Love the acceleration and handling most. It feels solid and well made. The additional interior space is also a bonus as I'm 6ft 4.

 

They'e called Carbon Black Lounge Leather seats here. Very nice, very comfortable, glad I specced them.

 

I think it looks pretty good. Even though I probably wont buy a 2007. Im sure in the market for a 2008 when I graduate.

 

i got DSC on my cooper, and it just replaces the ASC button. i dont have a sport button tho :(

 

Handsome devil.

 

why thanks, what do you think of the car ? ;]

 

So then, little update for you :] As you can see in the attached piccy.

 

Are those 17's? The amount of gap between the wheel and the arch is huge.

Love the wheels

 

i think that large wheel gap= lowering springs

 

I love how the New steering 3 spoke wheel inserts match the R91 bullet rims piced above.

 

i gotta say that that pic was taken just as i dropped it off the jack, so it's a little high. i just drove it about 20 miles and it's settled down a bit now :]

more piccies tomorrow !

 

Excellent!! Thanks for all the pics

 

ok, a couple of day time pics for ya... put about 120 miles on it since the wheels went on.

 

What is the interior color choice? I have one on order, and tentatively picked Fluid Silver, but there are no brochures available yet, so I don't know what it would look like.

 

Have you tried the comfigurator on ww.mini.com?

There are
Fluid Silver
Piano Black
Brushed Alloy
English Oak
Chequered alloy
Black and white check

and at least one more that I can't remember

 

the interior is just the boggo standard interior choice, no fancy selections there :]

i think it's the Fluid Silver one !

 

Yes, I've looked on the website, but the little pictures are pretty unclear. I don't know what's silver, and neither did the MA! Similarly we couldn't figure out where the standard checkered-flag finish is...

 

There are 3 parts to the dashboard that are affected by the choice.

Piano black is also applied to the door inserts with cetain colour combo's. I have Piano black on my R56 MCS with the door ellipses in this colour too. Pics are in my gallery.

 

I was just playing with the configurator. Does the "comfort access system" also allow you to start the car without the key? I know some cars these days have that feature, wondering if MINI is moving that way yet.

Also, I noticed that when you get the navigation feature, it takes up the place where the radio goes. Does anyone know if they install a regular HK radio down below or are the controls integrated into the navigation computer? Interesting to see that the speedo remains in place and has a tab that runs the circumfrenece to show the speed.

 

the comfort access system allows you to get into the car and start the engine without having to put the key in the slot. it just needs to be in the vicinity of the car.

additionally, i believe the stereo controls are then handled through the satnav screen interface, tho someone might be able to confirm this, as i didn't spec the satnav option, as I work for GARMIN so get them free :P