Is it a list of those people who have made a deposit?gromit said:Towne MINI in Buffalo, NY says they just passed 100. Sales person says she's not sure of Cooper / Cooper S percentages.
How long is the list at your dealer?![]()
BruceK said:
Is it a list of those people who have made a deposit?
Kind of scary they don't know percentages - with the total at 100 they might even be able to do it without a calculator.I guess they haven't yet figured out they will need two lists to separate the Cooper customers from the S customers?
Thanks for the info Bruce. My dealer pretty much said the same thing except I don't think they are expecting that many cars, maybe 10 or less of each model in the first allocation. We'll see.BruceK said:My dealer called yesterday and said in March they would get 20 Coopers and, then 2 months later in May they would get 20 Cooper S models. MINI USA will decide upon the spec for these 40 cars with no input from the dealership or its customers. No word on the number of cars provided in future months.
I'm #8 on the S list and I was told I would be able to choose one of the S models delivered to the dealership in May, or else place an order at that time (late May) for the exact car I want and expect a 3 or 4 month wait for delivery.I was told the process for the Coopers would work the same way, except in March rather than May.
Assuming several of each model will be retained by the dealer as showroom or demo models and that I understand this process correctly, I will hopefully have about 10 Cooper S models from which to choose one to take home at that time. I hope MINI USA does not equip each car with the maximum of all the option packages, (I want a fairly standard car) so this procedure may work out favorably for me.
Has anyone else heard something similar from their local dealer?
Today I got a clarification on this from the newly assigned manager of MINI operations at my dealer (a different person than who called 2 days ago with the above info).Originally I posted:
My dealer called yesterday and said in March they would get 20 Coopers and, then 2 months later in May they would get 20 Cooper S models. MINI USA will decide upon the spec for these 40 cars with no input from the dealership or its customers. No word on the number of cars provided in future months.
I'm #8 on the S list and I was told I would be able to choose one of the S models delivered to the dealership in May, or else place an order at that time (late May) for the exact car I want and expect a 3 or 4 month wait for delivery.I was told the process for the Coopers would work the same way, except in March rather than May.
Assuming several of each model will be retained by the dealer as showroom or demo models and that I understand this process correctly, I will hopefully have about 10 Cooper S models from which to choose one to take home at that time. I hope MINI USA does not equip each car with the maximum of all the option packages, (I want a fairly standard car) so this procedure may work out favorably for me.
Has anyone else heard something similar from their local dealer?
Did you ask your dealer how long it would take an 'S to be delivered after the order was placed.BruceK said:
He reaffirmed that no MINI orders will be taken until late March for the standard Cooper and in late May for the S.
Yes, the response was 'a month or two' for either model.MINIAC said:
Did you ask your dealer how long it would take an 'S to be delivered after the order was placed.
I contacted the same dealer and was given an identical response. At least we know they are being consistent. I wonder what kind of order they are going to contact those people who left their information, perhaps going page by page through their roledex...Clutch Cargo said:My dealer, Westchester MINI in White Plains NY, would tell me NOTHING about their list -- length, my place, Cooper or S -- nothing. The salesman only a promised me a call from the dealership mgmt, sometime in 2002.![]()
I heard the same thing from my dealer..........fortunately, the construction is on target for March completion. Basically there is a small section on the side of the showroom that was only partially covered before, and now will be fully enclosed and serve as the MINI areacoopercrazy said:I was just informed by my dealer that they can't sell cars until the Mini dealership is built. So now I am at some contractor's mercy on when I will get delivery of my car?