March 29, 2007:

STRYK2

One time MINIsOnTop Codmeister Steve, who “defected” last year from MINI to Subaru, now says “goodbye” to the giant wing and returns fully to the MINI community :)

Out with the old …

… and in with the new:

Like Steves first MINI, STRYKER, Steve has had the wheel arches and side skirts painted body color (wheel arch close-up, side skirt close-up) and it looks pretty sharp! Also worth a close-up look is the racing checker pattern interior trim:

When Steve arrived, he was totally thrilled with the new car - as any MINI owner should be of course :)

And luckily, the “STOP” sign inside the dealership turned out to be indicating only a temporary hiccup in the trade / purchase process ;)

So everyone ended up smiling - especially when Steve presented special beers to Hrach and Brig:

Steve, I hope you love it - look forward to meeting up again soon!

Posted by GBMINI at 06:52 pm | GBMINI meets, R56
Comments: 6 (post new comment)

  1. blalor (2007/03/29 @ 8:28 pm)

    Congrats, Steve! And those are some pretty cool pics, Ian! :-)

    I’m anxious to see the new fishmobile up close and personal, and I’m more than a little bummed he gypped us out of a first-hand viewing on Saturday… I’m wondering how long it’ll take MoP to sell that AWD … thing, especially since Sputnik eventually got auctioned off (poor little guy).

  2. GBMINI (2007/03/29 @ 9:57 pm)

    MoP aren’t even trying to sell the Subaru - the trade-in price was from another un-related dealership that will take it away!

  3. Cape Cod MINI (2007/03/31 @ 11:16 am)

    I’m fully satisfied even with seeing the usual goofy pictures of myself.
    MOP no longer does used auto sales except for used MINIs.
    I hear Eliot T. picked his new S up on Thursday too!
    -Steve

  4. GadgetGav (2007/03/31 @ 8:59 pm)

    Who did the trim painting? Sublime?
    That was a quick turn around wasn’t it..? I thought the cars only got
    to MOP a few days ago.

    Welcome back Steve!

  5. GBMINI (2007/04/01 @ 1:03 pm)

    The trim was painted by by the other company that MoP uses (Total Collision?); Brig said significantly less expensive than Sublime - it looked like fine work.

  6. jwardell (2007/04/03 @ 12:44 pm)

    Congrats, Steve!
    The trim looks good, although it accentuates that new bonnet panel gap.
    Interesting that the new autobahnd clear bra comes almost halfway up the hood.
    I look forward to see what engine mods steve plans to install!

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