Since receiving my Clubman’s Production and VIN Numbers, I have been checking it’s status at least twice a day on the MINI Owners’ Lounge. Since May 30th, the Owners’ Lounger status has read, Scheduled For Production. On Friday, June 7th, the status finally changed to read Awaiting Transport. Since the MINI Owners’ Lounge is typically 24-48 hours behind reality, my Clubman finished production on June 5th or June 6th.
Year: 2013
Clubman VIN & Production Numbers Assigned
2013 Mini Cooper S Clubman
Yesterday, I received an email from Jason, my Motoring Advisor at Knauz MINI, with the VIN Number and Production Number for my Clubman. Like any good expectant MINI owner, I immediately signed into the MINI Owners’ Lounge, and input my Production Number, so I could begin to track where my new MINI is at.
My Clubman has gone from On Order, to Scheduled For Production, so within the next week or so, she should begin her eight day journey down the production line at the MINI production plant in Oxford, England…
New MINI Clubman On Order
2013 Mini Cooper S Clubman
After a nearly a decade of MINI ownership, I pulled the trigger again last Thursday night, and placed an order on a 2013 MINI Cooper S Clubman. So exactly 10-years after going through the order process on my 2003 MINI, I am going through it again. It is exciting to have a new MINI on the way, but bittersweet at the same time, as it means I will be saying goodbye to my beloved 2003 MINI Cooper S. Even after 10-years, she still puts a smile on my face every time I sit behind the wheel.
123,456
123,456 Miles
I hit a fun milestone on my MINI’s odometer on my way home from work today…123,456 miles. The odometer hasn’t seen that kind of order since it turned 12,345 miles in late-2003/early-2004, and it won’t see that kind of order again until she turns 234,567 miles. However, at the current rate I am putting miles on – right around 10k per year – it will take about a decade to get there.
Difference of a Year
What a difference a year makes. These two images were taken almost exactly one year apart…the first on March 29, 2012, the second on March 28, 2013.
