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I had my boot rattle fixed today. It was the boot latch that needed adjustment. Took about 40 min in and out. I luckily live close to the dealer though.
Scheduled delivery has been pushed out...from 8:30am Wednesday to 2:00pm Thursday.
Soon, very soon...
I think I'm the LAST of the week 23ers to get my car! I should have taken the advice of the infamous Jarid...I missed the May cutoff by about 3 hours! STOOPID STOOPID me!
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"Eloise" - 09 MCC, Horizon Blue w/ Silver Accents, Convenience, Premium, Cold Weather, Sport Seats in Carbon Black Checkered Cloth, Fog Lights, 16" Bridge Spoke w/ All-season Tires, White Turn Signals, Alarm
~ Born 5/26 @ 7:01:46am ~ Happily motoring together since 7/9 @ 2:00pm!! ~
More to come, this was at the dealership with my cell.
SO nice!! My clubman is the same color w/ the silver roof/pillars. I will post pix as soon as I take delivery, so glad I switched over to that color!!!
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"Eloise" - 09 MCC, Horizon Blue w/ Silver Accents, Convenience, Premium, Cold Weather, Sport Seats in Carbon Black Checkered Cloth, Fog Lights, 16" Bridge Spoke w/ All-season Tires, White Turn Signals, Alarm
~ Born 5/26 @ 7:01:46am ~ Happily motoring together since 7/9 @ 2:00pm!! ~
More to come, this was at the dealership with my cell.
What kind of cell phone do you have? The quality is amazing!
Congrats to all the new deliveries! Stories are always welcome if you have the time to share.
And on a personal note, I received myMINI credit card today. It has my SS/W right across the front of it. Pretty neat. Time to start racking up those points! Hopefully by the time the free maintenance is up, I'll have enough points to last me another year.
__________________ Gizmo! – 2009 SS/W MC, Redwood Lounge, Piano Black, BT/USB, MFSW
Ordered 5/8 » In Production 5/19 » Born 5/27 » Aboard the Grand Dahlia 5/31 » Stateside & VDC 6/19 » At the Dealer and Off Motoring 6/20
Been a little quiet here lately. I suppose most of us 23ers are off and motoring by now, and I certainly can't blame you all for that. But for those still waiting, let us know how delivery goes. I, for one, am still interested...
I hit 1000 miles today, so my break-in is almost done. And a weird thing happened right when I hit 1K – my DSC turned off all on its own. Didn't really see a difference in the drive, and all I did was hit the button by the shifter and it was back on. Weird...
My MINI is getting its first wash tomorrow. Both of us are pretty excited.
__________________ Gizmo! – 2009 SS/W MC, Redwood Lounge, Piano Black, BT/USB, MFSW
Ordered 5/8 » In Production 5/19 » Born 5/27 » Aboard the Grand Dahlia 5/31 » Stateside & VDC 6/19 » At the Dealer and Off Motoring 6/20
Been a little quiet here lately. I suppose most of us 23ers are off and motoring by now, and I certainly can't blame you all for that. But for those still waiting, let us know how delivery goes. I, for one, am still interested...
I'm definitely feeling left out!!! I will be picking up Eloise tomorrow around 2pm...will be posting pictures as soon as I'm back at my computer! She's at the detail shop, which is on my way home from work, but unfortunately I won't be leaving work before they close...so I can't sneak a peek at her and snap some lovely photos until delivery.
SOOOOOO CLOSE NOW!!!! My poor bicycle is going to be so lonely...
Am I going to be able to sleep tonight???
Anyone score any cool swag from the dealerships?? Anything I should ask for??
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"Eloise" - 09 MCC, Horizon Blue w/ Silver Accents, Convenience, Premium, Cold Weather, Sport Seats in Carbon Black Checkered Cloth, Fog Lights, 16" Bridge Spoke w/ All-season Tires, White Turn Signals, Alarm
~ Born 5/26 @ 7:01:46am ~ Happily motoring together since 7/9 @ 2:00pm!! ~
No bike rack? My gf and I are thinking of taking up cycling, so I might have to look into one of these for my MINI. Definitely would prefer a rear mount than a roof mount though...
__________________ Gizmo! – 2009 SS/W MC, Redwood Lounge, Piano Black, BT/USB, MFSW
Ordered 5/8 » In Production 5/19 » Born 5/27 » Aboard the Grand Dahlia 5/31 » Stateside & VDC 6/19 » At the Dealer and Off Motoring 6/20
I'll post a photo when they've finished the install.
