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Mellow Yellow pictures in person?


Hello all!

New to the Mini scene.  My wife has been lusting over one for years now, and I think we are close to ordering a new MCS. 

The current hangup (other than price), is the mellow yellow colour.  Unfortunately, Ray, over at Towne doesn't have a mellow yellow with the white top.  So I was wondering if anyone here had pictures of one?

She really, really wants the liquid yellow, but as it is now gone, it's not in the cards.  She's hoping the mellow doesn't show up as school bus yellow.  And we can't determine if the white top/mirrors/stripes will help or hurt.

So, sorry for the long first post.  The guts of it being, does anyone have a new Mini, mellow yellow with the white top with actual pictures to show?  I searched, but came up empty.

Thanks!  And I'll let you know what we decide.

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Did you build one at the MINIUSA.com website?


Dave

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I haven't seen it in person, but here's a similar thread with pictures from North American Motoring.
http://www.northamericanmotoring.com/forums/showthread.php?t=116294

-- Edited by yellowmininy at 19:29, 2007-10-19

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I checked out the thread that you posted....looks a little schoolbusish to me (is that a word?). I saw one on e-bay too, and I thought that they had it painted to match the color of a school bus because the person who was selling it worked for the bus garage.

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Obviously, I prefer Liquid Yellow biggrin.gif but I think the Mellow Yellow/white roof combination looks good. I picked yellow because it is one of the safest colors in the National Highway & Traffic Safety ratings. This might be why the school buses pick it too. :)

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I wouldn't say that it really is a school bus yellow, nor a taxi yellow...its a rich yellow (???)

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elliott,

What the MINI's yellow color looks like "depends on the eye of the beholder". And, of course, the color of the school buses (some more yellow, some leaning towards orange).

The earlier MC/MCS coupe's Liquid Yellow looks lighter than 'school bus yellow' "in person". The color in the previous model's catalog looked close, even looking closer with a Black roof.

Check out the 'Rally Pics - 2006' in the 'Picture Post' section for a look at both a Liquid Yellow MINI with Black roof and one with White.

The new MC/MCS' Mellow Yellow reminds us of a butterscotch sundae with vanilla ice cream. With a Black roof it may look darker than school bus yellow and lighter with a White one.

I thought I saw someone had posted pictures of their new yellow MINI (do not recall if it was Liquid or Mellow Yellow) with Black roof in a school bus parking lot. It looked like a perfect match.

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Hello,
I have a Mellow Yellow Mini Cooper S but it does not have the white top.
I have a Yellow top. (Full body colour) With factory Chrome mirrors.

I can try and send a picture but I think you need to see the colour in person.

School bus's are more orange then yellow.

I got to see both yellows (06 & 07) in person. The liquid yellow in my opinion is lighter or more washed out then Mellow Yellow.

I bought my mini at Towne Mini from Greg K. Ask him.

I don't know where you live but I live near the Chenung County Airport of Rt 17 I 86 if you are ever down this way????

Les

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Here's a Venno pic from our Finger Lakes Drive-In Run with BOSS's Mellow Yellow and Cathy's (yellowmininy) Liquid Yellow sort of close together:

http://picasaweb.google.com/Vaclav.Jelinek/DriveIn/photo#5086043304821381202

-- Edited by TrixieinNY at 13:16, 2007-10-25

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