Picked up my Sparkling Silver/Tuscan beige MCS yesterday in Scottsdale, right off the lot. It had the stuff I wanted +/- sport suspension (didn't have that, wasn't sure I wanted it, drove both). Manual of course. So there you have it. Driving it 100 miles back home was a big treat compared to my Jeep Grand Cherokee which was like driving a boat over 75mph. I have to look at the speedo to tell how fast I'm going in this thing. I'm more than pleased to put it mildly!

 

Nice and congrats! I think the interior is awesome, I love the contrast between really refined and cheeky.

 

We just traded in the same boat to get a mini. Ours won't be here for a couple months though.

 

Take out the armrest and throw in the oak MFSW, and that's the interior on my BRG MC currently sitting at the VDC. Congrats, Big Newt, it looks awesome. But now you just made me more impatient. You're the first one I have seen that was able to capture in a photo what the tuscan beige interior actually looks like in person. For those interested, it's the shade on the driver's side door and seat, not as washed out as it appears on the passenger side.

 

Right On!

 

Congrats, the car looks absolutely beautiful and the interior combo really is fantastic. Enjoy!

 

Congrats BigNewt!!! Great looking car and I really like the interior combo.
Enjoy and happy motoring!!!



06MCS/DS/B/Bbonnetstripes/Whalen8ballshiftmachine

 

Congratulations! That's a pretty good looking Mini ya got there!

 

Great interior - I have not seen a good picture of that till now.

 

Congratulations!! A new MINI and you did not have to wait....Enjoy!

 

Yes, you have it right on the interior color. It's the driver's seat/door color, not the passenger side. It's noticeably lighter leather than the configurator shows you, more like your khaki pants. It goes really well with the Sparkling Silver exterior. I went to a rally at the Scottsdale dealership the day before I purchased. There were about 60 owners' Minis there. Not one Sparkling Silver, so it must be a new color for the Coupe. Only one Flame Spoke wheel, which is cool, I like the horseshoe design. The other really cool option was the convertible with the Sidewalk package. It has a much darker leather than Tuscan, with stitching, and 2 other premium package options for $4,000 which saves you about $600. If I wanted a convertable I would have ordered that. The other cool color was Oxygen Blue. The other 2 blues were the same IMO and there were a bunch of blue, red, and white cars there. The interiors with black and the colored leather accents were too busy for me. The red leather was very nice, I almost bought my car with that but it didn't have the English Oak which makes the interior look unique. I really want a wood steering wheel to go with it.

 

BigNewt... beautiful mini... Now I can't wait til mine gets here. Love the color combo. Enjoy!

 

Really? I heard that the wood steering wheels would be coming back, but I have yet to see one that's come through installed.

Post pics when you get it. I have a friend that will be very interested to hear that they are oficially availible.

 

Fabulous looking MINI BigNewt! We, too, bought 'right off the lot'. After reading some of the stories of waiting for steamships to chug across the pond, I'm sorta glad we found our MINI just waiting for us upon our arrival!

We went into the dealer prepared to order ours w/ specs made at miniusa.com but when the MA said he had a MINI in stock (that someone had ordered but failed to pickup), we became curious as to what he had. Lo and behold, it had everything we wanted plus black leather interior w/ oak making it even better! So it goes...

Again, congrats on a beautiful car! Here's to Sparkling Silver!

 

Very cool MINI...congrats!!! The combos look great and I agree, the oak bits are a very nice touch.

Clearly you are a person with exceptional aesthetic taste.

 

I had planned on posting pics. Honestly, I am hoping to be the first one to post pics of the full oak treatment on the interior . Now if my MINI would just cooperate and get here!

 

Very cool!!!!

 

congrats on the car. looks good!
i see that your dog is very curious about the mini. my dog just sat at the door to the garage, staring at my 07' for about 3 hrs or so? haha.

 

No more than 5 minutes after the post, I got a call from my MA

She is here, but I am out of town for work and won't be able to make the pick-up for a week.

 

I'd be cutting my trip short. Tell the boss you're baby is due any minute now and you have to get back home asap.

 

sorry, couldn't resist. its a great name.
I should have been TheBigIguana

 

love it.

 

I see you got the dog in Tuscan Beige, as well. Good choice!

 

WOW!!!! That is SHARP looking... Congrats...

Donna

 

w00tw00tw00t for TheBigNewt! Congrats on your MINI!!