Welcome, Bruce! Pics!! We need pics!!!

 

Me too!

Hadn't considered HC, but got a nice deal on a CPO car with only 6K miles.

 

brucewinter - done
snickers - and done
membership updated
Welcome!

 

 

Anybody have any pictures of a HC with a Black Roof, and the black sports stripes on the hood and rear end/boot?

Thanks

 

TattedXB-
My gallery has a few of them, but not the stripes in back, just hood stripes. https://www.northamericanmotoring.co...hp/photo/80945
or try the link- I took them off after a year, but they were sweet.

 

Wondered how many clubmans & S are automatics? Since the clubman seems to be a more versitile conveyance I figure a High percentage are automatics.
I could be wrong as I've been wrong before, that's when I trhought I was wrong but wasn't.

 

Why'd you take em off?

On another note, do people not think black on the hood and back looks good? I haven't seen ONE pic yet that I can think of with that combo - I think it looks sweet on the build on the site, but what is the general consensus?

 

As much as I liked the look of them, and got compliments on them, I hadn't ordered them, as such. I bought mine off the lot in order to not wait many months (March '08). So I just thought about them for a year. Now, if I'd had an S instead of a Justa, I might have kept them. If I were 30 instead of 60, I might have kept them. But after the year, I wanted to brighten it up a bit, and I liked the look of the simple and elegant MINI hood, un-pretentious with stripes. So, off they came at my annual check-up. Likewise, I changed my ambers to whites, and my black mirror caps to chrome.
I still have people who ask me where the black stripes went. One can always change it afterwards, for a few hundred. In general, I think they look great, but better suited to the faster S.

 

I just picked up my HC/B (still learning the lingo here...). It's just awesome. Ride a lot different than the Saabs I'm used to, for sure, but the Saab doesn't pick up and go like the Mini.

I chose a car with navigation and bluetooth w/ ipod/mp3. I'm so glad I did. The integration is wonderful, and it tames the center speedo. The default car computer just sucks and for some reason it was impossible to read with my polarized sunglasses.

 

Welcome scottag.

Membership list has been updated.

 

Hello Fellow Motorist!

Remember that from calling 866 Ask Mini a hundred times a day? Well, that's where I am...maybe not a hundred but as of this morning my Hot Chocolate Clubman is still waiting at the dock for its ship to come in. I was told it could be up to a week....tell me it ain't so!

I have a question for anyone who can help....do all Minis take the same shipping company to get to the East Cost (Jersey) and can I get shipping info from the Wallenius Wilhelmsen Logistics website?

Zugly, was "born" July 6th. He's got a black roof and bonnet stripes with the hot chocolate leather/cloth interior. No moon roof. He's comming with the bridge spoke 16" wheels but I've got a set of 17" multi spoked wheels waiting for him at the dealer's (Mini of Peabody, Mass).....

So that's my story and I'm sticking to it!

DocScooter

 

And a fond welcome to DocScooter and GoodasGold.

95 members and counting!

 

Looking very Hot Chocolate and wanting to show it again-

 

Hawt.

 

Thnaks nice to be here

Any special plans for MITM in August for this owners group. If not perhaps some will be interested in the barbecue event at Dillon. I have a team that normally competes at these events, (to many other commitments for this one) I know most of the teams and can vouch for the food and beer plus I know ...... secrets to getting to them.

 

i have a brown mini clubmanS- i just joined here and left a thread about my broken car- i am sooo upset....

i love brown- but to be honest- it was the ONLY clubman on the east coast last july when we were hot to buy...

i have added checkered flag mirror covers to the 3 rear view mirrors and black racing stripes lied with silver.

we have a black roof with the double sun roof and black leather sport interior

 

Psst - we like to refer to the color as Hot Chocolate. Brown seems so plain vanilla.

Sorry to hear about your troubles. Glad they seem to be working out okay.

Welcome to the club. You are member 096.

 

hot chocolate it is! thanks!!!i am driving a hot chocolate loaner- with a stick( first time in 20 yrs!) lol-- i did pretty well with it today too!
now my manual is going to seem Vanilla!!!!!

 

I posted two pictures of my new Clubman S in my gallery

 

Love those wheels, TorchMINI! Car looks sharp.

minimom5: Need to post up some pics, otherwise LadyG's going to put you on not-so-secret probation!

 

Thanks, Hoonu. They are my summer wheels now, 17". I keep my original 16's for winter tires. Both Mini standard wheels. Yesterday I cleaned and polished the winters while playing an audio book from Mini's stereo in the garage. The summer life of a teacher...

 

Damn skippy!

 

Just picked up my 2009 Hot Chocolate Clubman on Friday, August 24th. Quick run down on features: hot chocolate lounge leather interior, premium package, cold weather package, run flat tires, hot chocolate gear shift, bluetooth, iPod adapter, etc. I am loving this car! Just wanted to say hello!

 

lol --got dh working on it- he just joined- minidad5---i could 'build one and show you"- lol---you know mine is sequestered in the service department waiting for its new engine