R60 Price Hike, and RIP Center Rail and Buckets for 2014?
#26
Just ordered our CM JCW a couple of nights ago. i agree the rear buckets are cool, but i just can understand the logic with the full length rail system. It's just asking to get dented and smacked around. Someone told me that in 2011 the rail was optional with the buckets. not sure if that option went away in 2012 or 2013, but that kept me from getting them.
Also, I like a bench back seat because you can put a larger item across the entire seating surface quickly and easily(as opposed to dropping the back seats to slide the item in the back) that won't fit into the back hatch area.
Also, I like a bench back seat because you can put a larger item across the entire seating surface quickly and easily(as opposed to dropping the back seats to slide the item in the back) that won't fit into the back hatch area.
#28
And I can't imagine having rear buckets with that blasted rail system running front to back(you cannot remove the rail from the order system on a 2013).
#30
I just couldn't imagine not being able to place an object in the back floor board that needs to stretch across the width of the car because there is a rail intersecting that space....that was the only frustrating part of an otherwise really fun configuration/order process.
#32
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#33
BUT, it sounds like you may have actual experience that proves that information incorrect. Good to know.
would not have changed my mind on the rear bench anyway...we rarely, if ever, have anyone riding in the back of our cars, so we chose the bench for the ease of carrying larger items by just sliding them across the bench.
thanks for the info, though...
#34
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Last edited by EHans; 06-15-2013 at 09:36 PM.
#37
I don't know how the rear arm rest attaches. I cannot figure out why it wouldn't work with the spilt rail in my head.
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#38
so, I have to know how to do this. When I configure a CM JCW, the center arm rest is included, and I can't de-select it. when I select the rear bucket seat option, there's the pix of the full length rail. the rear center arm rest cannot be selected.
Now where do I go to choose a split rail option? I thought I had turned this configurator inside out for days before placing our order and can't believe I missed something....!!
As I mentioned earlier it would not have changed my mind about getting the rear bench, but this has become a quest now....it's the little things, you know?
#39
OK, now this is officially driving me crazy
so, I have to know how to do this. When I configure a CM JCW, the center arm rest is included, and I can't de-select it. when I select the rear bucket seat option, there's the pix of the full length rail. the rear center arm rest cannot be selected.
Now where do I go to choose a split rail option? I thought I had turned this configurator inside out for days before placing our order and can't believe I missed something....!!
As I mentioned earlier it would not have changed my mind about getting the rear bench, but this has become a quest now....it's the little things, you know?
so, I have to know how to do this. When I configure a CM JCW, the center arm rest is included, and I can't de-select it. when I select the rear bucket seat option, there's the pix of the full length rail. the rear center arm rest cannot be selected.
Now where do I go to choose a split rail option? I thought I had turned this configurator inside out for days before placing our order and can't believe I missed something....!!
As I mentioned earlier it would not have changed my mind about getting the rear bench, but this has become a quest now....it's the little things, you know?
#41
Just ordered our CM JCW a couple of nights ago. i agree the rear buckets are cool, but i just can understand the logic with the full length rail system. It's just asking to get dented and smacked around. Someone told me that in 2011 the rail was optional with the buckets. not sure if that option went away in 2012 or 2013, but that kept me from getting them.
Also, I like a bench back seat because you can put a larger item across the entire seating surface quickly and easily(as opposed to dropping the back seats to slide the item in the back) that won't fit into the back hatch area.
Also, I like a bench back seat because you can put a larger item across the entire seating surface quickly and easily(as opposed to dropping the back seats to slide the item in the back) that won't fit into the back hatch area.
#42
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#44
Well, all that education my parents paid for was wasted on me....sure enough, there's the split rail option....I must have changed configurations 100 times before we settled and I never even noticed it....
Doh......
thanks for setting me straight folks..
What gets me though is Mini-USA missed it as well......strange..
Jeff
Doh......
thanks for setting me straight folks..
What gets me though is Mini-USA missed it as well......strange..
Jeff
#46
#47
I was by my dealer today to see if they had more info than our order change overnight in the Lounge that now reads "scheduling for production". They tell me our CM is scheduled to go into the "birthing center"(Mini's words !) on 6/23
Anyway, while there, they do have a CMS that came in on a customer order and it does have the buckets with the split rail in the back.
There is a VERY high cool factor with the buckets. They look fantastic, but the bench is going to work much better for us in our situation...
Anyway, while there, they do have a CMS that came in on a customer order and it does have the buckets with the split rail in the back.
There is a VERY high cool factor with the buckets. They look fantastic, but the bench is going to work much better for us in our situation...
#49
It definitely is a neat idea, but they missed the mark on the accessories. My opinion is that they should have figured out a way to run 12 volt power through the rail so that powered accessories could be clamped onto it (like charging cradles for various phones, an accessory map light, etc.).
#50
Glad I ordered a '13 then
I like the look of the buckets with the split rail and it works out great me with two kids (13 and 14) as they each have their own space in the back. Sorry to see the option go, one of the great things about the Mini is just how much you can customize them.
Really is a shame they did not come up with more uses for the rail or figure someway to enhance it instead of getting rid of it. The one idea about power in it would have been fantastic. That, and a better e-brake that does not make the front pretty much useless , aside from using the flat iPhone holder would have been nice.
Who knows, maybe some day that will make the '13 and prior models collectors.
Really is a shame they did not come up with more uses for the rail or figure someway to enhance it instead of getting rid of it. The one idea about power in it would have been fantastic. That, and a better e-brake that does not make the front pretty much useless , aside from using the flat iPhone holder would have been nice.
Who knows, maybe some day that will make the '13 and prior models collectors.