-Amanda’s 2023 Mini SE Adventures

Ah! Wood- and solid fuel-burning appliances are strictly regulated in metro Montreal. Only EPA-certified ultra-low emissions appliances may be used (<2.5 g of particulate emissions per hour), and even these are banned during smog alerts. https://montreal.ca/en/topics/solid-fuel-burning-stoves-and-fireplaces

 

Wow, I apologize again for sliding OT! Must be Rona brain…

 

Hubba hubba

 

[realllly wanted to go with “Bow-chicka-bow-wow!”]

 

@-Amanda did you see the really cool option for mounting your front plate posted by @rlozano ?

https://stonsho.com/

 

I love your SE cover with foam looks like was snowing in you garage as we talk about charging since 2014 owning solar panels and driving I3 6 years and now SE 7 months I’m not paying nothing for charging my Baby and I wander why more people not going for solar to a point we crash a greed .

 

Here is Island Blue in multiple shades of blue. I think the iPhone has too much post processing with the photos and the green has been reduced similar to Canon color science.

 

Hi,
Amazing story. Looking forward to receiving my 2023 Mini SE. Ordered 6.8.2022. Just received an update from the "track my mini" that the car is in the first phase of production. Just curious, how long did you wait to receive delivery of your car? Also, do you plan to put on winter tires because the Mini SE tires are summer?

Thank you again for a great story. Best regards

 

Beautiful blue color matches the mountain sky perfectly. I am awaiting a green/white SE here in Tennessee. Doc Tom

 

Welcome to the forum! You can see how long others have waited by checking out the spreadsheet linked in this thread:
Delivery Spreadsheet - Let's Track These Inbound SEs.

 

I haven’t been able to source either of them in Quebec yet, but I also haven’t called my “tire guy” about the new models. In May, he quoted me $900 installed and balanced for the R3 (I paid something like $780 for the 195/55-15 four years ago).

 

Congrats and welcome to the club! Car is beautiful.

 

since 2014 my electric bill is almost 0 and since 2016 I3 now SE i not pay for charging my EVs owning solar panels on my roof.

 

Thank you for the information. Very Helpful guidance.
Just curious, i assume you purchased new Mini rims and tires and swap them with the summer tires? Also, did you order the rims and tires from the mini dealership?

 

For my SE I got the wheels through the dealer (I wanted the Spectre Grey Revolites). But MINI doesn't carry Nokian tires so I got those separately from Discount Tire and had my dealer mount them. And yes, I have a separate set of complete wheels so it's an easy swap each season.

For my original set of winter wheels on my ICE MINIs (which I'm still using) I ordered a complete set of winter wheels (wheel/tire/TPMS sensors) from Tire Rack, and they've worked great for many years.

 

FYI, there are a lot of aftermarket wheels available for these cars. Usually at a better price than the dealer. Dont let a dealer scare anyone into thinking they have to buy from them! Unless of course you want OE wheels and they have the best price!