Hello, fellow enthusiasts. We (wife and I) just acquired a 2005 'S' Vert (prod date 04/05). I believe that body designation for this is the R52. The car has 45k on the clock and is in pristine shape.

I am a member of another forum (bimmerforums) and I am technically inclined. I like DIY work. I got my BMW E39 to where I want it and I intend to do the same to this MINI.

These are the pics I have the night we saw this Cooper. Tell me what I have as far as options that are already on the car

I hope to learn from you.

 

Looks good! I just got one real similar. Yours has leather seats, chrome line interior, automatic a/c and heat. I think mine might even be the same build date so they're practically bro's.

 

Yours has xenon headlights.

 

You can get your MINI build sheet here.

http://www.bmwarchiv.de/vin/bmw-vin-decoder.html