I picked up the Clubman this afternoon.  OMG – it looks amazing.  I took a few pictures, but nothing did it justice in the light I had to work with.

JCW front bumper
de-striped front and rear
a larger clear bra on the hood
the front bumper ’s paint is now fully clear bar’ed
no front plate and no holes [...]

The final estimates are in from the Pavement Gator incident.  State Farm estimated the damage at about $2400.  That did NOT included a new hood.  None of the crumple zones on the hood were moved so I somewhat agree with the decision.
The bottom line is I’ll have $1400 to put toward the fixes.  I got [...]

I have been searching for new wheels and tires for the Clubman.  Every day I drive around on these Continental all-season tires thinking…”these thing are going to be bald by the time Winter gets here”.  I day dream of getting some new rims and putting come phat Summer rubber on them.  Storing the all-seasons away [...]