Hello all,

I got Stella a month before I left to UCLA, and was unable to get a parking permit for the fall quarter. So it has been 10 excruciatingly long weeks, but it will be all worth it when I can drive it back for the winter quarter.

But the main point of this post is to ask about the xenon lights in my 02 MC. It has the sports package, but the headlights don't seem very xenon-y at all. They look like regular headlights. 2002's with the sports package come with xenons, right??

 

Should be. Two easy clues: Headlight washers - little half moons on the inner edge of the chrome bezel, and 'xenon' written on the small circle in the body of the light.
When you turn them on, if you're near a wall you should see them dip at startup as it does a self-test of the leveling mechanism. I often don't see it, so the easy clues are the best determinants.

(and welcome back to your MINI!)