After spending September in the San Francisco bay area with Senior Editor Damon Lavrinc, our long-term 2011 Mini Cooper S Countryman All4 moved to southern California during the month of October to serve our esteemed photographer, Drew Phillips. In early November, I handed Drew the keys to our long-term 2011 Jetta TDI and stole the Countryman from his driveway. He hasn't seen it since. Once I stopped hyperventilating over our test vehicle's $38,000 sticker price, it was time to settle into the cabin and take in the human interface.
Autoblog, 2011 Mini Countryman: November 2011
