Thank you! ...for posting some great hot chocolate pics. I'm ordering from military sales in Spain, and I've not been able to decide between BRG and HC. Your photos have won me over. Thanks again

 

 

No problem. However, the HCOC Executive Committee did meet to consider your "numbering out of turn" offense. The unanimous verdict was that you must double up on your cookie payment to LadyG! Motor On!

 

Can I join?

 

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Starting the New Year off with two new members.

Welcome Frankie and aytch1.

Membership updated. See post #1.

 

Hey can I join this club! Just bought a 08 Hot Coco Clubman and my fiance named it "The Brown Bulldog"

 

Here's my new girl. Feel like I'm the only person anywhere with a HC Cooper S. I like it that way.

 

looks great!

mine is very similar. black wheels, HC brown, white top. i changed the mirrors to body color and i feel that really sets it off nicely. i also don't have bonnet stripes, but i do have stripes on the side toward the bottom of the door.

nice to see another HCB cooper S!

 

Great to see I'm not alone. I actually love the look. I'm iffy on my bonnet stripes. Some days I like them some days I think I might get rid of them. Only had this car a couple weeks now and everyone that sees it says how much they love the color. I wasn't expecting that just cus it's a little different. Like me. You should post a pic of yours so I can see the look with your stripes and HC mirrors.

 

Sharp!

 

Nice! I’ve been considering going to an all black wheel and wondered what it would look like and it looks great.

How did you end up with a gas cap on each side? Is that a new feature?

 

Fellow HC Appreciators-
Great posts recently. Bigcoyote- love your gallery with those full size Clubman images so nicely lit.
The HC with the white top is a great color combination that I've never seen. Can't do it on a Clubman, can we?
My over-winter project centers around my 17" summer wheels becoming all pitted and nasty looking after two summers of light use. I asked for a replacement but got a 'no reply' from the regional rep. Mind you these were $3000 with summer performance tires, which were retired after the two summers, so it's a hefty investment. [I exchange the wheels in October and April rather than have the tires pried off.]

So- the fix for me was found in the inspiring photos here of Hot Chocolate MINIs with black wheels! There's a place nearby that does electro coating for $40/wheel, lots cheaper than buying new ones, so the chrome becomes black.
Now I get to choose my new summer tires, which appear to be Michelin Pilot Super Sports at this point in my research.





Note these are my oem wheels, 16", which do winter duty with their Hakkapaliittas Rs i super sticky snowmobile-esque tires.

BTW- Cocoa has 43k, and has a fourth birthday coming up in March. One more service date coming before I'm without warranty, so I'm making a little list for my last service call. I've had few issues in general :-)

 

I just got an '11 Clubman S in hot chocolate. I must say, it is the most fun I have had with a car. I have to admit that I am a little nervous about the quality issues others have reported...

 

Thanks. I love the look too. Couldn't figure out what you were talking about for a while. For some reason my picture got got flipped when I uploaded. Just a reverse image of the drivers side.

 

I thought that may have been the case. I couldn't tell from the background and it looked as though the steering wheel was on the left and from the shadows it looked like the second picture was from the passenger side. I thought it was a new feature LOL.

 

Those are going to look great! I swapped my stock 16s with some 17 s-lites powder coated black.

 

Thanks, Buzz. The 17" seem to help with the summer handling. Original 16's or 15's are perfect for snow tires.
I'm looking for a photo of your car here...

 

A warm, chocolatey welcome to all of the new members! Lookin' good, peeps!

 

Welcome to Da Club! All those brown MINIs warm my heart.

 

sorry but how do i join the official list of HC owners i have a 2012 and want to be part of this "officially" plus i wanna post sum pics of my ride

 

i'll try to get some up this weekend. i'm putting on a new exhaust under the shade tree and she needs a bath. then i'll snap some pics.

 

Welcome bkosh84, jsa5050, goobie, and rayzmini.

 

Hello again, HC Appreciators-
Does anyone with a non-S Clubman, or regular MINI, have a non-chrome grill on their Hot Chocolate? I've seen plenty of them on the turbos, of course, but I'm trying to wrap my mind around a non S hood with a JCW black grill, or possibly just the chrome one painted black, or body color.
I like the tougher look of the black grill, but I also enjoy the heritage aspect of the classic chrome. If I paint mine black, is there any way to get the chrome look back later?
I've seen a few on white and yellow Justa Clubbies, but rarely on a black or brown one, the exception being the Goodwood trimmed black MINI, but I still can't see that transformed onto a HC Clubman.
I'm hoping someone has some photos of the transformation.

 

Working on her today. Quick pics.