I ordered my '08MCS convertible (on my birthday, yes, HAPPY Birthday to me) last fall. Sales told me it could be two to three months before 'Oscar' arrives. So I figured most of the winter would be gone by the time 'he' arrived. Just over five weeks later I received a call that it was delivery time. My dealership is being remodeled, and I didn't want to let my first ever - brand new car sit out in the elements, especially being a convertible. So I picked him up on December 1st, during the first sleeting snow storm of the season (~5 inches accumulation). The last 16 years in this part of the Midwest have been relatively mild winters. That is it would get wicked cold but the snow/ice didn't hang around very long. Well so much for recent trends. I haven't seen a blade of grass in two and a half months! Oscar is over sixty five days old and only has three hundred - nineteen miles. This is mostly due to fear of salt spray. I can't wash the car every night, especially when we have a significant lack of degrees. So here I sit in envy of those in warmer climes, waiting to see what my car looks like topless. I'd like to take a picture and show all of you how handsome a BRG convertible looks, but snow in the image would just gives you shivers.

 

Move to L.A... palm trees, blue skies, and topless Minis in winter {{oooh la laa!}}

 

Yea, but you still don't get to drive because all of the traffic

Spring will be here soon enough. I feel your pain.... My MINI is sitting in storage and the only time I can drive her is on the weekends and it always seems to rain or be cold on the weekends.

 

Don't worry. The warmer weather is coming. I for one can't wait!

 

Here in Texas, we've had great convertible weather all winter after a record rainy summer. Now we're in a severe drought but not a heatwave. I'm hoping spring and summer will be good to us when we take delivery.

 

Hey R56, I've been to LA and most of the left coast, no thanks. I'll wait for nice weather here. Thanks JustJAY, AstroBlackS and Quesera, our patience will pay off.