Here is Joseph from Spain. I´m one of the founders of another Club MINI, in Spain, named Club +MINI. Actually we have more than 3,4 thousands users registereds and 240 asociated members. You have one picture linked of our 2008 national meeting in Santander (North of Spain). "Litriblu", the other picture, is my car, one 5 years old electric blue Cooper R50... Step by step it´s turning into a classic MINI...
Electric blue R50? I'm almost certain they didn't offer that color for the R50 here in the US. Maybe the options were different for you over there. That's an unusual combo here, plus it looks like you've done some modifications, so I'd love to see you set up a Garage and a Wheel Rack here on the site to add to our collections. Welcome to M/A and thanks for the pics!
It was not an option with the first "new mini", "Electric Blue" was only available for Cooper S model. After the restyling it was an optional colour for R50. It´s a very fashionable colour in the south of Spain, in the north people prefer another colours like grey, british green and the classic red. Wheels: Rota RB Royal Lip Gunmetal, 16". I prefer the 15" size but there is no space with front wheel calippers and spanish laws does not permit to use wheel separators. I´ve bought this model cause they are very similar to the old MINILITE. Rota have a lot of models with "retro" style. (In Spain around 600€) Tires: Goodyear OPTIGRIP 205-55-16