A bunt cake?? Now that is a (weird) unique gift from a car dealership. I, too, ordered my MINI from South Bay. Now I can look forward to my MINI AND BUNT CAKE!

 

Hey Frank,

No I bought my Cooper S in Los Angeles, lucky for me my MA promised sport stripes that would be applied at my house and the extra key they somehow lost to be delivered. As promised a week after I bought the car the stripe guy came to my house and applied the stripes and the key arrived a couple of days later.

So far its been a month and a half since I bought it, still no stencil or adventure kit.

Good luck with your MA

 

It's been just over a month since I got Sally from South Bay MINI, and I haven't gotten anything yet. No cake for me.

 

I'm missing out -- I bought Cricket from South Bay Mini too (2/22/08) and didn't get stuff in the mail

 

Forget the cake.. The chocolate chip cookies were awesome.
And the tin was pretty cool too.
It's the round white tin in the center that says "Century BMW".

 

I'm curious.. was the extra key your 2nd or 3rd?
I find it had to believe for a dealer to offer a second key as an extra or incentive to buy a car.

 

I've gotten a few extra things here and there, but it was all pretty meaningless/trivial compared to the joy of actually having the car. This MINI is fantastic!!!!

 

South Bay keeps sending me letters and emails asking me to send pics so they can create one of those stupid dvd movies for me. They list it as free, but I just don't care.

 

I'm curious too.. I thought everyone got three keys as a standard.

 

I got two keys standard. Just took delivery a month ago.

 

Just to clarify.. The R52/53 should have 3 keys and the R56 should have 2.
The R52/53 would have a third key that is made of plastic and known as a Valet key.

 

rattles and excuses.

 

Holy COW, Did I ever get rooked!!! This is my second MCS, and my husband's second BMW from the same dealer in four years (talk about commissions!?!) and I got diddly squat!! No, wait...I CONTINUALLY get emails from them promoting Volvos and other BMWs. !?!?!!?! What part of "2nd Mini" didn't this guy get??

I guess I, ah, "intimidated" the dealer when he kept trying to hand me story after story (on all four vehicles! Why did I go back!?) so I ended up getting a cheap ball cap, and some magnets, and a huge dramatic flourish when he finally gave me my manual. Wow. He promised a NAV DVD, but we ended up borrowing the Euro versions - which were copies anyway! If I hadn't bullied him, I probably wouldn't have ended up with anything.

Speaking of cool stuff, while I was in Europe, I kept seeing articles about Mini billboards in certain cities that would recognize the key fobs as you passed, and lit up with by-name messages to the owners! Evidently owners registered, and listed their jobs, etc. when they purchased, and this billboard contraption would light up with, "Cookin with the Mini, Karen?" (chef) etc. I haven't seen anything since I've been back...anybody know about those signs?

 

But the bitterness is free!

 

I belive it depends on how greatful your particular dealership is. I got a clear glass candy jar with the dealer logo on it. The jar was filled with butter-scotch hard candies. The dealer did throw in a set of all weather mats so no complaints here....

 

 

I just got my MINI Adventure Field Kit in the mail today!! So, along with the freebies my MA gave me when I bought the car (floor mats, key chains, antenna ball, detailing spray, spray wax, MINI umbrella) I received a mouse pad, MINI pen, MINI travel journal, another antenna ball, and various other things. Pretty cool stuff.

 

+1....got my MINI Adventure Field Kit today also...

...so, rubber Cooper S mats, bulldog key chain, MINI spill-proof cup, and TWO BALL CAPS today from the stealership. I guess they were being nice since they had to redo the clear bra, so the sales manager asked if I wanted a ball cap or not...

 

hmmm, i bought my first mini almost 10 months ago... then got into a accident... and never recived the "adventure kit" for that car, that was from herb chambers FYI...dont buy from them, but thats another story, so im getting my 2nd one from Mini Of Peabody, hopefully i will get it from them, plus, i kept the all season mats from the first one so when i pick mine up this weekend im gonna try to get the cloth ones with the white pin stripes and the "I have one and you dont" t-shirt. that'd make me happy

 

We got a thank you note from the salesman and a box of junk from Mini, NO COOKIES! The junk box held a pair of paper sun glasses that lets you read Mini codes for discounts on mdse. But I've never seen the ads I was supposed to find somewhere(?). There was a small paper book of "one liners" for Mini owners, totally useless & slightly humorous. A pen, that was nice, I put it in the glovebox. And a real wierd item, I believe it was an orange ball or looked like one. I didn't know what to do with it so I gave it to the dog.

 

I was just thinking....haha, if MINI really wanted to give us something nice, they should go back 4 or 5 years & send us all a "paint pen" to match our Mini color to cover our door dingies.

 

Set of carpet floor mats.

 

Some may consider the Adventure Kit to be a box of junk...but it's more than any other dealership has ever given me, so I consider it a very nice gesture. Sure, the stuff in there isn't worth a lot but that's not really the point.

 

Considering some of you just got your kits (and Desert_Sand took delivery a day before i did) maybe mine is on the way too! =)

 

Once 8 weeks passes, if you didn't receive a kit, email Mini USA and ask for one. I had to do that to get mine.