hey thanks to all you guys for the great comments...
it's uplifting to hear so many compliments

unfortunately for me I just (finally) had my taxes done and I owe a bunch there's a downside to everything :impatient

if I'd done them earlier I would've probably cancelled my order.. so I dont know whether to be happy or sad!

I guess at least I can enjoy a good top-down drive after a nice dinner of ramen noodles lol..

good old noodles.
Time to squeeze in some extra hrs @ work?
Ive been on a week of vacation and ive been blowing wayyyyy too much money and im closing to ordering a new cooper. time to raise my hours

Attache are pictures of my Wife's new Mini.

I have a question on the durability of the front seat material. Her car has the tan and grey leather seats and the seam on the drivers seat bottom cushion seem to be pulling apart as the sticking is beginning to show and the gap has grown between the seam. Is this normal?

Thanks, Bob M

You know what? I had a surprising turn-around in financial matters and things are looking wayyy up :-D (ie no buyer's remorse at all!!) That'll be Ramen noodles with steak, please

no, that's NOT normal... I had full leather on my last MINI (05 tintop) and though I never liked them as much as the sport seats with synthetic cow that I had on my 03 (yeah, had a LOT of MINIs here) because they didn't seem to hold as snugly, they were high quality otherwise, and no problems at all.

You should make your dealer replace the seat if it's coming loose somewhere. This is no Chevy y'know!
Report it to your dealer and even if they refuse at this point, you'll have recourse if it fails later!

BartMack,
Thanks for the wonderful pics of your car. Great lighting!

I have a PW convertible on order which was completed yesterday! It's probably going to be another month before I get it --so your pics are keeping me going.

Can't wait to drive it home!

Well, also here are some action shots from MOTD4....

[SIZE=2]Your car is beautiful ! I love the contrast with the black grill. The Aero kit looks great. Best of luck. [/SIZE]

I saw a MCS here where a guy pulled the door rings and dash and had them matched to PW. Can't find the post anymore.
Going with piano black wouldn't be bad but strangely that's not an option either.

The first couple of shots are poster-worthy. Thanks for increasing my envy of the PW cabrio...

It's pretty easy to do. I pulled mine and had them painted black at a body shop. It wasn't too expensive either!

There was a PW Cabrio at MOT that had black wheels and the black leather dash. It looked hot, hot, hot!!!

I wasn't a fan of pepper white until i saw this!!!

WOW looks great w/ the aero package!

ok... I just felt in love with your MINI !!

Pepper White & Aero kit makes it a perfect MINI...