One thing that I am surprised that nobody mentioned at all is I ASSume that if you get your car with an earlier production date it will have a lower limited edition number. So if you take this option your car would have the potential to be worth more.

How many of you would pay 2k more to have a production number under 0100? Look at it this way, plus you get to do some traveling!

(I thought it would be a free meal at least.)

‘Yes!’

Apparently the person who made comment number 5 for starters and declared that MINIUSA was being “Tacky”

And for the person who made this remark:

I’m sure some dolt will pay the $2k to feel special

Nice… Way to diminish your point…

While I personally am not getting a GP, and am not sure I would spend the money for such an event, all I have to say to those who attend is more power to you and enjoy…

International Autos in Milwaukee has one not spoken for. – they have been allotted five GPs.

$0 … value will be dependent on condition and mileage.

This is AN OPTION. This is not intended to make anyone feel less. On the same day I ordered my GP my dad ordered my brother and sister a Cooper….with CVT. Does that make them less in my eyes because they only have a Cooper and it’s not manual? Of course not! We’re all happy to be part of the MINI family. I thought the uniqueness of each MINI was one of the main draws to this brand? Think of this package as (I reiterate) an option that can add another degree of uniqueness to your MINI experience.

This is all considering….IF you were lucky enough to even be first on your dealership’s order list and you have this option financially and timewise.

Fact of the matter is, to even be the first on the list is kind of a matter or luck — it depends on your individual financial situation, how soon you were able to contact the dealer, how soon the dealer responded to you, etc.

There’s no need to feel bitter. It is what it is, first come, first serve. Tis a market economy after all. (And no I am not going on this trip as I am car #5 at my dealership)

i’m on the list at my dealer and have been asked to do the West-Coast delivery.

i have at this point declined, largely due to time and fiscal constraints. things may change soon, but i don’t count chickens.

i feel the experience is worth the 2 G’s. if i had the 2k (+ etc) to drop on this and the week or so of time, I would go.

i also feel MINI could have done much better for their customers, either by charging less or providing more (car transport option – air-fare).

given the exclusivity of the events involved, and the relative lack of control (screening process) of the 45(90) attendees, a fair bit of ‘handling’ will be unavoidable – being shuffled from place to place by PR reps.

in my estimation, the experience will still be a value and have considerable utility for those who partake, if not the best MINI USA could have done.

-Can I bring my kids?

-I can’t get there for the first two nights but I want to be there for the last two nights.

-I need a room with queen beds on the first floor.

-Who will meet me at the airport? I arrive on American flight #123 at 4:10 PM. I think it arrives in San Jose. Or is it San Francisco?

-I have an allergy to feather beds. What kind of beds do they have.

-Do I get a free key chain?

-You didn’t ask for my t-shirt size.

-I’ll need a special meal.

               BCNU,
              Rob in Dago

Can any MINI show up at Lime Rock for the event there?

Craig – Shhhhh! Don’t give anyone any wild ideas.

BTW – you had to know something like that was in the works by someone, oh, I don’t know, with a MINI podcast maybe????

We’ll just have to see if I am one of the select few who gets to go.

And I don’t mean that I’m buying my GP as an investment. I fully intend for it to keep its value – after all it is a MINI. : )

I wonder how many that are complaining here on MF actually have a deposit on a GP.

I believe that MINI is trying to make it special… For themselves.

Last time I checked, MINI, and BMW for that matter, are in the business of making money. Well, they are in the business of making cars, which in turn makes money. While I think it would be cool if it were free, I honestly don’t think that MINI has a budget large enough to be able to afford such an effort.

I’m not getting a GP, but if I were, I would be dumb enough to shell out the 2K for the California delivery option just because it sounds like fun and I would be one of the first in the US to get to drive the new GP!

Now, if this were a General Motors event…;)

not to beat a dead horse, but what the hell is wrong with everyone today???

Amen! I’m done, I really just wanted to be able to take a jab at GM :)

not to beat a dead horse, but what the hell is wrong with everyone today???

the gp – and mini in general – is all about performance, fun, racing heritage…you know!

so how is it that having an event at the country’s most exclusive auto gathering to take delivery of mini’s most exclusive car tacky? or greedy? or bad in any way shape or form?

geez guys – take it easy!

Yeah, but yours reads better. ;-)

Are you kidding me? Who plops down $30,000+ on a MINI with no back seat because it might mean a free trip to California? And at what point did MINI even infer that the California delivery event would be free? If those individuals are now so dissuaded that they no longer want the car, then good riddance and those GPs can go to people who truly want the car on its merits.

But If anyone is interested, I’ll gladly sell them my deed to the Brooklyn Bridge. And it WILL include an all-expense paid trip to New York to take delivery.