April 21, 2005:

Two MINIs at PG Trionic!

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 …

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 …

I wonder if she wants to come to MINIsOnTop? ;)

Posted by GBMINI at 08:38 am | GBMINI meets, GBMINI#3
Comments: 7 (post new comment)

  1. RB (2005/04/21 @ 11:56 pm)

    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?

  2. Ian C. (2005/04/22 @ 7:37 am)

    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.

  3. Josh Wardell (2005/04/22 @ 2:07 pm)

    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!

  4. RB (2005/04/22 @ 4:11 pm)

    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?

  5. Ryan (2005/04/22 @ 4:38 pm)

    Maybe it’s my monitor, but that PS kinda looks like the old Silk Green.

  6. RB (2005/04/22 @ 5:19 pm)

    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.

  7. Ian C. (2005/04/22 @ 6:41 pm)

    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 :)

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