Hi,
Read your post about the MINI cabrio. Congratulations. I suprised my wife with a MCS in Nov of 2003; now we're ordering our 3rd MINI..a Hot Orange MCS cabrio with an automatic...from Julie Saxa at Classic MINI in Mentor Ohio. It's due to them in mid-April; and we're shipping it via Concours Transport to CA. I've got a post on NAM about looking for shipping partners to CA.

S.F. Bay Area dealers are charging $3,000 over invoice for a MCS cabrio...or you wait 9 months or more at dealers just charging MSRP.

Call Julie Saxa at Classic for the world's best service. I've seen about 10 MINI dealerships and Classic is by far the best operation going...and parts & accessories are roughly 30%off by the time you buy them and ship the car to CA Julie's phone number is 440 266-6700 or her email is julie@driveclassic.com

Charlie
carolla@scu.edu