My colleagues wife, Marie Catherine, came over and sat in GBMINI#3 on Tuesday, to try out the seating – she liked it and said she was interested in test driving a convertible, so I spoke with MINI Peabody and set up a test drive for her & Christian on Tuesday evening.
Yesterday morning, she was sold on the MINI and needed one now! Luckily, MINI Peabody had a (very) few stock convertibles and so this morning she owns one – how about that, 24 hours from test drive to ownership …
Minolta DSC
Minolta DSC
Marie Catherine has a powerful Infiniti for “quick drive” days, so was happy to choose a MINI Cooper for her “cruising convertible”; of course being a MINI the car looks great in Pure Silver, with the premium package, CVT transmission, and little else.
M&I / GBMINI 
Ian, your a MINI Pimp.
This is just a personal thing but I really dislike those new taillights. I wonder if you could retro fit the original style to the new car?
You certainly could refit the pre-’05 taillights if you worked at it, remembering to rewire / refit the old reversing light position too.
I did not expect to like the new design, but on my red MINI the all red taillights look OK and they don’t bother me.
Combined with that photo this is a great point. The 05 tails look fine on gbmini3 but as you guessed it’s because they match its red color, IMO they are terrible on silver!
Ian,
Didn’t you install that F1 blinky thing in your GB2 upper stop lite? Did it make the transition or was the clicking noise a turn off?
Maybe it’s my monitor, but that PS kinda looks like the old Silk Green.
That silk green was a sweet color. I still can’t understand why they dumped it for 2 not that dissimilar blues. I guess it was a slow seller.
RB,
The blinking brake light did not even make it to the end of GBMINI#2 – I pulled it out last year!
All the metallic MINI colors change according to light … Marie Catherine considered Cool Blue initially till she saw it in shadow instead of full sun and said it looked too purple.
MINI task: Go to your dealership on a sunny evening and watch all the cars change color as the sun sets 🙂