lspinellijr

i saw a Mini cooper for the first time up close this weekend and was curious on the pricing for this midget machine. as i looked thru the options i noticed they have TWO sport packages, one w/ performance 17's and one w/ all-season 17's.

what a great idea. if only the a4 had such flexibility!!

JoeO

The 2003 A4's do have that option.

MuRaN0Daddy

and apparently a great order program

lspinellijr

alot of good that does us 2002'ers........ pick mine up tomm!

Marc Collins

No it doesn't. Sport package is mandatory summer tires.

JoeO

Only downside is the All-Seasons won't have sport suspension, like the 17" sport tires. But Ispinellijr doesn't mention whether the Mini has sport suspension.<ul><li><a href="https://forums.audiworld.com/a4gen2/msgs/91321.phtml">It's true for 2003</a></li></ul>

ChuckTigre

True, but then you cannot still get the sport suspension, etc. Right?

lexo

Is the absolutely insane period of waiting for getting one of these cars, considering that they are pretty much all spoken for. I have a friend who wanted to buy the "S" line of the mini, and found out that the waiting list for that is 4 years long (limited North America production each year). That is one thing I hope Audi does not learn from mini. Unfortunately we are probably going to see the same thing with the S4 *sighd*, but I can dream....

DCR

Yeah, Try servicing a Mini. They don't have one dealer in Texas. How stupid is that?

capt.sensible

Well,

I dragged my girlfriend to MINI of Peabody about 2 days after it opened in March, and she placed an order for a Cooper S a week later. She received a production number a month ago, and according to the MINI Owner's Circle on the miniusa website, the car is due to be built on September 6th. (This website tracking is another aspect of car buying that Audi should think about emulating).

Assuming a delivery date of 6 weeks past production, this is about an 8-month wait -- by no means short, but a far cry from the 4 years claimed by your friend. I don't think 8 months is so outrageous for a brand-new (reincarnated) marque priced so affordably that many people can buy one as a second car. Granted, she had to pay MSRP, which is a new and humbling experience, but we didn't experience any dealer gouging.

I am actually going to a shop this afternoon to see if they can install hand controls for a manual transmission so I can drive my girlfriend's Cooper S (I'm handicapped). Please cross your fingers for me, because the S looks like one hell of a fun car.

I'd advise your friend to look at the MINI board at www.roadfly.org -- there are a lot of dealers posting over there and they are often happy to co-ordinate an out-of-state Cooper S purchase at MSRP. Best of luck to your friend and to you.