Florence had her first bath today using luxurious Prima products. She's so shiny it's ludicrous also used Black Wow on the exterior trim and Aquapel on the windscreen VERY nice.
She rides smooth and quiet which is unexpected after experiencing the '08 test drive, and her favorite music is Rammstein...(must be her German blood).
I could not be happier with this remarkable vehicle.
__________________ Florence '09 / R56 / MCSa / CR/W/Stripes / Black Leather / Black 17" R98 Webs / Xenons / WTS / SS / DTC / MFSW / HK / BT/USB / Chrome Line Interior / Chrome Scoop / Union Jack-Roof-Mirrors-Boot Box, etc / Mud Flaps / 35% Pro Tint + Pro Clear Mask / Roof Rack + Rear Bike Rack...
The delivery went really well and even the financing bit was quite painless. I even managed to get in on the 3.9% for 60 months deal, which made me even happier!
I got to the dealership a bit before one and met with Rocky, my MA. We sat down and went over all the manuals and such while the finance person got everything in order. I had forgotten to bring along my proof of insurance from my old car, so I had to call up my insurance company and get them to fax that on over. After that was received, it was on to talk to Diane, the finance person, who informed me that I qualified for the 3.9!
Went through all the signing and such and (since I put a rather large down payment on the car so as to keep the monthly payments low) after writing out a very large check, it was time to meet Hobbes.
Northwest MINI has a delivery room and when you first get there, they have the car under a cover. It was then time to unveil - Rocky took one side and I the other and we rolled back the cover.
Wow, he looked great! It was still hard to believe that this machine was mine! He then took about twenty minutes or so going over most of the functions and buttons and such before driving it out of the delivery room and handing me the keys.
My parents had driven me down, and at this point my Mom abandoned my Dad - she wanted to be the first passenger.
We drove back to their house and by the time we got there, my Mom was in love with the car.
For me, it was amazing! How the car handles and feels on the road is incredible - especially after driving a '96 Subaru Outback for the past ten years.
Here are a couple quick pics I took in my parents' driveway. I'll post some better images once the sun comes back out and I find a more interesting background.
Wow Hobbes looks so happy sitting in your drive.. What a very handsome Mini.. Wishing you many happy motoring miles!
__________________ 2009 Laser Blue/White John Cooper Works Hard Top 1996 Guards Red Porsche 944 Turbo 1997 Arctic Silver BMW Z3 Roadster 2003 Inferno Red Chrysler PT Cruiser 5spd / Daily Driver
man how are some of you making out on your Comp tabulated Gas usage? I am suprisingly up around 33 mpg. God I thought I have been driving this baby hard but she is climbing suprisingly high. I dont think my 05 S hit 28 mpg
LAST, BUT DEFINITELY NOT LEAST...(I think I'm the last 'regular' 23-er to take delivery?)
World, meet Eloise!
Congratulations, PenelopiePDX!!! You are not the last one to get your mini, I still don't have mine. I was supposed to get it last Thursday/ Friday of last week but I was told that it did not arrive the dealership as scheduled. They said the switch from the driving lights that was installed from the port was missing a part and they had to order it from England. MA said possibly this Friday or Saturday, I AM SO TIRED OF WAITING--
finally got the stripes and tint done today. Just before i hit 2k miles.
Looks sharp. Those stripes look like they were painted on...
How dark is the tint?
__________________ Gizmo! – 2009 SS/W MC, Redwood Lounge, Piano Black, BT/USB, MFSW
Ordered 5/8 » In Production 5/19 » Born 5/27 » Aboard the Grand Dahlia 5/31 » Stateside & VDC 6/19 » At the Dealer and Off Motoring 6/20
STOOPID STOOPID me! 
Florence '09 / R56 / MCSa / CR/W/Stripes / Black Leather / Black 17" R98 Webs / Xenons / WTS / SS / DTC / MFSW / HK / BT/USB / Chrome Line Interior / Chrome Scoop / Union Jack-Roof-Mirrors-Boot Box, etc / Mud Flaps / 35% Pro Tint + Pro Clear Mask / Roof Rack + Rear Bike Rack...
But for those still waiting, let us know how delivery goes. I, for one, am still interested... 
also used Black Wow on the exterior trim and Aquapel on the windscreen VERY nice.
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