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Watching a MINI delivery

Posted on April 29, 2004February 9, 2017 by Ian C.

Is this your MINI?
Visiting MINI Peabody today, I watched a British Racing Green MINI Cooper S being delivered:

I have seen photos of my MINI being delivered (take by Joel, my Sales Councilor) but this is the first time I have seen the delivery truck and watched a MINI being delivered.
Shame the truck was not full of MINIs!
Is this your MINI being delivered to MINI Peabody? I have hidden the VIN but if you think it is your car, you can contact me for full size pics if you want them …

Wet weather makes dead headlight

Posted on April 27, 2004February 9, 2017 by Ian C.

A couple of weeks ago, in wet weather, my driver side headlight did not come on; in the heavy rain earlier this week the headlight once again did not light:

So now, thanks to MINI Peabody I have a new headlight – hopefully that one will work better in all weathers!

MINI changes revisited

Posted on April 26, 2004February 9, 2017 by Ian C.

Further to my recent entry on changes to the 2005 MINI range, I was looking at this official MINI site this evening. It lists a number of changes I had not noticed before:
MINI Cooper S next-generation supercharger
Body colour mirror cars
Powerfolding mirrors (previously available in some markets)
MP3 compatible CD player
Anthracite headlining (must make a very dark interior!)
Clock moved into speedometer display
Redesigned door grab handle / arm rest (maybe easier to put things in the pocket now?)
“Shark fin” antenna scrapped

It is a shame that you cannot pick the best of the changes, and keep the things you don’t want changed …