R56 NAM @ the R56 Press Launch
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I agree with the return of the burbles through the sport button. I hope that we will be able to request at least an ECU flash to return the snap, crackle, and pop to our R56 if we desire.
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Dave,
If you're still out in AZ... or if anyone reading knows more about this, I'd love to hear. My MA and Gabe at Motoringfile both have reported the audio package to be delayed until summer, along with the hypersport package. I would REALLY love to have it installed but I'm not willing to wait on such a minor item, and one which should be pretty easily added aftermarket.
Motoringfile ran an article about it over a month ago, a dark day in my Mini ordering process. However, MiniUSA (which I have come to realize knows fairly little, it seems) and the website both list is as available as of 3/07.
I also am wondering when they will update the site correcting some of the little glitches in prices etc as well as making the 3/07 items selectable on the configurator. Seems like that should be due any day now!
Thanks much for anyone who can share any news on these issues!
If you're still out in AZ... or if anyone reading knows more about this, I'd love to hear. My MA and Gabe at Motoringfile both have reported the audio package to be delayed until summer, along with the hypersport package. I would REALLY love to have it installed but I'm not willing to wait on such a minor item, and one which should be pretty easily added aftermarket.
Motoringfile ran an article about it over a month ago, a dark day in my Mini ordering process. However, MiniUSA (which I have come to realize knows fairly little, it seems) and the website both list is as available as of 3/07.
I also am wondering when they will update the site correcting some of the little glitches in prices etc as well as making the 3/07 items selectable on the configurator. Seems like that should be due any day now!
Thanks much for anyone who can share any news on these issues!
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Wait to you see one on person
I live in AZ and went to see them for myself. If you think the R56 is ugly then you must not like your R53. They are not that much different looking in person. If you saw one driving down the road you probably would not notice from a distance. Why is everyone bashing the R56? It looks great in person as does the R53.
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I live in AZ and went to see them for myself. If you think the R56 is ugly then you must not like your R53. They are not that much different looking in person. If you saw one driving down the road you probably would not notice from a distance. Why is everyone bashing the R56? It looks great in person as does the R53.
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Before this whole R50/R53 to R56 comparison thing I had no idea how totally deceptive photos can be for critical analysis. What an eye-opener!! I'm very anxious to see R56 in person at the dealer, although I admit I'm already am a massively huge fan. (not that I'm huge...my affection for R56 is huge)
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Well I will see it in person in a few weeks and give my impressions then. But from what i have seen i like the r53 more. I have seen tons of pictures and Not one (interior or Exterior) does anything for me on the r56.
And as for saying I must not like my r53, Don't put your thoughts in my head.
And as for saying I must not like my r53, Don't put your thoughts in my head.
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I'll eat my words if seeing it in person changes my Mind. But I doubt that will happen.
Some people seem a bit to sensative over here. I stated iI don't like it and why and everyone's defense is you have not seen it in person so you don't know anything, your not intelligent. So from what I gather every photographer out there has made the new Mini look UGLY then!!!
Some people seem a bit to sensative over here. I stated iI don't like it and why and everyone's defense is you have not seen it in person so you don't know anything, your not intelligent. So from what I gather every photographer out there has made the new Mini look UGLY then!!!
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I'll eat my words if seeing it in person changes my Mind. But I doubt that will happen.
Some people seem a bit to sensative over here. I stated iI don't like it and why and everyone's defense is you have not seen it in person so you don't know anything, your not intelligent. So from what I gather every photographer out there has made the new Mini look UGLY then!!!
Some people seem a bit to sensative over here. I stated iI don't like it and why and everyone's defense is you have not seen it in person so you don't know anything, your not intelligent. So from what I gather every photographer out there has made the new Mini look UGLY then!!!
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I think that, given all the reports, it may be more fair so say one prefers (even vastly) the look of R53 over R56. To say it is ugly may be percieved as an extreme view (even though we may really think so). Of course, one is free to make such statements, but they will draw ire...so don't be surprised. Extremely polarized views are probably unnecessary at this point...it's clear there's much to love (and even not love) about both models.
Personally, I'm delighted our folks at the launch feel energized about the marque (and it's future) in it's newest incarnation...it's good for all of us.
Personally, I'm delighted our folks at the launch feel energized about the marque (and it's future) in it's newest incarnation...it's good for all of us.
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What I find most interesting about this profile view is just how much more space the boot has--looking at where the rear seat headrest is. Not that I have a problem with the space in the boot of the R53, but it is substantially more forward that I expected from the picture below.
I saw the new MINI at a focus group many months ago, and I didn't like the look back then, and I think I still feel that way about the Cooper. I think the R56 looks more familiar though to past generations. Doesn't bother me as much. Thanks for the writeups and photos Dave!
I saw the new MINI at a focus group many months ago, and I didn't like the look back then, and I think I still feel that way about the Cooper. I think the R56 looks more familiar though to past generations. Doesn't bother me as much. Thanks for the writeups and photos Dave!
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I think the problem is that many R53 owners have said they don't like the looks of the new model, but instead of leaving it at that, they feel a need to convince everyone else of the same opinion.
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I think I've said it before, but it's a testament to the sheer power of the MINI marketing machine that so many people think that the 1st gen fell from Heaven in a perfect balance between form and function, was designed not by a business unit of a for-profit business that wanted to sell cars and make money by exploiting a niche, but rather sprung fully formed from the loins of passionate, inspired designers that had possessed only the burning desire to create the perfect automobile and that any perceptible change is akin to burning the collected works of Leonardo Da Vinci and we should be grateful that such an anomaly could ever occur in the multinational automobile industry -- a brief, shining moment that will likely never happen again.
Oh man... Camelman's sig is loading up its guns now!!
Thanks for echoing what I posted Sunday night... I was beginning to think I was the only one seeing things this way. I guess I get the Kool-Aid at the same time as the car...
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I think I've said it before, but it's a testament to the sheer power of the MINI marketing machine that so many people think that the 1st gen fell from Heaven in a perfect balance between form and function, was designed not by a business unit of a for-profit business that wanted to sell cars and make money by exploiting a niche, but rather sprung fully formed from the loins of passionate, inspired designers that had possessed only the burning desire to create the perfect automobile and that any perceptible change is akin to burning the collected works of Leonardo Da Vinci and we should be grateful that such an anomaly could ever occur in the multinational automobile industry -- a brief, shining moment that will likely never happen again.
Very well said.
dean.