Posts filed under 'My Mini Cooper S R56'

Mini Cooper S Works

Finally had time to upload some pictures from my Mini Cooper S Works. Next trip will bring it to the Alps again so after it I can give a good review of the performance increase of the John Cooper Works Tuning. In the meantime enjoy the pictures:

Mini Cooper S Works

Mini Cooper S Works

1 comment February 28th, 2008

R56 JCW Tuning

Mini Cooper S JCW Tuning

Last week I had the John Cooper Wors (JCW) Tuning installed on my 2007 R56 Mini Cooper S. They replaced the exhaust and airfilter with the new JCW exhaust and air filter and updated the motormanagement software. Output should be around 200 hp now, acceleration is increased a lot especially in 3rd and 4th gear. Haven’t tested the new topspeed yet but it should be between 235 and 245 km/h. Before the JCW tuning was installed the Cooper S got up to 233 km/h on a flat highway with 98 fuel.

Best about the JCW tuning is the new tune coming from the exhaust. Inside the car you can hear there’s increased exhaust volume without getting annoyed but from the outside the car sounds a lot more mature.

Add comment February 24th, 2008

R56 Mini Cooper S Photos

Down in Switzerland last week I took some photos of my Mini Cooper S in the beautiful setting of the Swiss mountains.

R56 Mini Cooper S in Astro Black with 18

R56 Astro Black Mini Cooper S

R56 Mini Cooper S in Astro Black

R56 Mini Cooper S with carbon black leather punch interior

R56 Mini Cooper S

Add comment September 14th, 2007

R56 Mini Cooper S Black Grill

After seeing the JCW aerokit for the R56 Cooper S I knew the black grill would be a perfect add-on for my Cooper S. Last weekend I took the original chrome grill off and added the black edges in about 10 minutes, all you need is a screwdriver. You can order the two pieces at your local dealership for around 50 euro.

Here’s a picture of my Mini Cooper S with the black JCW grill:

Mini Cooper S Black Grill

Mini Cooper S Black Grill

Add comment August 25th, 2007

Mini Cooper S delivery today!

Can pick up my brandnew R56 today! Tomorrow I will drive it down to Cannes and Monaco in Southern France to get used to the car and take some cool photographs in that area.

Can’t wait…

Add comment February 22nd, 2007

Mini Cooper S JCW Bodykit

John Cooper Works released a new aero and bodykit for the R56 Cooper S not to long ago. Now the first pictures of new Mini Coopers with the bodykit surface I think about getting the aero myself aswell. The front looks absolutely fabulous on the Astro black R56 but the rear is not really my taste.

Mini Cooper S R56 Aerokit Mini Cooper S R56 Aerokit in Red

What shall I do?!

1 comment January 29th, 2007

Good news!

When I ordered my Cooper S the dealer told me it would take about 10 - 12 weeks until the new car was delivered. That means I would be able to drive it somewhere mid / end March. Yesterday I had to be at the dealer to sign my new salesagreement because I changed Punch leather to Lounge leather and added the alarm. The dealer told me a couple of people dropped out so my car would arrive a month early, woohoo!!

Add comment January 22nd, 2007

18 inch Black R105 JCW Rims

Ever since I saw a black mini with black rims I fell in love with that combination. When shopping for a new Mini Cooper S I found out John Cooper Works offered a set of 18 inch matt black rims.

Recently I found a good picture of the rims on a new R56 Cooper S:

JCW rims

The R105 Double-Spoke 18-inch light-alloy wheels come in three variants: matt black, burnished with black cavities or composite and it’s available for all Mini models.

Add comment January 15th, 2007

Ordered my 2007 Mini Cooper S!

I ordered my 2007 Mini Cooper S today! It’s my first Mini but the testdrive proved I made a great choice. Mine is scheduled to be produced somewhere end of february and delivery will be somewhere in March 2007.

Specs:

  • Black Metallic
  • Carbon Black Punch Leather
  • Chili Package
  • Sports suspension
  • LSD
  • Heated Mirrors and wipers
  • Tinted rear windows
  • Colour line cream white
  • Anthracite roof
  • Piano Black interior
  • White indicators
  • 18″ Black JCW rims
  • Chequered roof flag

Add comment December 20th, 2006


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