Hi from new OR coast member!
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12-11-2013, 02:02 PM
Hi from new OR coast member!
Hi fellow MINIacs!
I'm a returning NAM member after an 8 year hiatus: I had a 2003 EB/W MCS (Celeste) that I sold in 2005 when I got a Prius: twice the mileage but half the fun
. Well, enough of that! Time for some more fun again: last week I picked up a brand new 2013 MCS: lightning blue / black, with black 16" wheels. Her name is Tess (short for Vitesse). Celeste had it all (Sport, Premium, Cold, Leather, HK), but Tess is strictly business: no packages, leatherette, HK stereo, 6sp manual, bi-xenon, black headlights, all black/anthracite JCW interior (off the lot), aftermarket seat heaters. In her future: black viper stripes, motoring lights, lumbar adjustment, and then maybe some tuning...
Anyway, it's good to be back with all y'all!
I'm a returning NAM member after an 8 year hiatus: I had a 2003 EB/W MCS (Celeste) that I sold in 2005 when I got a Prius: twice the mileage but half the fun
. Well, enough of that! Time for some more fun again: last week I picked up a brand new 2013 MCS: lightning blue / black, with black 16" wheels. Her name is Tess (short for Vitesse). Celeste had it all (Sport, Premium, Cold, Leather, HK), but Tess is strictly business: no packages, leatherette, HK stereo, 6sp manual, bi-xenon, black headlights, all black/anthracite JCW interior (off the lot), aftermarket seat heaters. In her future: black viper stripes, motoring lights, lumbar adjustment, and then maybe some tuning...Anyway, it's good to be back with all y'all!
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12-11-2013, 02:56 PM
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Hi fellow MINIacs!
I'm a returning NAM member after an 8 year hiatus: I had a 2003 EB/W MCS (Celeste) that I sold in 2005 when I got a Prius: twice the mileage but half the fun. Well, enough of that! Time for some more fun again: last week I picked up a brand new 2013 MCS: lightning blue / black, with black 16" wheels. Her name is Tess (short for Vitesse). Celeste had it all (Sport, Premium, Cold, Leather, HK), but Tess is strictly business: no packages, leatherette, HK stereo, 6sp manual, bi-xenon, black headlights, all black/anthracite JCW interior (off the lot), aftermarket seat heaters. In her future: black viper stripes, motoring lights, lumbar adjustment, and then maybe some tuning...
Anyway, it's good to be back with all y'all!
I'm a returning NAM member after an 8 year hiatus: I had a 2003 EB/W MCS (Celeste) that I sold in 2005 when I got a Prius: twice the mileage but half the fun
. Well, enough of that! Time for some more fun again: last week I picked up a brand new 2013 MCS: lightning blue / black, with black 16" wheels. Her name is Tess (short for Vitesse). Celeste had it all (Sport, Premium, Cold, Leather, HK), but Tess is strictly business: no packages, leatherette, HK stereo, 6sp manual, bi-xenon, black headlights, all black/anthracite JCW interior (off the lot), aftermarket seat heaters. In her future: black viper stripes, motoring lights, lumbar adjustment, and then maybe some tuning...Anyway, it's good to be back with all y'all!
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12-11-2013, 03:37 PM
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12-12-2013, 09:11 AM
Cape Foulweather
That's the aptly named Cape Foulweather between Newport and Lincoln City. The day before snow and ice hit us on the coast. I was pleasantly surprised by how well the R56 handles in (light) snow and ice, even with the all-season RFs. Easily got up our slick hill where the Prius got stuck (had to leave it at bottom). I guess that's the difference between the Prius traction control that cuts engine power on slip, and the MINI that in DTC mode brakes the slipping wheel. Makes all the difference in the world.
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12-12-2013, 09:18 AM
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That's the aptly named Cape Foulweather between Newport and Lincoln City. The day before snow and ice hit us on the coast. I was pleasantly surprised by how well the R56 handles in (light) snow and ice, even with the all-season RFs. Easily got up our slick hill where the Prius got stuck (had to leave it at bottom). I guess that's the difference between the Prius traction control that cuts engine power on slip, and the MINI that in DTC mode brakes the slipping wheel. Makes all the difference in the world.
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