What did you do to your mini today?
I logged in this morning and saw that my MINI had moved from "On Order" to "Scheduled For Production"...
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I've gotta get out of my head until I can actually sit in it.
Remember that feeling also. And checking on the the W&W shipping site.
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It was cool to watch. Wife was not as impressed but that is the way it goes...
Yes, screen shot the W&W ship at the port web cam and the screen shot from the Map. lol
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Not sure how it is now... but there was only a single MINI dealership in Arizona at the time and they did not charge OVER MSRP. So everyone and their cousin ordered from MINI of North Scottsdale. Including everyone from California since CA dealerships were price gouging with offensive premiums. So that equated to a 13-month wait time in AZ. So I ordered out of San Antonio, the closest location I could find that only charged the MSRP.
Crazy times...
~ 04 and 05 you had an extra wait time and had to fight for a production spot on top of finding someone who sold at MSRP.
Knew about North Scottsdale, some MINI dealers on the east coast were selling new to LV and NS locations to feed demand. Heard of used car places buying new from east coast MINI dealers and then putting on front corner of a Ford or Chevy dealers and marking it up.
Had the one of the first HO Cooper Convertibles in the states ( not a demo ) , one person offered to buy it off me, I turned them down.
Those were the days...
Knew about North Scottsdale, some MINI dealers on the east coast were selling new to LV and NS locations to feed demand. Heard of used car places buying new from east coast MINI dealers and then putting on front corner of a Ford or Chevy dealers and marking it up.
Had the one of the first HO Cooper Convertibles in the states ( not a demo ) , one person offered to buy it off me, I turned them down.
Those were the days...
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So over the upcoming winter break, I plan on doing some preventative work on the MINI. I am off work for 2 weeks each year so I try to come up with a constructive way to spend my time.
Replace the radiator, upper/lower hoses, replace fluid, replace thermostat and housing, oil pan gasket, dip stick o-ring and CPS o-ring. I like replacing items on MY time as opposed to having them go and it turns into a scramble.
I typically cruise over various sites looking for price drops or sales. The radiator I am hunting for is $120-122 at each website I go to... Fine...
Hit Amazon the other day and they add the radiator model I am looking for at $60 shipped. Whoa! Anyway, that is now in the garage waiting for the other parts to accumulate. I am a happy camper. Time to move forward on the other pieces. This is an aftermarket radiator but I have had one on my CRX Si for years now with zero issues.
If I have the time, I want to move forward with the lower control arm bushings, lower ball joints and power steering lines as well! Might as well while I am under the car, right? After that, I would like to grab a set of springs, Koni Yellows and a beefier rear swaybar to make things more interesting.
Edit: Looked on Amazon today to show a buddy and the price is now up to $139.58 for the radiator. Glad I found this error and was able to order one.
Replace the radiator, upper/lower hoses, replace fluid, replace thermostat and housing, oil pan gasket, dip stick o-ring and CPS o-ring. I like replacing items on MY time as opposed to having them go and it turns into a scramble.
I typically cruise over various sites looking for price drops or sales. The radiator I am hunting for is $120-122 at each website I go to... Fine...
Hit Amazon the other day and they add the radiator model I am looking for at $60 shipped. Whoa! Anyway, that is now in the garage waiting for the other parts to accumulate. I am a happy camper. Time to move forward on the other pieces. This is an aftermarket radiator but I have had one on my CRX Si for years now with zero issues.
If I have the time, I want to move forward with the lower control arm bushings, lower ball joints and power steering lines as well! Might as well while I am under the car, right? After that, I would like to grab a set of springs, Koni Yellows and a beefier rear swaybar to make things more interesting.
Edit: Looked on Amazon today to show a buddy and the price is now up to $139.58 for the radiator. Glad I found this error and was able to order one.
Last edited by CooperSAZ; 08-27-2015 at 03:18 PM.
That's mah birf-day! Although it seems I'll be spending it without a Coop
Very cool, I was lucky to have a video of Mine being built in Oxford late 2004 , was one of the 500 to get three videos of the production part of a pilot program that was never used by MINI corporate or by MINIUSA.
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Nice shot on the rack.
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