It was odd. I'm so used to associating Mellow Yellow with the r56. Yesterday I saw a MY MCC - old body style.

 

My dealership has one right now, too. Did a real double-take when I spotted it. It looked good on that car.

 

Yup...I see that cabrio all the time!! Mellow Yellow looks great w/that black soft top!!!

 

I have to concur, my dealer has one on the lot as well. Looks sharp.

 

If you'll download that badge and open it up in a reader and then enlarge it,you'll see that is a white roof. Only the pillars are black. The mirrors are also white.

 

How did we let this thread slip to page five?

 

Out motoring , modding , golfing , gardening ...

 

Here is the latest addition....

 

Wow, it's so . . . yellow! Looks great!

 

I haven't even ordered mine yet but I've already named it. Chiquita

Maybe a logo with the Chiquita girl?

 

Oh goody, a MY owners club!!! Our new baby will be built tomorrow and her name will be Saffron...you 60s music fans will get the MY/Saffron connection. We're a 2 MINI family now....I'm keeping my 03 MC. The girls have to share garage space with an....excuse the expression....Miata but we'll keep an eye on him!!!!!!

 

We're (the bf and I) picking up our MY MC we won at Mot next weekend. One of our friends suggested this name and I didn't get it. We've decided to name ours Homer.

 

Lemmee Guess.... the other one is Fraultine....Right? I've had that stupid song in my head for 4 weeks since I picked out the car and they told me the color name.

I hope it's contagious!!!

 

"Quite right slick"......been in my head too!!!! Had it been a boy Slick was the name picked. Saffie's tag will read SAFRONN as the correct spelling has been taken already. Can't wait!!!!!!!

 

I'm thinking getting a yellow MC, have any of you noticed that the visibility of yellow attracts more attention from the police?

 

Haven't been pulled over yet
Any Mini stands out in a sea of beige & brown

 

No, I haven't seen that. But maybe that's because they haven't been able to catch me.

 

The top of our street is a speed trap. The local police wave. They think it's cute. I'm not gonna tell 'em it's fast . . .

 

Those experienced in Cabrios can correct me if I'm wrong, but I don't believe they come in Mellow Yellow.

What you're probably seeing is an 05 or 06 in Liquid Yellow.

And... the "old" body style is because the '07 convertibles didn't see a change. The convertibles aren't having a body style change until 09.

Ps. Not to interrupt your MY thread, but I've been shopping for a LY MCS Convertible so I've learned a little bit (I think) about Cabrios.

 

Moritz in Arlington TX, has an 07 R-50 convert in MY. I'll get a picture next time I'm over that way. The MINI configurator shows MY available for an 07 Cooper convertible, but not an 07 "S" convertible.

It will be interesting to see which 07 colors get jerked away like solar red and space blue. I tried to get SR on my 06 Cooper, and it was unavailable by late April. Didn't even last a year.

 

Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh... a Just-a-Coooper... that would explain it. I configured an MCS on the website.

Thanks for that mind-straightener.

 

I can't think of anything that has been harder to keep up with than MINI colors. I'm still waiting for Silk Green to come back. When I bought my 02 EB/W MCS, the dealer (P&W in Pittsburgh) had a SG/B JustaCooper that was just killer lookin'. That was such a good MINI color. Maybe the germans will get away from 14 shades of gray one of these days.

 

No kidding ! Considering they only make Coopers, MINI sure has made it confusing trying to figure out which colors you can get in which model years in which version. :impatient :impatient :impatient

They drop some seemingly popular colors and it makes one go....

 

Comments so far have been:

• Real men don't drive yellow cars.
• Which came first? Crocs or Cooper?

Anyhow, we like 'em!

Answer to which came first: Crocs on Sunday (7/8/07), MY MCSa Tuesday (7/10/07).

Both of us have yellow crocs, but the dog does not (yet)!

Dave & Sue
Lakewood, Colorado

 

Not the police (yet, [knocks on skull]), but it turns heads and with full lights lit, people git outta my way. Ok, sometimes it takes a flash of highbeams, but with the high contrast (yellow/black) and aero aggressive look, folks seem to GET that the hammer lane is for those who are going faster than the cars in the other 4 lanes. Of course, I make it a point to extract myself from said hammer lane as soon as I've passed slower car, but folks don't seem to learn from my example. They move outta my way, then move back into their blocking position. I've got a love/hate with the I-15.