[mikeswagon]

Hi Guys,

so finally got the cooper last weekend, really liking it.

Met up with Natalie and Gregg from Eastsidevw to get some piccies earlier in the week, so here she is. JC sprayed the boot lid handle when they did the roof, and apart from peeling off their sticker on the back window, it's as it rolled out of there (so far...)














Mike.

 

[donnaj1dlh]

I bet another one turns up in the street soon!!!
Lots of VOs being churned out of JC MINI just now ... I think it's 'cos everyone's seen mine and thought "WANT!"

GO VO

 

[mikeswagon]

I bet another one turns up in the street soon!!!
Lots of VOs being churned out of JC MINI just now ... I think it's 'cos everyone's seen mine and thought "WANT!"

GO VO

It wouldn't surprise me, there's 1 r53 and about 4-5 r56s already. I'm going to ask if they want a mini photo shoot to see how huge this thing is.

My daughter's seen a plain VO in the village, but may just have been passing through.

 

[kenl]

Very nice car and great pics.

Not seen many vo cars around Edinburgh, but I have not seen that many f56 cars. Bizarrely 2 red f56 in my estate.

 

[Solar red]

My wife has a F56 Cooper, it's the only one in the County!

 

[Midnight Black]

Looks great! Thank you for sharing Mikeswagon

 

[Jorge83]

beautiful mini...go team VO!

Wish I can find someone to paint my wheels black!

Plus the stripes are 300 bucks!? :O

 

[mikeswagon]

Thanks Jorge

I wsan't sure about black wheels, and while I like them they don't stay clean any longer. You could probably buy genuine stripes from ebay and fit them yourself - spray on water with a little washing up liquid to help locate them

VO... it's the only way to go Funnily enough I've been talking to the dealership the last few weeks, they're trying to price up a JCW, and they never even asked what colour I wanted... VO it is then.

 

[mikeswagon]

Just a little update to show the latest treat for the cooper.

Ebay bargain, and I then removed the union flag graphic so they're just plain black which was always my intention.


Not 100% convinced on these myself, but considering how cheap they were if I bin them it's no great loss.

 

[donnaj1dlh]

mmmmmmm..... #undecided ... is this why you were feert to tell me!!!????

Did they have the gold Union Jack Originally?

 

[mikeswagon]

mmmmmmm..... #undecided ... is this why you were feert to tell me!!!????

Did they have the gold Union Jack Originally?

Nae feert of you... well nae on the other end of a keyboard. Aye gold union jack, much cheapness.


That's only one of the treats, other one not arrived yet.

 

[SgMINI]

lovely pix! VO goes very well with the black roof and black wheels!

 

[mikeswagon]

Last week the kids an me took a wee road trip, Alford - Edinburgh - Liverpool - Manchester - Blackpool - Alford. 790 trouble free, enjoyable and largely comfortable miles, the mini did us proud. Only downside was that we generally parked up and either walked or took the tram so I don't have all of the mini pics in great locations I'd hoped for.


So today it got a good wash, de-tar and claying before fitting my latest mod, side stripes. And the side scuttles came off before we left, wasn't overly happy with the fit, but they haven't been binned so may make a reappearance in the future.

 

[donnaj1dlh]

Now those ..... I do like! Wasn't keen on the scuttles.......

 

[derekh929]

Love the stripes mike and that second pic very nice, sounds like a great trip I have been trying to get my wife to go on a Scottish Highlands road trip before year is out , trying is the word lol


Mike you heading to All Ford this weekend in your home town?

 

[mikeswagon]

Love the stripes mike and that second pic very nice, sounds like a great trip I have been trying to get my wife to go on a Scottish Highlands road trip before year is out , trying is the word lol


Mike you heading to All Ford this weekend in your home town?

It was a fantastic trip, just what the Dr ordered.

Aye I'll be there in the afternoon, got a family birthday party first, of all the days.... My next car may well have a blue oval so can't miss it

 

[drewbles]

Out of curiosity, all the people who are part of #teamVO , how many were a fan of the now defunct Spice Orange colour?

Whilst I was waiting for my R56 JCW to be delivered years ago, I was loaned a Spice Orange for a week and it kinda grew on me. Could never have owned one, but it wasn't a bad colour!

 

[donnaj1dlh]

I almost ordered a new Spice Roadster a couple of months before I ordered my VO ......my sensible side won .......

 

[mikeswagon]

So I added another little touch today, a bit of fun since life's far too serious sometimes.

And before anyone asks, yes I have been around the track, I worked at the museum when it was built so I was among the first to try it out.