At LAST - My New Baby!!

[wetceal]

Hello Everyone!

Well, it's finally here!!!! My new MINI! I've always wanted a new car and never got one till now! Sean and I discussed getting me a new car a couple of months ago since I was still driving a 1999 Camry that my parents had given me.

We looked at a few different kinds of cars and went to check out Mini Coopers. We test drove one and that was it! We both wanted it - BAD! This has got to be one of the MOST FUN cars to drive! Not to mention all the customizing you can do to them.

The dealer actually didn't have any Minis with the accessories that I wanted. SO, I ended up ordering my Mini. I HATE waiting for things so this was really killing me! However, I actually had an incredibly short wait. I really lucked out on the day I ordered my car and placed it just in time! I ordered on 9/20/07 and was picking up my baby on 10/24/07! Just barely over a month! Mini says that it generally takes anywhere between 6 to 8 weeks and I've talked to several people that had theirs take much longer up to 4 or 5 months!

We went and picked up the car today and of course I took a several photos and will definitely be taking several more in the future! I've got a Hypersport body kit on the car and I have a set of painted fenders coming in soon so I'll be replacing the black fenders as soon as the painted ones come in. We'll probably be putting the new wheels on the car tomorrow and we're still waiting on a bunch of stuff to come in - springs to lower the car, the rear sway bar, intake, a few other carbon fiber parts, I've got to get the windows tinted, thinking of putting a clear bra on the car to help protect the paint, etc. etc.

A funny story on the way home...the dealership is in Baton Rouge, Louisiana which is about an hour away from us. Sean and I drove there to pick up my Mini. I drove the Mini home and he drove his Suburban. I started out behind him but switched to being in front of him somewhere along the way home.

It's a two lane highway for most of the way back and at one point, I was in the left lane when I came up on a slow driving car. Well, the Mini wanted to pass it up so I put on my turn signal and switched lanes. I glanced in my rear view mirror and saw Sean blinking his lights at me with a concerned look on his face. I couldn't figure out why he was doing that until I suddenly realized I was about to pass up our exit!

I was having such a total BLAST driving the car that I didn't realize that we were almost home and I needed to exit! I quickly switched back in front of him and took the exit. Oops! LOL

Anyways, here are some delivery and post-delivery photos of my new Mini!

Thanks for reading my very long post LOL!

Celia

[LadyOhh]

Congratulations on your new pick up!!

I have yet to drive a Mini, but I hear good things about them.

I remember the first time I saw one, I was taken aback. Looked like a clown car. (Was an older model and the first one I had ever seen)

BUT! They have revamped it now, and it looks good!

Congrats again!

[Swingline0.0.1]

Sweet ride!

Congrats, and enjoy it... I've never looked at the interior of a Mini up close- that steering wheel looks like it's got a Playstation controller built in!

[slartibartfast]

I love Minis! If I ever break down and replace my darling old Beetle, they're my first choice. And then, just when I thought it couldn't get any cuter, you have a Bodger too!

[sw204me]

Fun?...Driving a Mini? Thats Automatic? Clean car though...


I will give you props, your a chic that digs cars and mods them all out, that is awesome, and rare, your husband is lucky on that acct. But no way I could fork out that much money for a Mini, though I hear from A LOT of people they are fun to drive, I just don't see it. My idea of a fun car is one that looks sick and is crazy fast. Congrats on the new toy though.

[frankykeno]

Now that is a darling little car, Celia, congrats! I bet you are just looking for reasons to run to the store LOL. I drove a friend's Mini years and years ago and it was a blast!

[Freakie_frog]

Great looking car girl.. And yet the only person with pictured with the can is Sean.. whats up with that????

[JLC]

Hot little car, Celia! Congrats!!

I've ridden in a Mini, but never driven one. They're on my list to check out though, when the day comes that I'm no longer saddled with a mini-van and kids to haul around.

[juddb]

Cool whip you got there

[AndrewGeibel]

Well the mini cooper s is actually decently quick. Definitely like those choice of wheels. But you really should have gone with a manual. Much more fun.