We’ve got a few updates of random facts for those eagerly anticipating their GPs.
– GP roof numbers are in for many owners. If you haven’t received yours, it should be arriving soon.
– The GP will not include rear speakers due to weight saving measures. That means only 4 speakers total.
– The 18″ GP wheels (aka the R107) weigh in at 19.84 pounds. Officially the lightest 17″ or 18″ wheel from MINI.
– Roof numbers for those getting their GPs at Monterey are based generally on a first come first serve basis. So if you wanted to low number car you needed to opt for a MTTS delivery.
– For those getting their GPs at dealers, roof numbers will appear to be fairly random. I’m told there’s a system to it, just not one that owners will be able to identify or influence.
We’ll have more in the weeks ahead.
Still can’t wait! The GP has been reviwed in the UK magazines Autoexpress and Autocar both of which give great reviews (Autoexpress gives it 5/5). I have also been checking the roof numbers and number 719 is one of the test cars – so if you have 719 start complaining now!
It seems that both the reviewers obviously need to start checking out this website as they both have incorrect facts about the car – in particular the BHP and the storage bar!
Next month EVO car magazine reviews the GP – can’t wait!
ok todd – fire away! roof number?
0083 is the number I was issued.
Haven’t thought of anything significant except it’s the year I lettered in football so I have a letterman’s jacket with and 83 on it. : )
It’d be pretty sweet to have 0070 – maybe pull off a zero. I vote for the GP being the next bond car.
well todd, if you want to add it all up, so to speak, you proudly say that your mini “goes to 11”
reaching – drew
Nice work, Drew. I like the way you think and I believe I’ll be making up a decal that says ” It goes to 11″. : )
Is it because I’m an ignorant Brit (or just generally ignorant without cultural background) but what is the significance of “it goes to 11” ??
Congrats all round to those getting these spiffy new GPS.
spinal tap
<blockquote>The 18″ GP wheels (aka the R107) weigh in at 19.84 pounds. Officially the lightest 17″ or 18″ wheel from MINI.</blockquote>
one more reason to drool over the GP wheels…
<blockquote>But while most concert films capture their worthy subjects at the peak of their popularity or during a triumphant re-union tour, This Is Spinal Tap presents us with a second-rate band made up of aging members who are desperately trying to cling onto what little fame they used to have.
This concept provides a wealth of comic potential that Rob Reiner and the Spinal Tap boys (Michael McKean, Christopher Guest, Harry Shearer, R.J. Parnell, and David Kaff) effectively tap into, such as the scene in which Nigel Tufnel (Guest) proudly displays the band’s instruments and equipment, which include a guitar so special it can never be looked at, let alone played, and <strong>a Marshall amplifier that “…goes to 11” </strong></blockquote>
Yeah I didn’t get it eitherso here you go. Found at…
<a href="http://www.popmatters.com/film/reviews/t/this-is-spinal-tap.shtml" rel="nofollow ugc">http://www.popmatters.com/film/reviews/t/this-is-spinal-tap.shtml</a>
Okay, BTTT shout out who has what number and where are you, maybe we can figure this thing out.
<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j_nbPIUbSdw" rel="nofollow ugc">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j_nbPIUbSdw</a>
Video friday!
Here’s a thread over at MINI2 with a list of some roof numbers –
<a href="http://www.mini2.com/forum/mini-cooper-s/117782-gp-roof-number-list.html" rel="nofollow ugc">http://www.mini2.com/forum/mini-cooper-s/117782-gp-roof-number-list.html</a>
wow todd – a decal huh? glad i could help to inspire you!
the extended spinal tap bantering also puts a smile on my face..lol..
“such a fine line between clever and stupid…”
cheers – drew
Todd I have one word for you…
TATTOO!!!
Spiffy?
<blockquote>0083 is the number I was issued.</blockquote>
Hey Todd, You should put a Gundam on your GP!!!
<a href="http://www.gundamofficial.com/worlds/uc/0083/index.html" rel="nofollow ugc">http://www.gundamofficial.com/worlds/uc/0083/index.html</a>
Very cool number to have if you are a Japanese animation fan. 😀
or 1701 for those startrek fans
Or 1138 for Lucas fans.
<blockquote>It’d be pretty sweet to have 0070 – maybe pull off a zero. I vote for the GP being the next bond car.</blockquote>Check out this story from NPR about the dwindling numbers of people driving manual shift:
<a href="http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=5487437" rel="nofollow ugc">http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=5487437</a>
It said that the current Bond had to learn how to drive stick shift for the movie!
3120 if you are a Lucas employee
please share Gen0
<blockquote>Check out this story from NPR about the dwindling numbers of people driving manual shift:</blockquote>
It really is a sad state of affairs. There are such a surprising number of people who have never even driven a stick. I think that those folks don’t realize that extra degree of control you get by managing the engine’s power manually. And beyond that, it’s troubling in an emergency. What if you get hurt, your passenger has to drive you to the hospital, and they’re looking at you asking “what’s this third pedal for?”
