Until a new owner of a loaded JCW or a GP gets a free MINI.

 

It just needed a bit of color correction, St_G. Is this a little closer?

Your roadster looks absolutely great, especially the dash. I wish I could have done the MINI Yours with the Satellite Grey but I'm quite happy with the Lounge Toffee.

 

Love that colour, very nice looking Roadster! Excellent wheel choice too

 

I actually played around with the color correction quite a bit before giving up and posting the best I could come up with. It's just a very nuanced color that's difficult to represent (nevermind the vagaries of the monitors being used on the other end). But in person, I really love it. I know the MF guys have said in the past that they don't like it, but to me, it's just about the perfect balance between a true orange and a copper.

If MINI had offered a toffee version of the Yours dash, I would have been all over that, with the same seats you ordered. But alas. As it is, I'm happy with what I've got. Classes up the joint.

 

BTW, that Yaris behind the Roadster is what I traded in. A bit of a move up, huh?

 

Here's another shot. The color of the car is closer on this one, though it required making the color of everything else wrong. :D

 

Do any of you know the sequence in which your car goes through once in production?

 

Body -> paint -> assembly -> qa

 

Thanks TraceH Good to know... I happened to watch the video of the factory in oxford how a car goes through the production line.. They say a MINI rolls off the line every 68 sec!! I was like shocked to hear that..lol Do you know or anyone else know if this factory works around the clock so to speak?

 

This thread is a bit out of date, but most of the information is still close to accurate: https://www.northamericanmotoring.co...d-updated.html

This thread explains what happens once your Mini gets to the destination port: https://www.northamericanmotoring.co...on-center.html

 

Thanks again for your help Good info there...they do work around the clock...24/7..3 shifts... That's a shocker!! Im getting closer ha ha

 

Really like the dash with the MINI Yours option. Nice pics

 

Does not disappoint in real life.


The Recaros are insane!

Ordered 5/14/13 - picked up 6/6/13

 

900 cars a day and they're going to be able to cut it down to about a roll off every 60 seconds by the end of the year.

 

You mean like this?

 

WOW that is moving some serious cars!! Mine is in the paint shop how long till completion do you guys think it will take from here?

 

If you call the Ask Mini hotline it will tell you the estimated production completion date if you have your production number.

 

Thanks EHan.. I did call and it said it should be done today...which I thought was strange since it also said it was out of the paint shop..so maybe it meant today was the finishing of the paint shop.. I don't know really...what do you think?

 

I'm not sure I understand the question. It looks like you just reset the white balance.

 

Mine said it entered the body shop on 5/10, entered the paint shop on 5/10 and entered the assembly shop on 5/13. It was a Paceman, so different factory than the Hardtop/Convertible, etc. but I would think pretty similar for both shops. You should expect to be done with assembly the same day it starts and quickly move on to QA. Things move pretty fast once they start building it, but can really slow down when it's waiting for a ship and riding over here. Watching my ship come in as I type - 90 miles to go up the Chesapeake Bay.

 

Cool thanks for the info... I fig that is how it would go..once it went to production it did move quick!! Glad to hear your on a ship already! I hope I just keep moving right along.. I will be extremely happy to be where your at!! ha ha..

 

Hrm... mine never told me it was in any particular phase of production, just that it was in production. Mine says estimated completion date June 6, and it is June 7 in Austria right now, but the system still has the June 6 date. Hoping it is just a matter of the system being updated.

I'll try again tomorrow.

Looks like our cars are close together. Mine is coming to port hueneme. What about yours?

 

Great juxtaposition! I guess you couldn't find a parking space under a spotlight in dark warehouse, though.

 

I got that information from my MA. On the OL it only shows a few phases, but the MA can get the full info. The 800 number might be able to tell you more info too, if they feel like it.

 

Yah mine said completion date June 6th also... But if you call ask mini you get a more detailed production status.. just earlier mine said out of paint shop moving to assembly.. and the way I understand it...it should be done like anytime really..if not done already... Im not sure what port im coming in on yet...But it will be the east coast.. I live in Minnesota.. How can I find out what port im coming in on?