Hello I'm picking up my new MINI tomorrow
 

I'm super excited. It's a Royal Grey 2006 Cooper S, 6-speed manual, with the cold weather package. It only has 22 miles on it. I love that all the miles will be mine. Give me the scoop on what I need to know.

Grats... You will have to post some pictures when you get it.

Welcome to the addiction :)

http://www.moodsmilies.com/smilies/happy/wavey.gif Welcome to NAM.

The main scoop is to get in it & drive drive drive. The rest will come soon enough :grin:

well... HAVE FUN!!!! I remember getting my MINI. I was so excited! You will enjoy every minute!!

Once you go modding , you'll never come back! Congrats and enjoy..:nod:

Welcome and happy motoring! The break-in period will be the toughest miles of all!

My husband has been letting the mod bug bite me.


He is dealing with his addiction, but he is pushing it on me. His has some ideas for his Audi, but i want to make my mini mean, and cute.

Welcome to MINI world... enjoy the ride !

welcome to NAM! happy Motoring!

Go easy the first 1,250 miles (I know it is just too hard) but you'll be rewarded with optimal reliability years down the road.

Just enjoy the car, that's all you have to do.

That's entirely possible, as you can see here!

https://www.northamericanmotoring.co...m/DSC9841W.jpg

My husband has plans (thinks it was his idea:lol::lol:) for a 15% pulley. I predict he'll be planning for a CAI and Miltek exhaust next:wink:!

I was so close to getting a RG, great color. You'll enjoy every minute, that's about all you need to know!

Welcome to NAM! Congrats on the new MINI and enjoy the ride. I will have had my '06 MCS a year next month and I still smile every time I open the garage door and drive it. Enjoy!

Got my happy birthday email from MINI today. This weekend will be one year, and I've the smile lines to prove it.

Congrats!!! Take your camera (Video mode works well too).

I hope you find it beautiful when you pick it up. Post pics, please.

Just make sure all the paperwork are in order before you head out to the dealership. Once you get there, make sure all the promgramable settings are set to your liking. Make sure they hand you two keys and one emergency key.

Hmmm....what else. You should get the original window sticker and look for the tool kit next to the battery. Go over the exterior to make sure there's no damage. Check the tire pressure. I checked mine the day after and it was off a few PSI. And finally post pics ASAP :)

Welcome and Happy MOtoring. Please post pictures of it when you have it.

I will post pics when i get it, some more details
Royal Grey w/Royal Grey Roof and Anthracite interior, the only Option is the Cold Weather Package. Im wanna do Silver stripes with either black or whiteoutlines on the bonnet and boot. other plans will be chrome mirror caps and scoop. eventully some performance, pulley,header,chip, exhaust, and so on.

Nice!

My "take" on it:
- Take the 1250 mile (2000k) break-in mileage seriously - it's as much a chance for YOU to adapt to the Mini as it is for the Mini to adapt to being driven!
- You will over-drive your first few "enthusiastic" corners because the steering is SOOoo good. (You'll steer early and have to unwind a bit since it's so responsive)
- You will hide the spare key so you don't get stuck driving some Audi.
- (you will learn that there is Significant tongue-in-cheeking going on at NAM)
- You will be amazed at how much stuff you can fit in this little car!
- You will swiftly become addicted to the sound (and feeling) it makes pulling hard in 3rd, then ("GREAT - there's more!") 4th, then ("oh this is BIG fun!") 5th, then ("HEY - honey - are we in THAT much of a hurry?!?") 6th!
- You will get new wheels and tires at some point in time. Many do.
- You will spend a TON of time on NAM. More than you should.

You chose wisely on color - RG is an extremely elegant and mature look for the Mini - it says "fun, but serious" all at once.

Find a local Mini club - lots of great folks there and opportunities to really get to know the car. Our club has a winter driving school for like $50-$75 (a GREAT deal) where you have a whole Vehicle Dynamics area to yourself to learn (or re-learn, or learn MORE) how to drive in snow!

Oh - and ENJOY!

ohh i remember that exactly being that i have a Royal Grey 06 MCS with the 6 speed manual to! mine had thirty miles on her though. but its so amazing, u can bring her by anytime, or we can meet up and have a photo shoot!

Welcome to NAM and GREAT choice in colours I might add.:thumbsup:

Welcome
 

Welcome to the MINI world. I have had mine for just over a year, in fact it is now due for service. Royal Grey was on my list, I even made a special trip to the dealer to see one (150 miles away), but when I saw the checkmate I had to have it!

Happy motoring...

Hi All,

I finally picked up my mini (and switched to my own NAM account -- I was using my husband's). I love it. The car's name is Nigel, hence the username. It sounded good and British to me. It's hard to go slowly and driving nice for those first 1250 miles, but I'm working on it. I want it to be the best it can be down the line, so I'm being good. I've already done the door screw hole plugs for the car. I expect that's just the first of many mods to come. https://www.northamericanmotoring.co...15_1817491.jpg

Here's the pic of me by the car, right before I drove it off the show room. floor.

congrats and welcome to Nigel! he looks great! :thumbsup: enjoy!

Really nothing much to learn, except that you are going to enjoy yourself to no end! Enjoy motoring!