Hey everyone, was hanging around totalMini for a day or two when I realized I was the only American on the site. Technically live on Long Island but I spend a majority of the year in upstate NY near albany. I currently drive a lifted 2002 Nissan Xterra which I will be keeping for the winter.


I'll be ordering a '11 Cooper S Eclipse Gray with a black roof and the 17" black conicals sometime this week, I had a really hard time deciding between this and the '11 VW Golf TDI.



Seems cool around here, lookin forward to getting to know some of you.

DESIGN
Eclipse Gray Body Color $500.00
Dark Gray Color Line STD
Dash/Door Ring in Black Checkered STD
Door Panel in Carbon Black STD
Leather Sport Wheel w/Multifunction STD
Black Roof/Mirrors $0.00
Center Arm Rest $250.00
Leatherette: Carbon Black STD
Sport Seats STD
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PACKAGES
Premium Package $1,750.00
Automatic AC
Dual Pane Panoramic Sunroof
Harman/Kardon Sound System
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PERFORMANCE
6-Speed Automatic with Paddle Shifters $1,250.00
Start/Stop Button STD
Turbocharged 16-Valve Alloy Engine STD
6 Airbags w/Side Curtain System STD
Dynamic Stability Control STD
Dynamic Traction Control $250.00
Sport Button STD
Front Fog Lamps STD
Xenon Headlamps $500.00
17" Conical Spoke Black $750.00
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INSTRUMENTS
6-spkr AM/FM CD Player STD
Alarm System $500.00
HD Radio STD
Sirius Satellite Radio STD
MINI Connected $1,000.00
On-Board Computer STD
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MSRP w/Factory Options $30,450.00
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JOHN COOPER WORKS**
JCW Strut Brace $277.00

 

Welcome right back at you.

Lots of good info and good folks around here.

Hope you enjoy yours at least half as much as I do mine.

Cheers,

Charlie

 

Welcome to NAM and congrats on your MINI. My wife and I are currently in our third and fourth MINI. My son is currently in A School (EM) down in Charleston.

 

Good looking cars rhawth99. Check out the thread "whats in a name?"

Buck

 

Hah! Well I don't have it yet but thanks! rhawth, luck you to have found another Mini lover, my girl HATES the mini, hopefully her mind will change when I take her in a few rides whenever I get to pick it up.


Here's what I'm taking out of the "daily driver" position

 

Welcome Navy Nuke

 

welcome...

 

Guys, I think laser blue is starting to grow on me...

 

Sorry just read this now, that's great! I'm sure you're proud, I myself will be in Charleston for NNPS sometime in 2012.

 

Have fun in Charleston! I went halfway thru the pipeline, failed out in power school(Hooyah Nuke Waste!). Enjoy it tho, town is super fun but its pretty easy to get in trouble around there!

 

Welcome! That laser blue is a nice color too. I actually really dig the spice orange, but the only one on the dealer lot with options I liked had a white roof, so I went with pepper white / black instead.

I've got an Xterra for the winter and "weekend adventures" as well.

 

I just got a Eclipse Gray with the blk wheels and I love it. Congrats you will love the little sucker.

 

Wow. We pretty much have the exact same car.

 

Sounds like we all might be triplets.

 

hah, what do you guys think of connected? It's looking like I could probably get something close to what I want from the dealer lot but only exactly what I want if I order it.

 

I dont actually have mine yet (next week?),but i played with the connected system in a countryman they had on the lot. Pretty sweet system, and looks really nice in the dash. Could take a little getting used to, but that will come with time.

 

Nice Xterra, are you on clubxterra?

 

So many decisions so little time, I've got it down to color.. I don't know what to do

 

The answer is obvious: Laser Blue!

 

I used to be on that one a lot when I had my 2004 Xterra, but with the new one its usually TheNewX.org. I haven't even been to that one in months though, my Xterra is stock with some meaty tires is all, and most of those guys are into more hardcore 'wheeling so I don't bother. I just like to get out into the wild and see stuff you can't easily reach in a car is all.

 

The only one of those colors I wouldn't buy personally is the all black one. The dealer here had one identical to mine in black with the matching roof color, and black leatherette. It was really nice, but I've had 4-5 black cars in my life and each time I swore I'd never buy another one. Most of those I bought because it was all they had, so I definitely wasn't going to buy one on purpose. Its just too hard to keep clean, and they show every little imperfection too well.

I've never had a white car before, so I went with the pepper white / black. There are some pictures of mine in the link in my signature if you want to see a "stock" looking PW S. They aren't great pics for now, but better than nothing... I liked how I could play off the black roof with the stripes and add some black wheels, etc.

 

Yeaa, my truck is black but I don't really try to keep that clean, the one I pictured is actually White Silver and I'm definitely leaning towards that, I really like the Laser Blue but I'm just not sure if it's too bright.

 

The Laser Blue is nice. For me personally, its a touch too light/bright. I wouldn't NOT buy it if its what I had to choose from, but I wouldn't order it.

I would do the darker Horizon Blue with the black roof if I wanted blue. That would look really cool IMO. I saw a couple on the lot in that color and it has a nice metallic fleck to it in the sun. They had one with a color-matched roof that was dead-on the same as mine, but unfortunately it was a pre-ordered car and sold already.

 

Any thoughts why Horizon Blue isn't offered with the JCW aero kit?

 

Yeah thats really weird man. You can't get it on the Spice Orange or Hot Chocolate either (2 other great colors IMO).

Have you considered the British Racing Green II? It looks great in person. They had one with white stripes and a white roof that was really "classic" looking, I loved it. Unfortunately it was a manual, and I wanted the auto this time around. If I had been willing to buy a manual, it'd be sitting in the garage right now.