http://www.minir56.com All about the new R56 Mini Cooper S! Fri, 18 Apr 2008 22:19:21 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Following my initial Mini Cooper S cold start noise article, more information has come available. On Mini2, NAM and the Dutch New Mini Club a large number of drivers have reported the problem. Most of them have reported the problem at their dealer but got mixed replies, some dealers replaced ... http://www.minir56.com/2008/04/18/r56-mini-cooper-s-cold-start-noise-update/ 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: http://www.minir56.com/2008/02/28/mini-cooper-s-works/ 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 ... http://www.minir56.com/2008/02/24/r56-jcw-tuning/ I found this video on youtube from a R56 Mini Cooper S that makes a diesel sound after ignition. From what I could find on the various Mini forums there are more people with the same problem, but so far there's no clear solution and some dealerships even fail to ... http://www.minir56.com/2008/01/20/r56-mini-cooper-s-problems/ Down in Switzerland last week I took some photos of my Mini Cooper S in the beautiful setting of the Swiss mountains. http://www.minir56.com/2007/09/14/r56-mini-cooper-s-photos/ 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 ... http://www.minir56.com/2007/08/25/r56-mini-cooper-s-black-grill/ 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... http://www.minir56.com/2007/02/22/mini-cooper-s-delivery-today/ 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 ... http://www.minir56.com/2007/01/29/mini-cooper-s-jcw-bodykit/ Milltek released a performance exhaust system for the R56 Mini Cooper S. It consist of a large-bore Downpipe and Sports Catalyst, Front Pipe, Centre Section, Connecting Pipe, and Rear Silencer with Twin Oval Tailpipes. According to Milltek: With only the full Milltek Sport turbo-back fitted, our Cooper S was producing ... http://www.minir56.com/2007/01/27/milltek-performance-exhaust-system/ 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 ... http://www.minir56.com/2007/01/22/good-news/