R59 Anyone seen another Roadster on the road yet?
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Arrived on schedule Port Hueneme.
Processed through customs and VDC in 2 days.
Sat for 5+ days once released to the trucking company waiting to fill a carrier destined for our dealership. Dealerships have very little input in the schedules of the trucking company contracted to provide delivery, and apparently no sympathy for expectant owners strife. Almost no communication b/t trucking company and dealership.
Pippa was worth the wait.
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Cool, post the picture if you can. I like seeing the R59 out and about, but other than mine I haven't come across one. The closest thing is ONE R58 in my town.
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Saw our first roadster Saturday at a MINI meetup breakfast. The couple brought her from Missouri when they moved here a couple months ago. That is our first and only sighting thus far. Not surprising though I suppose. We found stats online that suggest U.S. sales of roadsters from Feb-June are only about 990.
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Yes, pics please. Other than ONE brand new one at a dealer I have not seen any on the road. I have gotten some good looks and waves from other MINI owners though.
According to BimmerFile, they have sold a whopping 990.
I don't know if that data represents what the dealer has purchased or what actual owner's have purchased. If it is the former then the number on the road would of course be even smaller.
According to BimmerFile, they have sold a whopping 990.
I don't know if that data represents what the dealer has purchased or what actual owner's have purchased. If it is the former then the number on the road would of course be even smaller.
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#62
Just got back from being in San Diego for 6 days, including one day I drove all the way to LA and Back....and I didn't see a single Roadster. Lots of MINIs...even a few Countrymans, but no Coupe or Roadsters at all. My wife and I were talking about how we figured we'd see a few....and wished I had my JCW R59 out there to sport around in. :-)
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Just got back from being in San Diego for 6 days, including one day I drove all the way to LA and Back....and I didn't see a single Roadster. Lots of MINIs...even a few Countrymans, but no Coupe or Roadsters at all. My wife and I were talking about how we figured we'd see a few....and wished I had my JCW R59 out there to sport around in. :-)
we live in San Diego and have put over 4200 miles on her driving around San Diego, LA and the surrounding areas and have yet to see a single Roadster driving on the roads with us! (Not including the 3 privately owned Roadsters we saw in Mini Takes The States, nor the one other roadster we know of in San Diego who we met its owners at a local MINI club breakfast). The only actual Roadster we have seen driving was in Palm Springs. I hunted the guy down the street as my husband sat waiting to order dinner at a restaurant! So our local count in San Diego and LA so far is: No R59's and only 3 R58's.
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I just saw my first two roadsters (both sitting on the dealers lot). They looked great, but at $41,000 for one of them, and $45,000 for the next, I can see why they are still on the lot. That's a lot of money for a convert that doesn't even have a lined top. I know MINIs are great cars, but I'm wondering if the price is getting a little out of line?
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Liquid,
we live in San Diego and have put over 4200 miles on her driving around San Diego, LA and the surrounding areas and have yet to see a single Roadster driving on the roads with us! (Not including the 3 privately owned Roadsters we saw in Mini Takes The States, nor the one other roadster we know of in San Diego who we met its owners at a local MINI club breakfast). The only actual Roadster we have seen driving was in Palm Springs. I hunted the guy down the street as my husband sat waiting to order dinner at a restaurant! So our local count in San Diego and LA so far is: No R59's and only 3 R58's.
we live in San Diego and have put over 4200 miles on her driving around San Diego, LA and the surrounding areas and have yet to see a single Roadster driving on the roads with us! (Not including the 3 privately owned Roadsters we saw in Mini Takes The States, nor the one other roadster we know of in San Diego who we met its owners at a local MINI club breakfast). The only actual Roadster we have seen driving was in Palm Springs. I hunted the guy down the street as my husband sat waiting to order dinner at a restaurant! So our local count in San Diego and LA so far is: No R59's and only 3 R58's.
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I just saw my first two roadsters (both sitting on the dealers lot). They looked great, but at $41,000 for one of them, and $45,000 for the next, I can see why they are still on the lot. That's a lot of money for a convert that doesn't even have a lined top. I know MINIs are great cars, but I'm wondering if the price is getting a little out of line?
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I just saw my first two roadsters (both sitting on the dealers lot). They looked great, but at $41,000 for one of them, and $45,000 for the next, I can see why they are still on the lot. That's a lot of money for a convert that doesn't even have a lined top. I know MINIs are great cars, but I'm wondering if the price is getting a little out of line?
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Florida vacation
I just spent a week in Fort Lauderdale. I saw tons and tons of MINI Coopers on the road, but have not seen a single roadster. There was one on the lot at MINI of Fort Lauderdale . I figured sunny Florida would be the place to see them.
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To all you lucky roadster owners, Hi.
I have seen one on I10 just a couple days ago with the rear spoiler deployed. What a sight for sore eyes, there she was the Mini Roadster, so much better then looking at all the same old mundane cars.
Besides that one I was over to the Post Office to buy a few stamps and YUP! there she was all in her glory...
This was an S and I got to talk to her owner. She is a very happy girl with her sister, both beauties. LoL! There is only one way to top that. Do you all know what that is?
Ha, ha
-Xit
I have seen one on I10 just a couple days ago with the rear spoiler deployed. What a sight for sore eyes, there she was the Mini Roadster, so much better then looking at all the same old mundane cars.
Besides that one I was over to the Post Office to buy a few stamps and YUP! there she was all in her glory...
This was an S and I got to talk to her owner. She is a very happy girl with her sister, both beauties. LoL! There is only one way to top that. Do you all know what that is?
Ha, ha
-Xit
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That would have been great to see you! It's pretty exciting when you can see another roadster and share in the mutual admiration! And indeed, San Diego IS the perfect weather for one. Thus one of our biggest decisions to go with it. I must say that we have had Pippa's top down for less than 10 hours total of her 4200+ miles. That really speaks volumes to our climate, especially when it will likely be November before we ever have to start putting it up because of rain or really cold nights. Right now it only goes up if we have to drive in sizzling mid day sun on stop and go roads.