Counterfit- The xB may get worse mileage, but I can haul stuff/people in one trip what I would previously have needed two or three trips to carry at two or three times the miles to transport. My trip back from Kentucky (650 miles) got an average of 27 mpg (highway, mostly over 70) with the back loaded up with IKEA loot. When I had my Cooper-S I could only buy one thing at a time at IKEA which is problematic when you need more than one thing
Counterfit- The xB may get worse mileage, but I can haul stuff/people in one trip what I would previously have needed two or three trips to carry at two or three times the miles to transport. My trip back from Kentucky (650 miles) got an average of 27 mpg (highway, mostly over 70) with the back loaded up with IKEA loot. When I had my Cooper-S I could only buy one thing at a time at IKEA which is problematic when you need more than one thing
Yeah the xB is nice for hauling stuff and people, that's why we haven't gotten rid of it yet, but we still want to get a Mini Clubman at some point too. Just got new tires on the xB today and it drives so much better...
Hi my name's Stephanie...
Max- 2024 Mini Cooper S All4 Clubman
Past Mini's:
2009 MCS
1977 Leyland Mini 1000
That sucks! $1800 for a lousy bird. I got hit by an Acura in my Toyota and the repair bill was about $50 less than that. But I suppose BMW paint is top dollar...
Hah, I can relate. I've driven a lot of rental cars doing consulting work on the east coast - the worst of which was a Chevy Cobalt. I've never been in a car that felt more unstable at highway speed. Subaru Outback on the other hand, not bad at all (despite how I loathe station wagons.)
As luck would have it, I hit a bird in the blue meanie yesterday doing about 70. Smacked into the windshield right where my Garmin is mounted. No damage, just a lot of bird goo and some feathers, and I nearly soiled myself.
The other day dimini was parked under a tree in front of my house while we did some work on my Audi and when he went to leave his whole windshield was covered in bird poop!
I hit another bird yesterday (around the headlight? Couldn't tell...) and then another bird ran into the side of the car. I was doing like 15mph down main street....maybe it's the color?
You may be on to something, there may be some Hitchcock-esque bird shenanigans happening.
Yes! And it has to change...I'm either going to mask off the JCW logo and plastidip it, or get one of the black frames and swap the molded plastic logos.
The JCW frame (for no reason that I can figure out) is only available in chrome, not black.
It's instrumental in hiding a certain part of my plate, though. It's actually a carefully disguised collegiate plate. I just wanted an old-school looking IA plate instead of the weak white ones that we have now.
I don't like all the chrome that was on the car, but I think the frame is less garish than some of it might have been.
