Ok, I'll start. Add whatever you want.

1. You have a spreadsheet comparing features and cost of Zaino, Macquires and other such products.

2. The symbols MA, EDD, EPD, VDC, MC, MCS, JCW, ABS, EBD, CBC, ASC and DSC all mean something to you.

3. You know your VIN by heart.

4. You know Wallenius Wilhelmson isn’t a scandinavian television personality.

5. You promised yourself you would mellow out after you got a production date.

6. . . . after your car was on the boat.

7. . . . after your car was at the VDC.

8. . . . after your car was on the truck.

9. You already have a motoring CD mixed and have mapped out the twistiest route home from your dealer.

10. Your friends don’t ask about your spouse and kids anymore, but want to know if your MINI has arrived.

11. You know the screen names of a couple dozen people you’ve never met - and what kind of MINI they have, what color it is, and whether their cars shipped to New Jersey, South Carolina, or California.

12. Your spouse is asleep before you sign off the MINI message boards.

13. You put more thought into a name for your MINI than you did for your kids or pets.

14. Seeing the Porshe you used to drool over, you now say, "Yeah, but it’s not as cute as my MINI."

15. Your insurance agent wants a ride in your new car.

16. You’ve already decided what to wear when you take delivery.

17. You can rationalize an extra twenty cents a gallon for fuel in at least five ways.

18. You’ve attained new levels of contempt for SUVs.

19. You know more about shipping lanes than you ever wanted to.

20. You finally understand what "octane" means.

21. Your garage is slowly filling up with car-care products your other cars never got.

22. Getting a call from your MA is more important than getting a call from your love-interest used to be.

23. You smugly tell people you’re getting a BMW for 20 grand.

24. You can’t understand why some people have never seen "The Italian Job."

 

That's reaaaally funny, and oh so true.

 

Those are all soooo true. You nailed it. Wow....kinda brings me back to the insanity of that 3 month wait. Totally intense. Here's another one that I did:

25..... You travel 4hrs back to your dealer just go on another test drive and pick up a MINI diecast just to cool yourself off from the insanity. Then travel another 4hrs back home wondering if that all just helped or made the wait more unbareable.

Cheers,

 

That's exactly me!

You drive everyone around you NUTS asking if it's INSERT DELIVERY MONTH yet.

 

26. You rent a MINI from Budget of Beverly Hills at an EXORBITANT rate to take a 24-hour test drive!!!

Yes.....we actually did this! Tee hee!!!


Clo/Wanda

 

27, Framed your spec print out and hung it on the most predominate location in your house for all to see. :smile:

 

Now, that's hard core!

 

...the first three web sites you visit in the morning are the MINI Owner's Lounge, Wallenius Wilhelmsen, and NAM.

...every time you are passing within 10 miles of a MINI dealer, you stop to look around the lot.

 

These are so true...:smile:

 

Ok, well Mark's were numbers 28 and 29, so I will add:

30. There are more pics of your MINI on your cubicle wall then there are pictures of significant others and work related items combined.

31. One of those pics happens to be of the INDEPENDENCE, the ship your MINI is currently riding on.

32. You find a big map at work and map out the coordinates your ship last reported.

Yes, I did all three of these.

THIS WAS HYSTERICAL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

Good stuff.

I rented a mini for two days in Vegas, and it was not an inexpensive fix!

Wannamini was spinning out of control, we are all so thankful she was able to get Doby before they came to lock her up.

I wish I could think of something to add but I am on my second try at ordering and I believe I have lost my mind a bit. Trying not to get too attached or excited before I take delivery.

 

33. you drive 4 hours one way from your house just to pick up the newest issue of goMINI magazine so you can read up before you get yours.

 

This happens to me at least twice a week and I took delivery two months ago tomorrow....LOL

 

Wait till you get your MINI,the list of MINI things you do will increase ten times

 

I've lost track of the numbers, but here goes

You don't even own a MINI yet, but you email NAM members to get jpegs of their liquid yellow cars for your computer wallpaper

You have no pictures of your wife or kids on your desk, but you have -- on your office desk, by your laptop -- a Johnny Lightening Italian Job, a LY/B Corgi and an EB/B radio controlled car

gotta love it!

okay, maybe I've now lost all right to post to this forum -- just who exactly is that Swedish guy? first I'd heard the name.

 

those were 34 and 35

here's 36

36) You spend too much time at work in Publisher and various clip art programs working on your custom roof flag and printing them out on the company color laser to scale to fit on the models on your desktop!!
And I haven't even ordered it yet!!

 

Hi HunterBoss,

Willenius Willhelmsen is the name of the shipping company that brings your MINI across the pond. You go to their site to find your status once your car has been released from production. Sometimes you can even track your ship across the ocean (enroute to east coast only, apparently). Let us know if you need the web sites.

 

Please

 

Shipping company

 

Oh, I guess I should add one:

... you purchased the New Italian Job movie just so you can watch the cars in action!



Doug

 

Sooo many of those are true... and it doesn't go away with your second MINI... it's still just as bad.

 

You may have a MINI on order if..

ASK MINI is on your cell phone speed dial!

There is a box in your garage with aftermarket parts the UPS guy is getting tired of delivering!

 

39) You cut and paste the picture from the you-ified downloaded brochure and then use it as the desktop picture for your computer!

But alass... I haven't placed an order yet.

 

You name your newborn twins Willenius and Willhelmsen so you won't forget their names!

You take a sick day at work to watch The Italian Job - four times!

 

41) You've printed the owners manual for your new car at least twice, one copy for home, and one for work.

I found it here.....

https://ol.miniusa.com/publications/...IAllModels.pdf

and I'm thinking of making a test for my wife. 100 multiple choice should do the trick!