So Thursday evening, I went to pic up my new MCS!! It was raining, but it was sunny in my mind. So after putting on 900 Kms in 3 days , here are some photos. There are plenty more in my gallery, enjoy!

 

dorkboy, the redwood lounge interiot looks amazing. Had i had the funds, I would have gotten the same interior. Great choice!

 

ooOOOoo nice interior, love it haha

 

Wonderful pics. Enjoy.

Lovely interior. Red Lounge Leather is not a harsh red but more red/rust/brown. Very easy on the eyes and soft. I hope it's durable.

 

Beautiful car, Congrats! I almost went with the Redwood Lounge Leather, but ended up with Carbon Black Lounge...now second guessing myself...

 

Very nice Mini! Congratulations!

<Oh sure! Everyone gets thier car but me! Let's pour more salt into Skuzz's wound! ARRRRRRRGGGGGGGHHHHHHHH!!!!!>

Did I say that outloud? Ooopsy.

 

Great looking Mini, congrats!

 

The Lounge leather is really good quality, it's impressed me and everybody that has touched it. I also hope that it is durable, for the $1900CAN it costs me, I would expect it is.

It's so great to finally have a MINI after waiting for soooo many years. fun fun fun fun fun!

 

Congratulations to a fellow week 12'er, now that CN Rail has finally delivered your MINI. I'm curious--is "Sterling Silver" the same as "Sparkling Silver" in the U.S.? From your pictures, it looks like it could be, though these metallic paints are sometimes hard to pin down. If so, why would MINI feel it necessary to give the same color different names in Canada versus the U.S.? (The ways of marketing are mysterious.)

 

Now that's a nice car. I was torn between the Tuscan Beige and the Redwood.

 

I suspect it was a mistake, rather than a difference in Canada. Sparkling Silver is really a Champagne color. Traditionally, Sterling is 92.5% pure silver and 7.5% copper. That is just enough to make it harder, without affecting the color to a noticeable amount. It does not have the warm color of Champagne. So, I can't see any reason for BMW to use "Sterling" in Canada.

 

WOW what a hot car, I almost like it more than my own ha ha ha, seriously congratulations to a fellow SS/B

 

looking good!
i like SS with the black bonnet stripes.

 

SS = Sparkling Silver? The photo looks like Pure Silver to me.

Dorkboy, what really is the color of your car? Do they really call it "Sterling" in Canada?

 

Congrats. Nice MINI. I love the red lounge leather interior. Classy

Happy motoring.

 

Hey, my mistake. It IS sparkling silver metallic. I think my MA "might" have mentioned it was sterling? I was pretty much confused from the start, because there is NOT one bit of "silver" in it at all. Oh well.

Either way, I just broke 1000kms tonight, not bad for 4 days of driving (and I DONT commute!! damn company vehicle!! haha)

I think I will head down to Montana this weekend because there is some GREAT driving in Glacier National park and just south of it.

Cheers!

 

I'm confused, is this the sparkling silver I ordered. It looks more silver in the picture. I ordered sparkling silver but not metalic?. Is this color only in Canada?. I am in California.

 

Amazon, I think dorkboy really does have a Sparkling Silver (he should know, right? ) What I've noticed is Sparkling Silver has a real color-changing quality about it depending on the light (and the camera/lighting/photographer).

I agree 100%, the photo in Dorkboy's first post looks like pure silver. But his gallery photos show Sparkling Silver. Anyways, I've seen the Sparkling Silver have it's normal yellow-ish Champagne color, but also have a grey-ish tint and a more silver look... I've even seen it look a little green-ish on a grey overcast day.

Anyways, I like it so much, I ordered one too!

 

I believe all the silvers are metalic -- Sparkling Silver, Dark Silver, and Pure Silver.

 

Great looking Mini -congrats and enjoy!!!