Hello to my fellow MINI owners! On July 11, I traded in my 2006 MCS (sad to say but it was a good time to trade it in) and bought a 2011 Chili Red/Black Top/Black Stripes Cooper! As much as I loved my MCS, I decided that the opportunity to get a brand new car at a nice price that I could deal with made the regular MC very attractive. Less speeding tickets is one way to look at it and I really am happy having regular tires again (that is, until I have to change one). Rock Guard, a local 3M installer did an excellent job on the clear bra with perfect trim around the stripes. My new Cooper is named Blinkie.