I'll be heading up to a dealership August 3 to test drive one of those fancy Mini Cooper S's, and if I like the way it moves, I think I will be ordering one Starting to get antsy, with my mini (har har har) fleet of built-cars sitting in my miniusa.com garage.

Soon....

 

2 weeks until you even test drive? Why the long wait?

 

Well, if you're antsy now, just wait until you place the order....some have waited longer than 6 weeks to get theirs...

 

Make a list of things you want to see/do before you go. With a cheat sheet in your pocket you want say "Oh, I meant to check on blah blah blah".
My wife and I went on a Sunday morning and strolled around the lot for an hour or so. We read specs off the windows, looked at the different options, compared, and made a list of things to give a closer look later.
Best move we ever made buying a car. Neither of us has said "I wish we would have gotten...." yet.

 

Test driving August 3rd.........

ORDERING August 3rd!!!!!!!!!

Good luck and have fun!!

 

This is the EXACT reason I'm waiting until I'm ready to order, before I do a test drive. Otherwise I might end up ordering right after a test drive.

Have a GREAT time!

 

Well, there's no dealership in town, which kinda bums me out, but there is one in Dallas, where my parents are, and I was gonna go visit them anyway.

 

I've got exactly the one I want built on the website, and I think it covers all the options that I really want. Luckily there are SO MANY configurations possible with this car, and they are basically made-to-order. I think that's what really draws me to the damn car, because I can get exactly what I want without compromising!

Oh, it will be fun... and, like Mini_Voyager said, I've waited until I'm ready to order, and I'm ready to order (assuming, in some freak accident, the Mini turns out to be a bore to drive, which I really, REALLY doubt).

For some background, I'm coming from a slightly modified 2002 Subaru WRX. So, what I'm giving up in sheer power (I'd like to believe my WRX is pretty quick, even with a buffoon behind the wheel), I'm making up in go-kart fun, and a sense of community - It feels like I'm getting back to a car of exclusivity (back in 2001 when I got my Subaru, NOBODY had them on the road, so a wave really meant something).