Hello! I’m new here and I have a question right away. I don’t have a mini yet, but I’ll order it in the next few days and I’m looking forward to it! Has any of you already ordered a Mini Cooper D and can tell me something about the actual delivery time? The dealer, with whom I will order (and also other dealers) told me a delivery time of 12 – 18 weeks. Can that be? Sooooo long? 🙁 Oh yes, I’ll lease the mini. I’ve already looked around here in the forum a little bit, there was in October 2007, so a year ago, sometimes something of a delivery time of 6 – 7 weeks. Why is that all of a sudden so much longer? Are there tips on how to shorten the delivery time? My Mini Cooper D was very quick, because I won’t have a car until delivery. And that’s with a daily distance to work of 150 km (back and forth).