R60 Finally broke down... (and ordered a JCW)
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"LOVESEXY: did you get the red trim interior or piano black trim with your polar beige color line? Any interior shots?"
A couple of quick shots I took. I went with the Piano Black trim and Chrome Interior. There is red stitching on the steering wheel, shifter and the floor mats. Also, from the driver's seat I can see the red trim on the door. There is also the JCW emblems on the door sills. Nice!!!!! When I sat in the car, it was the first one I sat in with the Anthracite headliner. Even though I have the moonroof, it is pretty dark. I am REALLY glad I brought the polar beige seats and color line into the car...really makes it look custom!
A couple of quick shots I took. I went with the Piano Black trim and Chrome Interior. There is red stitching on the steering wheel, shifter and the floor mats. Also, from the driver's seat I can see the red trim on the door. There is also the JCW emblems on the door sills. Nice!!!!! When I sat in the car, it was the first one I sat in with the Anthracite headliner. Even though I have the moonroof, it is pretty dark. I am REALLY glad I brought the polar beige seats and color line into the car...really makes it look custom!
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Greatgro, we were looking at the same 3 1/2 week delay that you were, but all of a sudden WW's website showed our car loaded on a non-WW ship called Swift Ace, which departed Bremerhaven on Thursday, and is going directly to Jersey City with no stops and is now scheduled to arrive in Jersey City early Saturday morning according to marinetraffic.com. Is it possible that your car is on the same ship? What do you see when you do a VIN search on WW's website today? This is only a guess, but it appears to us that WW may have subcontracted this voyage given the lack of departures from Bremerhaven during the holiday period.
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Trystana - my JCW got on the Turandot which left Germany yesterday....check the WW site with your VIN....maybe you're on it. I wasn't expecting this ship...they just added it...it was a surprise to me.
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THe MINI's Polar white seats and inserts is the only white interior I've ever liked....and in fact love! But with a 4 year old and a dog there was just no way I could go with the white interior. But I truly think it looks amazing.
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When I check the schedule for ships leaving Bremerhaven (is that right?) and heading to Baltimore, it shows one leaving today (Courage), one leaving the 9th (Honor), and the next not until the 15th.
Arrival dates anywhere from the 16th to the 30th with those departures. Would I presumably be right in assuming I should be on one of those? Bummer that it didn't make it out with your ship! But exciting for you!
Lovesexy, how are you liking it now that you've been able to break her in a little?
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The clutch feels much better...it engages like the other MINIs and the additional power is just what the Countryman needed to offset the additional weight. It does not pop & burble like our hardtop or the other JCW models and our cars don't roll unless the Sport button is <on>. We ordered the 19" wheels sight-unseen and glad we did. The jury is still out on the championship lounge leather.
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The red leather trim looks really nice in both the back and front seats IMO.
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The 19's are nice although I prefer the standard 18's. It's the optional 18's I thought were ugly. I had the lounge leather twice in loaner cars and felt it was the most comfortable leather car seats I've ever sat in and definitely the best I ever drove with. Didn't want to give those Countrymans back.
The red leather trim looks really nice in both the back and front seats IMO.
The red leather trim looks really nice in both the back and front seats IMO.
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Sucks is an understatement. I had an 03 MCS...no pop....had to get an aftermarket exhaust. I have an 08 S Clubman...no sound at all. I've heard a lot about the cool sounding JCW exhausts....I had high expectations. If I had know this I probably would have gotten an S countryman a year ago and modified it instead of waiting for the JCW.
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