Wet “Ice”

Posted on by Ian C.

When I washed the MINIs last weekend I applied “Ice” to GPMINI – it’s really VERY easy and quick to apply (and you don’t have to worry about getting it on the wheel arches) but I wasn’t sure how good a job it did … now with todays rain I took a couple of “beading” pictures:


… so I’m quite pleased with the beading “payback” for the effort involved (and MINI friend Richard told me that the “Ice Effect” improves with extra coats)

Spoiling a good thing

Posted on by Ian C.

That’s my opinion anyway …

smartbomb on MINI2 posted pics of his brand new R56 today, and the picture above really confirms for me that the redesign is disappointing …

  • I really don’t like the “twisted” headlights, they look very wrong (but then of course I’m used to the “old” style)
  • I also hate the yellow in the headlights – but thankfully this picture doesn’t really show it (but this one does)
  • The gap between wheel arch and bonnet is very noticeable, and not very pretty
  • And look at the huge space between wheel and wheel arch – that really looks bad

Visit smartbombs thread and gallery for more pics … but right now I’m glad I have my pre’07 MINI(s) … maybe these new cars look better in the flesh?