Well, the combination of an April snowstorm, badly plowed roads and performance runflats all met today. Majestically slid into a wagon 1/4 mile from my house as the ABS kicked in but wonderful Dunlops pretended to be toboggans. Driver headlamp is cracked, bonnet is mis-aligned on drivers side as well. All parties involved are fine, just wondering the next best step. We did not exchange insurance or call the police - other car had no visible damage and my MC was snowy, and I was a bit shocked by the whole thing.
Anyone else have "minor" damage to their MINI? Curious as to the repairs/cost and any of you Jersey MINI owners out there know of good body shops, let me know... :???:

 

Where in Jersey are you?

 

where are you in jersey??
I don't know about any shops that do mini's exclusively but there is an excelent body shop in manasquan. (Supirior Auto Body on RT 71) don't have a phone # but they are in the book. I have had very good results with them with a classic mustang an explorer and a couple of kit cobras.
hope that helps some.

christian

 

I'm in Chatham. Thanks for the info on the Rt 71 place. I'll probably ask my dealer for any recomendations as well.

 

Dandp,

Sorry to hear of your incident. There's a place in Ocean, NJ (Monmouth county) you might want to check out: http://www.bodymotion.com. I knew of them when I had my Porsche 911 Turbo, and as a matter of fact they are campaigning 2 MCSs in a street stock class in the Grand Am racing series. It has been a few years so I don't know how they are now, but they did some great work on my Porsche (RUF conversion).

 

Dandp,

OUCH... So sorry to hear that!! I really love the pic in your signature!!! That is such an awesome pic of an awesome MINI, so I was bummed to hear what happened! I hope it gets fixed soon!

MWB

 

NSX13, thanks for the info on Bodymotion.

mwbmini - thanks for the compliment, I think to some people the damage wouldn't look bad (but to a MINI owner, anything is painful) Could have been worse...gotta get Blizzaks next winter.