Grego, welcome to MINI2!
And, greetings from a fellow Texan.
Here's a link that will provide most of the background on the situation:
http://www.mini2.com/forum/showthrea...&threadid=4219
Also, you may want to use the Search function and look for the word "Texas" for some more history of the dealership issue.
There will be some MINI dealers here in this state, but it will take some time before that happens. My guess, and it is only a guess, is that some Texas dealers will be announced in the 2nd quarter, but it will take until late summer or the fall for the first ones to open.