Comments on: The Shark Fin Comes to an End

By: mini T

mini T — Tue, 01 Nov 2005 20:22:25 +0000

I have changed alta antenna (4″). When I entered a car wash last night, the dryer hit the antenna and broke the antenna based….. wooo wooo.

By: Gabe

Gabe — Fri, 23 Jul 2004 15:33:13 +0000

Well I suppose you can always try to order one from the parts dept at your dealer.

By: Lisanne

Lisanne — Fri, 23 Jul 2004 15:20:18 +0000

does anyone know where I can order or by a Red Shark Fin for my MINI COOPER?

Thanx!

By: John

John — Sat, 12 Jun 2004 02:14:25 +0000

It's gone …

By: Eric

Eric — Thu, 10 Jun 2004 18:45:58 +0000

So does this mean it will have to be removed before entering a car wash?

I've loved the fact that I don't have to worry about turning the radio off or removing the antenna when I go through the car wash.

By: pete

pete — Thu, 10 Jun 2004 05:50:21 +0000

woo hooo my jcw “s” is now a classic im lovin it, i think the shark fin give the mini a more agressive, sportier look instead of the remote control car look the antenna give, i still love smoking pt cruisers, and now they take me seriously with my jcw works kit yeee haa!!!

By: Martin

Martin — Thu, 10 Jun 2004 03:08:55 +0000

Kind of ironic that the rumor for 2004 was that all cars would have the shark fin. That of course never materialized.

By: R

Thu, 10 Jun 2004 00:19:37 +0000

I was thinking how clean the roof looks without that spoiler attached. I would get rid of it but I guess it's needed when I'm trying to beat Schumy into the hairpin at the Monte Carlo Grande Hotel in Monaco…R

By: R

Thu, 10 Jun 2004 00:09:01 +0000

Gabe, thanks for the info on the stubby I just ordered some stuff from Out Motoring and added a stubby to that pile-o-stuff…R

By: Font

Font — Wed, 09 Jun 2004 23:54:38 +0000

My rear quarter window array (I have NAV) never allowed for good radio reception. Although I'm only 30 miles out from downtown Chicago, my radio degrades horrendously (static and crackle on WBEZ, WFMT, etc) in the late afternoon 'til morning -- no other car I've had has had this problem. And that's after getting the HU replaced (CD skip problems).

Maybe I can get a retrofit of the new antenna in future, though.

By: Juan-Antonio Garcia

Juan-Antonio Garcia — Wed, 09 Jun 2004 20:31:12 +0000

I noticed that when I saw the new cabrio, the antena is in the front a la old Golf. I like more the shark look, I bet several aftermarket companies will offer a replacement.

By: Michael S.

Michael S. — Wed, 09 Jun 2004 20:24:51 +0000

Whoo HOOOO! My “shark fin” is offically “Classic”!

By: Gabe

Gabe — Wed, 09 Jun 2004 19:48:44 +0000

I have the shorter antenna – works just as well as the standard one.

By: R

Wed, 09 Jun 2004 19:46:44 +0000

Chris…MOSSMINI.COM & Out Motoring both have shorter antennas. Don't know how well they work…R

By: Chris

Chris — Wed, 09 Jun 2004 18:14:44 +0000

What a pity. Then my next MCS won't fit into my Duplex garage… or I first have to detach the antenna whenever I enter the box. In Japan, they had a foldable antenna. Does this one still exists?

By: Eric

Eric — Wed, 09 Jun 2004 17:47:24 +0000

RIP, shark fin. I thought it was very cool.

By: R

Wed, 09 Jun 2004 17:02:32 +0000

Does anybody know if those aluminum replacement antennas are any good for radio reception? Still waiting for my ICE-Link to arrive....

Wow, I like that all yellow MINI shown above, my next MINI will be either all red or maybe all yellow!...R

By: Phil

Phil — Wed, 09 Jun 2004 16:40:35 +0000

Now we can all Equally look like R/C cars : )

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By: frank

frank — Wed, 09 Jun 2004 16:29:26 +0000

Never really cared too much for the Shark Fin antenna but this is definetely a clever financial move for BMW as they will consolidate the radio antennas into a single unit model that will support all available applications (Sirius, NAV, etc) and at the same time they will save money on the "in-glass" radio antenna found on each rear quarter window on '02-'04 models equipped with the factory NAV.