I forgot to add this to my first thread.

Since I have been scouring the country looking for GP's at MSRP, I have been told by several dealers that tomorrow(Friday) MiniUSA will be releasing an additional 13 or 14 cars that had been held as a contingency reserve. They are going to either the large volume dealers or the top customer satisfaction dealers. Since I couldn't be certain that my dealer would get lucky, I decided that "a bird in hand is worth two in the bush".

For those interested, you may want to check this out with your local MA.

Cheers and Merry XMAS!

 

Hmmm not sure where they got this info. My dealer is one of the top CSI dealers on the west coast and no info from MINI here... Hmmm...

 

Three independent Dealers told me the same thing:

M of Westchester NY
M of Charlotte NC
M of Pittsburg PA

Now they could all be burning mushrooms in a tent, giggling like idiots and creating hallucinatory stories....or not.

Guess we will, find out one way or the other.

Cheers

 

It is true!!! They did hold out a small number of cars from the "emergency" use and to recognize customer care! 14 dealers recieved these cars. The vehicles will be assigned on Wednesday 1/3/07.

Westchester MINI
Checkered Flag MINI
Cincinnati MINI
Downtown MINI
Midwestern MINI
Ferman MINI of Tampa Bay
Jackie Cooper MINI
Hendrick MINI
MINI of Towson
Prestige MINI
MINI of Peabody
MINI North Scottsdale
Bill Jacobs MINI
MINI of Hawaii

YEAH!!!!

 

Does the letter tell what additional roof numbers are being released?

 

Talk to Chad Simkins at Midwestern Mini if you are interested in one. Great guy, sold me my GP in mid October at MSRP well before others were willing to talk about MSRP.

 

Letter? What letter? will have to check for any official notices tomorrow!

 

It was a bulliten (sp) on Dealernet.

 

Scottsdales is already spoken for... darn!

 

My GP from MINI of Peabody was always at MSRP, no question - way back in April 2006

 

I hear ya..Rasmussen MINI in Portland has ALWAYS sold MINIs at MSRP.

 

Ralph Schomp in Denver....GP1292

 

Ralph Schomp in Denver....GP1292 @ MSRP delivered November 10, 2006.....no haggle!! My MA was Renee.

 

Got mine at MSRP as well at Tate Mini in Maryland

 

OK - well at least I understand that, now! Got it. We just missed it. dam.

 

Meh...dont be sad.. MINI awarded the cars to dealers that got good CSI for the month of November alone...Not the overall year of 06.. Boo!!

 

MarkPo

Ill be darned... I have pictures it took of that car when I was at that dealer back in 02.. Was right before I got my first Mini... Thats a nice car

 

As of last Saturday, MINI of Sterling had one sitting in their showroom. They are one of the "honest policy" dealerships, so they are only charging MSRP.

I spoke with their sales manager, Mike Arata, about the pricing... he said that he figured he could make some extra money by increasing the price, but that the loss of goodwill in the MINI community would not be worth it.

Rare to hear that from a care dealership, huh? MINI of Sterling has a strict "never over MSRP" policy, and they've held to that... even for all of their GPs!

Too bad the same can't be said for a certain other DC Metro area dealership...