GvilleGuy
Well-Known Member
2022 Mini Cooper SE - Part 1
After about seven months of watching through the windows, I am happy to finally be on the inside of a Mini SE! The purchase yesterday had a couple of small hiccups, but nothing major.
My wife and I arrived, and our salesman handed me the key and said ‘come back whenever’. So we drove the car for a while and pulled into my office parking lot (which was empty) to make sure all of my ordered options were installed. They were. He even threw on some Mini logo tire stem caps, which look good.
We returned to the dealer and processed paperwork. The Mini dealer is going through some changes. They are in the middle of merging the Mini side into the BMW building next door while an Echo Park dealer is moving into the Mini building. The finance office is in the BMW building. My salesman encouraged us to check out the car some more while he went to the other building to finalize all of the loan documents. He was gone for 45 minutes. He said their systems have been up and down recently, causing delays.
So we checked out the car some more, which was a good move. I flipped down the back seats to show my wife the cargo area, and the plastic trim piece around the seat latch hole fell off the side of the seat!
My salesman returned and said “well, after your paperwork printed, our finance person quit and walked out”. Thankfully, the quitting appeared to not be directly related to our purchase! But it was slowing everything down. I showed him the fugitive plastic trim and he was able to get a service guy out to fix it immediately. He then put a dealer tag on the back of the car and said “come back in a few hours and I’ll have your temp tag and all paperwork finalized”.
For the long wait on the sales process (we were there two hours the first round) - they threw in a $1,000 ding protection policy. He said the main thing the policy will cover is the wheels if they get curbed. He has seen that happen a lot. He said I was one of the most patient, involved and enthusiastic customers he has had (in a good way), and that he hoped I would keep him up to date on any breaking news from the forum. He really took care of us and wanted us to have a good experience, which we did. I highly recommend Century Mini.
Several people asked about my Mini as we waited, and my salesman said that most people who came to the dealer the past few days were interested in learning more about my Cooper with the yellow badging and blacked out trim from the factory. Mine is the first 2022 SE in the upstate of SC. So I need to drive it around a lot and show it off!
Here are some glamour shots I took this afternoon.
After about seven months of watching through the windows, I am happy to finally be on the inside of a Mini SE! The purchase yesterday had a couple of small hiccups, but nothing major.
My wife and I arrived, and our salesman handed me the key and said ‘come back whenever’. So we drove the car for a while and pulled into my office parking lot (which was empty) to make sure all of my ordered options were installed. They were. He even threw on some Mini logo tire stem caps, which look good.
We returned to the dealer and processed paperwork. The Mini dealer is going through some changes. They are in the middle of merging the Mini side into the BMW building next door while an Echo Park dealer is moving into the Mini building. The finance office is in the BMW building. My salesman encouraged us to check out the car some more while he went to the other building to finalize all of the loan documents. He was gone for 45 minutes. He said their systems have been up and down recently, causing delays.
So we checked out the car some more, which was a good move. I flipped down the back seats to show my wife the cargo area, and the plastic trim piece around the seat latch hole fell off the side of the seat!
My salesman returned and said “well, after your paperwork printed, our finance person quit and walked out”. Thankfully, the quitting appeared to not be directly related to our purchase! But it was slowing everything down. I showed him the fugitive plastic trim and he was able to get a service guy out to fix it immediately. He then put a dealer tag on the back of the car and said “come back in a few hours and I’ll have your temp tag and all paperwork finalized”.
For the long wait on the sales process (we were there two hours the first round) - they threw in a $1,000 ding protection policy. He said the main thing the policy will cover is the wheels if they get curbed. He has seen that happen a lot. He said I was one of the most patient, involved and enthusiastic customers he has had (in a good way), and that he hoped I would keep him up to date on any breaking news from the forum. He really took care of us and wanted us to have a good experience, which we did. I highly recommend Century Mini.
Several people asked about my Mini as we waited, and my salesman said that most people who came to the dealer the past few days were interested in learning more about my Cooper with the yellow badging and blacked out trim from the factory. Mine is the first 2022 SE in the upstate of SC. So I need to drive it around a lot and show it off!
Here are some glamour shots I took this afternoon.
