At MINIsOnTop last weekend, Paul Macerone of MINI USA said USA GP buyers wouldn’t get their roof number till delivery – meanwhile many Europe buyers have their roof number already! See this MINI2 thread.
Well apparently Pauls information was inaccurate – I received a letter today confirming me as “among a select group of MINI Cooper S with John Cooper Works GP Kit owners”:
As you’d expect of a limited-edition work of art [sic], every [GP] has its own unique number. The evidence is there in black and white on the roof and the dashboard [I didn’t think that the number was on the dashboard, only the letters GP]. Only 415 of these cars will be distributed in the United States, and one of these vehicles will be yours … Your unique series number is GP 0203
I can’t think of anything very exciting about the number 0203, but anyway …
GPMINI.net 
I guess you were hoping for 4242 🙂
With only 1-2000 available, 0420 would have been cool 🙂
0420???? 😉
Here’s the current spread of GP roof numbers / owners / countries, from the GP roof number thread on MINI2:
15 bruce mueller USA
19 Jim Ray USA
31 billy_wizz_69 UK
44 rpenhale England
56 Shine USA
83 sundancekc USA
95 MOTOR’N USA
100 jeffers UK
101 jimskater USA
106 Ramses Germany
127 zoooooom Scotland
142 chrisandjax UK
179 TEDDYGP USA
203 GBMINI USA
205 Goonery UnitedNations(!)
216 Metal Man USA
363 Dev UK
380 PmP Northern Ireland
505 phil_c Northern Ireland
520 zstkng UK
524 coded2112 England
657 Fabio Ireland
682 LMB England
722 death2pixies UK
834 -Macmini- Germany
1089 Joogle UK
1326 b10rj UK
1442 spud130475 England
1886 minipaul Scotland
1986 Lorien Italy
23 is significant as it is the number of The Illuminati and follows the ‘law of fives’ (a concept from the anti-religion discordianism) and is used heavily by Robert Anton Wilson in his book The Illuminatus! Trilogy.
From Wikipedia: Simon Moon claims “23 is significant because “All the great anarchists died on the 23rd day of some month or other.” He also identifies a “23/17 phenomenon.” They are both tied to the Law of Fives, he explains, because 2 + 3 = 5, and 1 + 7 = 8 = 23.[16] Robert Anton Wilson claimed in a 1988 interview that “23 is a part of the cosmic code. It’s connected with so many synchronicities and weird coincidences that it must mean something, I just haven’t figured out yet what it means!”.[17]”
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Illuminatus%21_Trilogy
IMHO 0023 0230 2300 2003 and 0203 are the best numbers to have. I am jealous.
The first house I lived in was #23 …
Hey, Ian – 203 is the area code for Connecticut!
You might have to move, now. ?
# 0089 is USA – Skunk Works
I am 0191 USA, the number is the telephone code for Geordie Land I think.
Found out mine by calling my MA yesterday after the form letter from MINI USA arrived sans details. 0223 is for me.
223 (number)
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223 is the natural number between 222 and 224. It is also a prime number.
223 is a long prime and a lucky prime. 223 is the fourth Carol number and the third to be prime.
I have 143 any special meanning besides being a low number for the GP.. 142 is in UK wonder where is 141…
La Strega
I have 0076, could be 007 year 2006 (Brit living in usa)
My Number is 0142 — Same as a GP in UK .. double numbers ??
La Strega
I can’t believe there are two #0142 GPs – much more likely is that someone has made a paperwork error …