Pierce Brosnan couldn’t drive a stick either when he was Bond – which is funny and sad at the same time. If I were a big movie star and made that kind of money, I sure as hell would own at least one car that simply isn’t available with a auto tranny.
The interesting thing to me about that story is that gas mileage has nothing to do with my preference for a manual transmission. Even if it got worse mileage than the auto, I’d still want a stick simply for the added car control. Furthermore, not that I condone it, but the phone+coffee+stickshift isn’t truly <em>impossible</em>. I did phone+ice cream cone+stickshift the other day. Not wise, don’t try this at home, but entertaining at the time. Now I’ve got a different phone with bluetooth and we’re all good. Not much I could do about it at the time – it was a call I simply had to take and had nowhere to go to get off the road at the time.
It’s the number on the Starship Protector from Galaxy Quest. Which also happens to be the address of our old campus.
Let’s not start the stick vs auto thing again – it makes my brain hurt! 😉
Though have a friend (semi-pro race car driver) who would argue about that “added control” with a stick – says the racing world is pretty much going all auto (paddle-shiftable), for “added control”.
Mark,
That may be true, but the true paddle shifters used in race cars (instant-response, SMG-type) are not commonly or easily available in most cars sold to the public. The slushboxes that are offered instead PALE in comparison to manuals for control. Even the “select your own gear” manual mode of most trannies is PAINFULLY SLOW to shift. Ick.
The 18″ GP wheels (aka the R107) weigh in at 19.84 pounds. Officially the lightest 17″ or 18″ wheel from MINI.
I would like to purchase a set of these! Are there going to be options for buying these wheels? I think they’d look good on my LY/BLK and I’d later up the brakes to a JCW Brake setup!
above should have read “most auto trannies” in the last line.
The GP wheels will not be sold separately. If you want them you’ll have to find a GP owner who doesn’t like his.
I’d love to have a set of those on my car.
Say Todd….aren’t you taking yours off?
I think that even if you DO find a GP owner who doesn’t like theirs, it’s unlikely they will sell them anyway, because they are so rare and part of the car… so they’d probably keep them for possible future resale.
I have already posted our roof number on the thread on MINI2, but here it is again:
Fuzzy’s GP is roof number 0019. The manager at Checkered Flag here in VA did the paperwork himself. We have a really good dealer, he sent the email as soon as the gates opened for Monterey delivery. Confirmation of acceptance into the program came back in less than five minutes, so that accounts for our low number.
GP 0102
Looking forward to seeing the rest of the Monterey early delivery crew!
The race paddle shifters have the control of a stick (hence the paddles) with the speed of an automatic shift.
Nathan, never ever admit on motoringfile of being anything but focused on the road while driving, you will get people throwing stones at you who don’t regularly post on here at all.
“How could you eat, talk on the cell phone, look in the mirror, switch radio stations, whine whine whine, in your car! You will kill us all!”
stick. paddles. honestly guys….who cares?
Goodfinder,
I must have gotten my paperwork in just moments before you.
I’ll be picking up GP 0101 in Monterey.
Jim,
0101 is the best number to have after 0001.
Binary rules!
/Dork off
Ohh, Todd, if I had extra money I’d buy yours since that’s the year I was born: 83. Of course it’s 1983 but still… and again, if I had extra money to devote my love for another MINI.
[quoute=Michael(Mayim)]0101 is the best number to have after 0001.
Binary rules!
/Dork off[/quote]
/Dork on
I am binary 5
/Dork off
<blockquote>0101 is the best number to have after 0001.
Binary rules!
/Dork off</blockquote>
/Dork on
I am binary 5
/Dork off
Thanks, Michael.
Surely the best number to have is GP2000….?
No point having the first of the last. The last of the last is the ultimate.
Slightly off topic. I was just at MINI of San Francisco yesterday to get a set of windshield wipers and I just happened to ask one of the MAs about the price of the mark-up for the GPs. $5-10k you gotta to be f*****g kidding me. $5k for the very first person who pre-ordered it and $10k for the only GP that remains unaccounted for.
Hey— my buddy that was going to join me in Monterrey has his Class reunion and reneged. If anyone knows of someone that is interested in attending, feel free to have them contact me. I only want to be compensated the $1,000 to attend all the events. No obligation to drive back with me. If anyone wants to drive back across the USA, or even a few legs of MTTS I am open to negotiation. I am going to attend Vegas, and somewhere around New Mexico make a run home to Boston. Just help out a little with Gas is all i’d really want, hotels would be on me. Thanks for the help gang. Email below:
<a href="mailto:gotmanny@hotmail.com">gotmanny@hotmail.com</a>