I picked up my MINI after MONTHS of waiting, placed the order in November, but it was sooooo worth the wait. Just spent about 2 hours detailing and polishing the outside, and he looks fantastic! He is such a blast to drive, I must say though, that I chicken out long before he does.

Here he is my Royal Grey MINI, His Royal Highness, The Earl of Grey:

 

Schweet!

I had the 'name' first tho.

 

Andy, congrats! He is gorgeous!!! Love the RG/S and the interior really looks wonderful with the pretty English leather upholstery! Cheers!

 

Earl Grey is my cup of tea

 

Very nice. Great color combinations. I am a huge fan of the silver roof. I ordered one on mine too.

 

excellent interior.... royal gray is nice as well. I am not a fan of the hood stripe but the rest looks awesome.

 

What a sweet car! I love the seats and the chrome line interior too! Congrats! Have a blast motoring

 

Very beautiful! Wow, you really did have a long wait. What was the hold up?

 

We only have one dealer in Washington, and the allotment sucked. I wasn't supposed to get the MINI till September-ish, but their allotment was bumped up I guess.

 

Rawk!

You definitely went all out with the option book, and I love what you came up with. Happy Motoring!

 

Congratulations!

(I think I remember you back from the Week 50 thread when we were waiting for ours on the ship)

 

absolutely gorgeous! i love it. congrats!!!

 

That's a nice lookin' little car you got there. Is it electric?

 

Wow!! Is that ever a nice color combo!

 

very nice.

 

Wow! he looks great! I can see you are as excited as I was when I picked up Malcolm. Lets motor!

 

Oh baby......I'm not one to gush, but that is one classy looking MINI!!! The interior is fantastic!!!

 

Yes it truly is. With all the options you have wouldn't that be like a Park Lane?

Also, I noticed you have the chrome interior, did you add a chrome hand brake or is that how it comes when you order the chrome interior? I'm asking because that's what I have on order. Thanks!

 

Congrats!!

The Earl of Grey is one sweet looking ride!

 

The Earl of Grey is very sharp!! Great job on the selecting the options and taking the photos... he looks great

 

very nice; by the way, what camera did you use to take those photos and at what iso settings?

 

I very much liked the Park Lanes that I saw in photos, so yes, it is somewhat modeled after the Park Lane. The Chrome on the handbrake is OEM. You would not believe all the comments you are going to get with that chrome! I don't think anyone has chrome anymore and it just stands out so much! The best comment that I have gotten at work, was when someone sat in it and said, "WOW! It looks just like a toy!"

 

These photos were taken with a Canon Digital Rebel XT. The ISO setting on these photos are 200. Generally the exposures are quite long as it was after sunset and I was trying to use what natural light I had to my advantage. You can view full size of these at:
www.flickr.com/photos/andyseattle

 

Oh, how I love Flickr!

His Highness looks great...pretty close to what I ordered...and certainly close enough to get me drooling!

What do you think of the driving lights? They are the one dealer option I'm wavering on.

 

Truthfully, I probbaly will not use them too much. I LOVE the way they look. I know when I am driving through the Vegas desert at night on our road trip I will use them, but other than that, I dont know. I think that they complete the look that I was going for.