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Number of SEs at dealerships or "arriving soon"

Discussion in 'Cooper SE' started by CuriousGeorge, Nov 4, 2022.

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  1. Nov 28, 2022 #41
    Qisl

    Qisl Active Member

    Plano, TX
    With 195 SEs sitting at dealerships, and 7372 total MINIs sitting at dealerships in the US, MINI now offers $500 off a new MINI (advertised as $500 off customizations) purchased or ordered today.

    Discounts have begun.

    (I'm surprised that the discount can be applied to a new SE, given that BMW charges almost twice the interest rate for the lease of an SE versus an ICE.)

    Attached is the latest chart, as of 26-nov-2022. miniCount.jpg
     
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  2. Nov 28, 2022 #42
    CuriousGeorge

    CuriousGeorge Well-Known Member

    I got that same email and had the same thought.

    Also interesting in your chart is how the trend for Iconics to be accumulating more rapidly than Sig+ 2.0s has continued.
     
  3. Nov 28, 2022 #43
    MrSnrub

    MrSnrub Well-Known Member

    Montréal, QC
    Ordered mine in August should be leaving in the next 7 days. Or might have left
     

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  4. Nov 28, 2022 #44
    jakesmini

    jakesmini Member

    At port in Baltimore! Woohoo! Hoping to pick it up Saturday.
     
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  5. Nov 28, 2022 #45
    CuriousGeorge

    CuriousGeorge Well-Known Member

    So 197? ;)
     

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  6. Nov 28, 2022 #46
    François Côté

    François Côté Member

    Montréal, QC, Canada
    you might want to keep those VINs to yourself. Just in case.
     
  7. Nov 28, 2022 #47
    MrSnrub

    MrSnrub Well-Known Member

    Montréal, QC
    Cant do much with it.
     
  8. Nov 28, 2022 #48
    CuriousGeorge

    CuriousGeorge Well-Known Member

    Yeah, doesn't seem like much to worry about, especially since it is visible on the car itself - a legal requirement, I believe, and a feature touted by MINI (or so VIN decoders (!) state).

    Then again, I suppose somebody could figure out that you got the heated steering wheel or H-K stereo that they didn't, and might drive halfway across the country to steal your car and leave theirs in its place? ;)
     
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  9. Nov 28, 2022 #49
    CuriousGeorge

    CuriousGeorge Well-Known Member

    CFR 49 part 465 subpart B.13 paragraph (f):

    "The VIN for passenger cars, multipurpose passenger vehicles, low speed vehicles, and trucks of 4536 kg or less GVWR shall be located inside the passenger compartment. It shall be readable, without moving any part of the vehicle, through the vehicle glazing under daylight lighting conditions by an observer having 20/20 vision (Snellen) whose eye-point is located outside the vehicle adjacent to the left windshield pillar. Each character in the VIN subject to this paragraph shall have a minimum height of 4 mm."

    Now that's some legal-ese! If only the Inflation Reduction Act's EV provisions were so specific.
     

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  10. Nov 29, 2022 #50
    MrSnrub

    MrSnrub Well-Known Member

    Montréal, QC
    So what ship is scheduled to leave next with the goods?
     
  11. Nov 29, 2022 #51
    Qisl

    Qisl Active Member

    Plano, TX
    If the ship is from the Wallenius Wilhelmsen line, then it might be the Arc Defender on 3-dec. But the last ship that left was not from that line. And, your MINI and mine just arrived at the port. These two cars could sit there in the smoggy (https://www.offshore-energy.biz/uk-exploring-shore-power-in-ports/), salty air of Southampton for four weeks or more before they hitch a ride on a RoRo.
     
  12. Nov 29, 2022 #52
    MrSnrub

    MrSnrub Well-Known Member

    Montréal, QC
    My build date was 8 November. I’ll reach out to my contact at Mini Canada and ask her if she can get some info. My car is coming in at Halifax
     
  13. Nov 29, 2022 #53
    beerhecht

    beerhecht Member

    Florida
    Don't get too excited until it is on a ship. If it just made it to port, you might not see your Mini for another 6 weeks.
     
  14. Nov 29, 2022 #54
    MrSnrub

    MrSnrub Well-Known Member

    Montréal, QC
    The later the better. Means I don’t have to write a cheque to buyback my current car
     
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  15. Nov 29, 2022 #55
    MrSnrub

    MrSnrub Well-Known Member

    Montréal, QC
    Only vessel recently that had Southampton as a port call and is loaded into Port of Halifax is Asian Captain which just unloaded and is calling at New York now. There is also DON QUIJOTEwhich is calling at Halifax on Friday . Then there is one more RORO auto for dec DON Carlos until January
     
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  16. Nov 30, 2022 #56
    CuriousGeorge

    CuriousGeorge Well-Known Member

    Coming by the boatload now.

    11/30/2022 218
     
  17. Nov 30, 2022 #57
    MrSnrub

    MrSnrub Well-Known Member

    Montréal, QC
    Who’s feeding you this info haha if I have you a VIN to check….
     
  18. Dec 2, 2022 #58
    CuriousGeorge

    CuriousGeorge Well-Known Member

    12/2/2022 227
     
  19. Dec 2, 2022 #59
    MrSnrub

    MrSnrub Well-Known Member

    Montréal, QC
    Departed Southampton ? I saw one ship heading to Baltimore today
     
  20. Dec 2, 2022 #60
    Qisl

    Qisl Active Member

    Plano, TX
    that's current inventory in the US
     
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