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insightman said:
Do you mean which background for your custom plate? Does your Secretary of State's website let you visualize your custom plate with all the available backgrounds? Does one background color look better with the color of your SE? Are there elements of the background that might make one or more of the characters you've chosen difficult to make out? Unfortunately, you cannot count on a website visualization to look exactly like the plate you order, but I'm happy to have a way to play around with different combinations.
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Yep, trying to pick the background. May have to wait until I see the car in person. There's a tool on the Oregon site that allows you to calculate the expected fees of registration/titling - you can check if personalized plate is available and then see how it will look on the plate. This isn't what I want to use on plate but illustrates the options. The regular "tree plate" actually fits the personalization really well with the tree in right place. I do like the Smokey the Bear plate but the first white letter/number gets a little lost on the background.

Forgot to mention: mine is Enigmatic Black with the minimal yellow badges.
 
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Yep, trying to pick the background. May have to wait until I see the car in person. There's a tool on the Oregon site that allows you to calculate the expected fees of registration/titling - you can check if personalized plate is available and then see how it will look on the plate. This isn't what I want to use on plate but illustrates the options. The regular "tree plate" actually fits the personalization really well with the tree in right place. I do like the Smokey the Bear plate but the first white letter/number gets a little lost on the background.
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FWIW, I’m going with the whale plate for my mini. It’s pretty neutral gray/blue. Should be fine with green/black/dark gray mini colors. No vanity plate though.


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TittaPDX said:
Forgot to mention: mine is Enigmatic Black with the minimal yellow badges.
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Enigmatic Black is not only a great color, but a fantastic name for a color. What color are your mirrors and roof?

Here are the online vs actual plate and custom frame for my Moonwalk Grey SE:
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insightman said:
Enigmatic Black is not only a great color, but a fantastic name for a color. What color are your mirrors and roof?

Here are the online vs actual plate and custom frame for my Moonwalk Grey SE:
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I was told roof and mirrors are also enigmatic black. I also like the Pacific Wonderland one but it wasn't in the tool. Not sure how it looks in person...I need to pay more attention while driving. I think bottom left is pretty accurate.
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Puppethead said:
Very nice! Mind posting your wheel info in the wheel thread?
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Will do!

GvilleGuy said:
Congrats! Racing stripe on the hood? I did not think that is an option.
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MINI offers 2 styles of stripes your dealer can install as accessories during PDI (or you could probably get similar options aftermarket):
  • Bonnet Stripes (the kind I see most often)
  • Sport Stripes (the ones I got)
    • These go on the bonnet and the boot lid.
    • You can also get matching Sport Stripes that go on the roof (if you don't have a sunroof).
 
F14Scott said:
Awesome. More pics!
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F14Scott said:
Mine will be the same color combo (moonwalk grey with black mirrors and black roof), and I am especially glad to see that combination does not include the yellow grille blade.
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I am the second person to take delivery of an SE in the Kansas City area. The first was delivered yesterday, and was also Moonwalk Grey. That color is way more popular than I expected!
 
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MichaelC said:
Ask and you shall receive!
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Your last photo made me laugh because of what's in the background. When I proposed our trip to the Kalamazoo Drive Electric Week event last Saturday, my wife complained that we'd have to spend half the day sitting, waiting for an open DCFC charging station. I made the ridiculous rationalization, "Think about people heading west in Conestoga wagons! We'll have it way better than them!" Then you show your SE in front of a Conestoga wagon.

Here we are, eating our Subway sandwiches while we added 50 miles (to 92%) in 40 minutes. Both charging stations were, indeed, occupied by an i3 and a Bolt as we pulled in and I got the "told-you-so." However both EVs finished charging 5 minutes after we arrived. My wife eventually admitted the charging experience wasn't as trying as she had imagined.

The i3 driver told me the tops of the ChargePoint charging stations swivel to give you more cable distance--something I didn't know before.
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MichaelC said:
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I am the second person to take delivery of an SE in the Kansas City area. The first was delivered yesterday, and was also Moonwalk Grey. That color is way more popular than I expected!
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I'm so happy for you and excited for me, 'cause your car is really sharp. That stripe is great, and the yellow accents are not as obtrusive as I had envisioned; I may not bother with the whole stealth delete thing and instead engage in the highest form of flattery: imitation.

I like the rims you chose. So we won't be perfect twins, mine will have the "tentacle" spoke wheels. Here's a photo of an S that is close to what mine will look like.
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MichaelC said:
MINI offers 2 styles of stripes your dealer can install as accessories during PDI (or you could probably get similar options aftermarket):
  • Bonnet Stripes (the kind I see most often)
  • Sport Stripes (the ones I got)
    • These go on the bonnet and the boot lid.
    • You can also get matching Sport Stripes that go on the roof (if y ou don't have a sunroof).
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Oh my gosh! You have thrown my entire color choice into chaos! This looks great! I was leaning chili red, but now I’m thinking Moonwalk with stripes. And those are the wheels I love. How long was your wait from deposit to delivery? (I have not looked to see if you are on the delivery thread spreadsheet)
 
MichaelC said:
Will do!


MINI offers 2 styles of stripes your dealer can install as accessories during PDI (or you could probably get similar options aftermarket):
  • Bonnet Stripes (the kind I see most often)
  • Sport Stripes (the ones I got)
    • These go on the bonnet and the boot lid.
    • You can also get matching Sport Stripes that go on the roof (if you don't have a sunroof).
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If you don't mind me asking, how much did the dealer charge you for the sport stripes? I am thinking of doing the same for my MINI.
 
F14Scott said:
For those who have taken delivery:

1. Would this cargo mat work in the SE? Given that the battery is under there, I'm unsure if the cargo area matches the standard S model. https://www.weathertech.com/mini/2011/cooper-cooper-s/cargo-liner/cooper-coopers-bodystyle/hardtop/

2. If you have the iconic trim with the built in phone charger, how big a phone will it take? My phone is a Galaxy 10+, measuring (6.20 x 2.92 x 0.31 in).
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The SE comes with MINI's cargo package lid that creates a floor above the well the WeatherTech liner normally lines. The 120-Volt EVSE and the tire repair kit/tow hook package live under this lid--two items most MINIs do not have. The well is 34" x 14-1/2" x 4-7/8". The area atop the lid is 38" x 18". The lid is removable and it can be removed and re-inserted at a higher position to make it level with the folded rear seats.

AFAIK, the only interior dimensional variation between a MINI Cooper and an SE is the rear seat is reported to be a smidge higher in the SE to accommodate the battery underneath.

It appears that no phone taller than 6 inches will fit into the spring-loaded phone holder/wireless charger. The phone compartment is about 3-1/8" wide. I asked my dealer if the phone charger could be removed, but they said it couldn't. I believe there are instructions somewhere online describing how to remove it, but it's messy, including cutting wires rather than simply unplugging them.
 
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