Excellent ! Should be at the dealership no later than Thursday.

What's the latest on your vinyl ? Giving up on it and going aftermarket ?

 

Yeah...for a color that MINI offers, no one knows what the color code of the neon green (Alien Green) is. So now my decision is do I just forgo the mirrors from MINI and buy a set of primed mirrors and do it all myself after I take delivery (less stress and probably a smidge cheaper) or hold out until right before delivery to see if I learn anything new.

Right now, I'm leaning towards waiting, but will follow up with my MA in the morning to make sure the mirrors and scuttles don't go on until the day I pick up...just in case.

If I go aftermarket, I'll probably go Kelly Green instead of the neon.

 

I might do the aftermarket thing if I were you. Then you're not tied to the color green MINI offers on those mirror caps. You can pick any shade of green you want, have a vinyl shop do the stripes, then take your mirror caps to a body shop and have them computer match the color.

Either way you decide, can't wait to see the finished product !

 

Thanks!!!

 

Its always been on the packages screen, ie factory installed.

 

That was my assumption, but good to hear some confirmation. The sooner the better.

I'm trying to be patient, but I feel like a kid on Christmas Eve.

 

So my JCW Aero kit just left Germany this morning apparently, and estimated to be in and ready to be painted on the 13th >_<

 

That is going to make a dramatic change to your Coupe, SB !

 

It was supposed to only be like another week after I got the car, so now that I'm used to it now, it''s be like a new car all over haha.

 

Itching so bad . . . so close and yet so far

 

Thanks for the warm welcome!

Question for those who've had multiple minis–what is your typical break-in routine? I've read things like change the oil at 500 miles. Anything else? (first new car)

 

Toledo just popped back up on marinetraffic.com tracking system... 655 miles south of Port Hueneme... not much longer now!!!

 

Your car is arriving at Port Hueneme and your location is South Jersey?

 

My wife and I won the Roadster on Wheel of Fortune. Since the car dealership (Nick Alexander Mini) that sponsored the car is based in LA, the car has to come with their allotment. Once it gets to their dealership, they are loading it on a flatbed and delivering it to my driveway in Jersey... I'm guessing the cross country drive will take a week?

 

Probably, unless it is a team. They can do it in 3 days. I hope it is in a covered trailer.

Man, that sucks it added a minimum of a month to take a grand tour of the Americas to make it back to your door.

Still, free car. Cannot beat that! (I know, not free after taxes, but still, at least 67% off!)

 

Mine is on the same boat mine just needs come over to AZ not NJ.

 

I hoping to order one later down the road. The parts don't come pre painted like Honda's?

Are the less expense if not painted by MINI?

 

It doesn't come painted, the dealer has to send it to a body shop for a day or two to do that.

 

I just peed a little.

 

Can't wait to hear what you do when yours gets on the ship.

 

I'll be wearing diapers by then.

 

Good thing, because otherwise you might be asking how to remove stripes from the seat!

And just a warning: You will find that making the perfect 3-2 downshift is orgasmic.

 

Looks like I'll be wearing adult diapers early, and indefinitely.

 

You may have just invented the next official MINI accessory: disposable adult diaper/briefs, with the MINI logo and "NOT NORMAL" across the seat.

 

You guys....