With all the fun of V2.0 of the MINI, I ran across the original listing when I bought the car (way back on Dec 19, 2007 at 16:15:21 PST) sight unseen on eBay from a pawn shop in Las Vegas! I’ve always wondered if the first owners (from California) had to pawn it after a bad weekend in Vegas.
Anyway, here is what it looked like when I first bought it. When the upgrades are complete I will try and take photos at similar angles to do a comparison! =D