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Old 12-07-2004, 09:02 AM
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New Feature in Owners lounge! Too cool!

Well, I went out to MINIUSA today to check the status of my new MINI. Just think how surprised I was when I was asked to watch a video of my 'personal' MINI being made, look at still images of it and download a wallpaper of the construction photos!!!! They said this was a test feature and they were rolling it out to about 500 owners to see if they like it, I gave a BIG thumbs up!!! Here's the wall paper:
 
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Old 12-07-2004, 09:09 AM
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That is another great idea by MINI! So cool!


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Love it David. Just in time to see your MINI being built.
 
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Now THAT is cool!!!
 
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Old 12-07-2004, 09:43 AM
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They started using my IDEA!

Not that i told them, but when i was tracking my first MINI i thought that with the sophisticated tracking system they could also add webcams so you could get pics of your MINI being built! And look there it is!

Huge Thumbs up! to MINI for their constant evolution of cool!
 
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Old 12-07-2004, 10:30 AM
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Very cool! I'm jealous that wasn't available when mine was built!
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Thats a good enough reason to buy another MINI:smile:
 
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Old 12-07-2004, 10:53 AM
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That is so cool!
 
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If they like it???? Of course they will.


I love it!!!!
 
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This alone is reason enough to order and not buy off the lot!

Um, I'm not seeing the big picture. Literally. I see the smaller ones on the side but not the main one. Or is it a picture of the factory at night?
 
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Holy Crap that rocks!!!! Thats it Im making my wife buy her own mini

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Originally Posted by HunterBoss
This alone is reason enough to order and not buy off the lot!

Um, I'm not seeing the big picture. Literally. I see the smaller ones on the side but not the main one. Or is it a picture of the factory at night?
This is just the downloadable wall paper image they create for you, so a lot of the screen is black (for your icons) and the images are on the right side. I'm at work now so I din't have a lot of time to explore, I'll check it out later tonight and post some more info.
 
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Oh
duh, sorry
that makes a lot of sense now
 
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DAMNIT! I WANTED THAT WHEN MY CAR WAS BEIN BUILT!! That is really f**kin cool tho! Maybe Ill buy another just do utilize the feature
 
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Download the video as well!!!

You can actually download the video as well. If you go to your temporary files and search for *.SWF you will find a file named similar to MOV_754372600000528.swf. If you open that file in Internet Exploerer then you can view your car all you want. I Saved my off to a directory so I can keep it with my other MINI items!!

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Very cool. :smile:

But why does the guy in the car in the last shot look like he has a headache? Hope he didn't hear a rattle.
 
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Old 12-07-2004, 01:24 PM
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That is sooooo f'ing cool!!!!
 
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If any owners have pics of their Black and White MCS being built, could you please post them? I've got a B/W (May 04 build), and I'd love to add some photos of my MINI's "double" being built to my MINI's scrapbook!
 
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Old 12-07-2004, 07:31 PM
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OK, that's it! I am going to have to buy another one!
 
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thats freakin awesome
 
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That's a great idea...
 
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Would someone please post a video!?!?


Thanks!
 
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pretty cool!
 
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Old 12-08-2004, 07:59 AM
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Originally Posted by BuckeyeMCS
OK, that's it! I am going to have to buy another one!
Exactly what I thought.
 
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Old 12-08-2004, 04:14 PM
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All,

If you'd like to see exactly what is shown in the MINI USA Owner's Lounge as far as your MINI being created is concerned, then checkout this post of mine I put up on MINI2:

http://www.mini2.com/forum/showpost....45&postcount=9

It has step-by-step photos of my wife's brand new 2005 PW/B MCS being built. Very cool!

Kudos to MINI on this one.
 
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