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Welcome, thanks for joining Motoring Alliance, the FUN and Friendly MINI Community.

The wait is difficult, however. Your patience shall be rewarded.

 

Welcome to M/A and to the MINI world! There are many options to mod your MINI after it arrives... so don't worry that you didn't get all of the options ordered. Ordering one is the way to go. I ordered 2 MINI's and my wife is currently waiting for her Countryman to arrive to the US in a few days.

Detroit Tuned MINI Cooper Tunning is one place to get your MINI serviced and
have mods installed.

Depending on where you're located (I'm in Michigan) and it took 8 weeks from order to delivery of my JCW. If you're, let's say in Cali, it'll take longer. Ask your Motoring Advisor (MA) and they'll have a better idea.

You can track your MINI as well, from where it is at the plant to which boat it's on and track the boat in the ocean. Here you'll find all the info you'll need to track your MINI:

http://www.motoringalliance.com/forums/mini-stuff/4824-how-track-your-mini-factory-dealer.html#axzz2XtB6ezgv

The wait is worth it!!!

Chris

 

Welcome from another elated newbie.

 

You'll love it. I got my JCW four years ago. Most fun car I've ever owned. Congrats.

 

I'd go with the ASK MINI date and keep that in my head, that way if it does show at the dealer earlier it's a good surprise.

 

Welcome to M/A the FUN Mini site.

 

Welcome to m/a

 

Welcome to M/A.

It's tough to wait, but it's it.

 

:cornut: You chose a very good MINI to be built for you. You'll have a lot of fun in that MINI. Welcome to MA. Mini started building my MARGI(08 R56 BRG MCS/JCWm) in early Dec 07 and I picked her up at MINI of Dallas,TX in early Feb 08 so ~2mos.

Jason

 

Welcome to the coolest MINI forum on the net......

 

Welcome Aboard!

 

Welcome! As a new MINI owner too (since 1/26/13) you'll really like the fun part of the MINI driving/ownership experience.

Bertie arrived 6 weeks from when the order was placed. Our dealer changed the configuration of one they had on order to match my specs, so that may have helped get it quicker. He did say that was about the fastest he'd had one come in from order date to delivery that he could remember.

Us the tracking system to follow progress, it give you fun updates. But it does tend to lag a little. It showed ours at the arrival center when we got the phone call it was at the dealer.

Enjoy the ride!

 

the one thing that makes the wait bearable is being able to track your Mini once it's built. The folks here turned me on to a couple of cool sites where I found exactly when my car was loaded, the ship name, it's ports of call departures and expected arrival date in Baltimore, and I can even track it's journey(not quite real time, but close) as it steams toward the US....

very cool!

JCW, the only way to fly....

 

:cornut: 2013- 4yrs = 2009. R56 JCW very good. We need more of us around here.

Jason