The Cost of Ownership

[scalpel_ninja]

What was the shipping cost?

35.21 GBP, so $47.21

[94touring]

What was the shipping cost?

35.21 GBP, so $47.21

Yeah they definitely billed you wrong. Seems like DHL can't figure this out yet. 

[MiniDave]

My MiniSport order came in today, $500 of parts and no tariff charges.....yet!

My buddy Zac says he didn't get charged either on his last "Sport" order, and that was weeks ago.

I'm building up a front subframe for a Mini buddy - he's owned his car for many years now and has been working on it a little at a time, a few months ago he suffered a stroke, and while in the hospital they discovered he has Afib and bladder cancer.....so several of us in the Mini community are banding together to see if we can get his car together and drivable while he's still with us. He came out of the stroke much better than I expected, he's mobile and can speak just fine, but he's weak and his brain is not working 100% now....and of course there's the heart and cancer issues.

My part is to build the front sub so they can get it on its wheels and over to another guy's shop to put the motor and wiring harness in. The rear sub is in already. The motor came out of another car and should run just fine once it's bolted into the car.

[Dan Moffet]

Poor guy.

Afib: been there, done that. I lost count of the number of times I was in emerg for it. 4 ambulance rides before it was suggested I wait an hour before getting help, but not to ignore it because the turbulence it produces causes clots, which can lead to stroke. After that my wife would just drop me off at emerg. In the cubicle section I would be put in, there are 10 beds. I used 8 of them.

(The only cost to me was a nominal ambulance fee of about $40. No personal health insurance involved.)