of the ones in the dealer i went to would open and others wouldnt...I found it kind of strange
So if your ordering in the summer then it shouldnt be a problem
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p.s. love the color, black w/ chrome trim is what i chose too
