Picked up the Mini a few hours ago. Wife loves it. It's for her but I got to order it . Got her about everything....

 

Any pictures of the car?

 

Just one... it was dark. Well, two....

 

my dealer has one in the showroom at more than that. They did charge $2k for JCW brakes, $3k for Exel wheels (ebay specials )....crap like that....$14k in additions. Woe to the owner who pays sticker on a car like that with exorbitant dealer adds. Hope you have gap insurance

 

After reading "twice" your Window Stiker - I have to say, I am disapointed - You left out the kitchen sink

Very Nice

 

Great looking car!

 

beautiful car! congrats!

...left out the jcw kit =P

 

The clock is wrong...

How I know, OP is Cali which is -2hr from me. Post time for pic is 10.08 PM Central or 8.08 Pacific. Clock states 10.25pm Pacific...

or..I need to find something better to do on a Fri night.

 

He also forgot the hot tub.

Great car. She should enjoy it.

 

WOW, and to think I found my $30,750 sticker painful...
VERY nice

 

You could have saved a grand by getting the manual tranny

Congratulations and I wish you both many happy miles of motoring smiles!

 

Congrats! Looks like a helluva car. Happy motoring.

 

Great observation.... Yeah, the clock needs to be set.

Thanks for all of the kind comments. It is one nice car.

 

And thus we can see the dramatic effect of combining premium-priced options with an economy-priced car. The end result is nearly obscene levels of profitability for the manufacturer. Caveat emptor.

 

no joke...$35k is a lot of scratch...especially with what's out there at that price. MINI is it's microcosm to be sure

 

Well, to be fair, the amenities/features you get in a $35k MINI are not out-of-line when you compare it to other cars with a $35k MSRP and no options.

MINI just chose to go with a low MSRP and a long option list, as opposed to other cars that have a much-higher MSRP and little to nothing in the way of options.

IMHO, this is great, because it lets you configure your car the way *you* want it, all the way from stripped to fully-optiioned (not that even a base-model MINI is really "stripped" - it still has A/C, stereo, power locks/windows, ABS, ASC, etcetera etcetera).

 

Hey, lots of people always have to have all the sweet things when they're available.

She's got the expensive options, and an amazing-to-drive car! I'd definitely be happy to have it.

I guess it is the thought of paying that much that gets me. Yikes

 

Sweet car, but I would've configured it $1350 cheaper


Great color combo!

 

Scott's right, when was the last time your saw a foreigh made car with this many options? Look at Honda - you get three levels DX, LX, and EX; if you want sunroof you have to get the EX. Beyond that it's leather or not V6 or not and Navi or not. Most makers DON"T have over a trillion permutations. Granted, with all of the color choices, roof choices, interior choices etc. they must add up to 10,000,000 alone so the other 990 billion have to do with operational options.

You can't beat it for making it YOUR car. It's not like our other car, a Silver 05 Outback. Ever day, I see 10,000 other cras just like mine on the road locally.

 

Great looking car!! If you can afford it, who cares what it costs. I wish you many fun and trouble free miles!!

 

And then you could have added the $6000 jcw package (w/o the $1350 auto trans)

I agree, Great color combination! Thanks for the pic!

 

Wow! I didn't think you could go that high.
I guess the really hard part for a new MINI owner is to keep the price down.
It's hard to restrain yourself with so many desirable options.
And the terrific part is that you can own a MCS from base up to 35k, whatever suits your budget.

 

We looked at other cars that were full boat at this price range but you cannot choose anything.

The mini let me configure everything and not end up parked next to the same damn car in a parking garage.

 

I agree with all of the comments... that was easy. If it was not for the Los Angeles freeway traffic, the Auto Trans would not have been included. But all of the positive posting regarding the auto made it easier to order. And we have the Porsche for the fun of a 6-speed.

 

No reason to bad-mouth the auto tranny. Some people do not want to be messing around with a stick and clutch and that is just fine.

He is a good husband who orders the car as his wife wants it, not how he wants it. Plus, he can secretly enjoy the paddle shifters with the excuse that it is the wife's car. . . .

We've got both a manual tranny MCS and an auto tranny Cooper and I love them both. I just got back from taking my dear wife to the airport and had a blast fooling around with the sport mode of her little CVT on the way home.