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I've always liked the orange gauges and ambient lighting; no complaints here!

 

and the cup holders actually work on the R56.

Jim

 

Funny thing, I visited a new MINI dealership in the area and sat in my first R53. I'm pretty well versed with the R56 but for some odd reason I found the R53 to be a bit less cluttered in the center stack area, but I wasn't a fan of some of the dials by the e-brake. I say that to say that I can now understand how some of the members here with R53's refuse to sit in/own/acknowledge the R56, although I'm not sure if the interior styling is enough to make me pass up a good deal on an R56. Just my .02.

Completely unrelated side note: Why are the majority of the CPO R53's on MINI's website without Xenons? Who skimps on headlights?

 

Can't argue with that one!

 

Maybe I used 'perfection' because I've owned my car for over 7 years, and practically drive nothing else. It is just so comfortable and familiar.

I get frustrated in other cars that do not have a center speedo. It's a pretty foreign idea to me to have to look behind the steering wheel for your speed. My MINI does not have the digital speed readout, it didn't exist back then. When I drive other cars, I look to center for my speed, find there is no speedo, and then look behind the wheel - nearly every time, it is so ingrained.

I also get irked by cars that do not have the clock up above the mirror like my MINI.