since i have to park Zelda outside, the MINI sunshade is my favorite accessory.

 

I have to agree that the parcel shelf, Cocomats and XM are all great additions to my MINI. But....

since I have to pick only one accessory that is the "must have" the Whalen Shift Machine gets my vote.

 

Valentine One radar/laser detector.

 

Chrome S Grill all the way.

 

I'd have to vote for our alien navigator . Beau just makes motoring more fun.

 

Can it be an OEM installed option like the Nav or are you trying to find out about things people add afterwards?

 

My Elbow Landing Device, ELD

 

I think my gray floormats are the best. I don't know what I'd do without them.

 

"What do you consider to be THE absolute BEST accesory for your MINI??? The ONE you would now NEVER be without? (performance parts arent counted as accessories)."

Nav is cool. Its an accesory. What is the ONE you now would NEVER be without (like in your next MINI). For example, A/C is NOT an accessory because its come stock with the car. I picked BT because it truly rocks if you use your cell phone and my wife said she would never drive without it again

 

GPS. I get lost... a lot

 

maybe the best accessory is another MINI for the significant other!

 

Hell, get another one for yourself!

 

I will take your post to be a written permission slip to purchase a new MINI!

 

For those that have taken their Whalen for granted, try going back to stock for a few days. When I had a scheduled dealer appointment I'd switch back to stock because I was afraid that my dealer was not mod-friendly and that they might deny warranty. Anyway, the last few times I've had to take the MINI in I just said "screw it I'm not going back to stock again!"

 

Do you post on this site? Ooops.............Forget what I wrote......nothing to see here.....

 

Ditto that.

 

They ran me $569 installed...

 

A beautiful wife!

 

The best for me is the "Light In Sight" stick on lense that allows you to see the traffic lights without putting a crick in your neck. Check it out http://www.lightinsight.com


After that I would have to say, in no particular order;
Two touch up
Heated seats

 

whalen shifter...even after getting all my performance mods, the whalen shifter still greatly increased my driving pleasure. in fact, i even enjoy short-shifting @~2-2.5k rpm now just to experience the shifting pleasure, even though it does take dampen the experience of the peformance mods. of course, short-shifting also gets me better gas mileage at the same time.

 

is it really worth it? how does it improve shifting?



[QUOTEi=Luthier]YES! YES! YES!
I can't live without the Whalen Shift Machine. It's not a just shift ****, but a real machine!
[/QUOTE]

 

nothing like dealer price jacking there!!!

 

Another fantastic accessory that makes life on the road more pleasant at every single stoplight!

 

Whoa, careful there ... the ladies might say something about their handsome hubbies

 

I thought about one the other day so I threw a rough design idea together. It needs a good bit of work if I ever decide to use it. Especially figuring out the 2.