I'd like one....however I unscrewed my antenna and don't even have an antenna on there anymore, radio still works good

 

No, but I like that more than the shorty OEM version. I'd like to see it on a MINI

 

Guess it depends on where you live but I still have HD with my shorty antenna. I really did not notice any loss of signal strength.

 

Took the big antenna off after I bought this car in October. Reception wasn't too badly affected either. today cleaning out the boot, found the antenna and had a brilliant idea: how about I just cut the long part off from the shorty!

Went to the shed, sawed it off, and bam, I have myself a shorty antenna. Doesn't look too bad either. Put a small patch of electrical tape on the top to cover the exposed part. Why didn't I think of this before???

 

I just did the chop off as well. I left enough of the fiberglass whip to reattach the rubber tip. Reception suffered a bit, but I only listen to a sports station for the Red Sox or Celtics games.

I figured that if the modified stock antennna was a total bust, it was easier to find a full size replacement that worked well than a "stubby". A short antenna that I tried from Pep Boys was junk and quickly returned.

 

i just put the full antenna back on. i had the MINI shorty antenna and my radio quality suffered (especially HD radio).