Archive for the ‘MINI’ Category

Road & Track's Best Car 2004 (2003-10-18)

Road & Track magazine has launched a new Reader's Choice award – the Readers' Choice Award Best Car 2004. Among the nominees is (drum roll, please) the MINI Cooper S Works. So, get out there and cast your vote. (Of course, nothing here should be construed as an attempt to sway your opinion…vote your conscience…mine, [...]

First Impressions (2003-9-19)

One of the very first things that struck me when we pulled up to the dealer and I saw my car sitting out front was how good these cars look in person. Pictures simply don't do them justice for some reason, and I've been looking at a lot of pictures recently. Somehow on film (or [...]

I have my MINI! (2003-9-19)

Finally!

Today's The Day! (2003-9-18)

Assuming Isabel doesn't throw a socket wrench into my travel plans, I'll be picking up the MINI this afternoon!

Estimated Delivery Date has been set (2003-9-15)

The MINI Owner's Lounge updated today with an estimated delivery date of Sep 19 for my car…this Friday! Sounds about perfect, since I'm travelling the rest of this week and won't be back until Thursday night. With the truck gone, I'm really chomping at the bit for the MINI, and it's nice to see the [...]

F-150…Outtahere (2003-9-14)

The F-150 is officially history. The buyer flew in from Pascagoula, MS, handed me a certified check, signed some papers, and set out to drive back home…a 7 hour trip. (Nothing like a good road trip to shake out a new car, eh?) Still no word on when the MINI will arrive, but I'm hoping [...]

Funny (2003-9-11)

(From MINI2 discussion forums)

Wanna buy a truck? (2003-9-8)

My 1998 Ford F-150 is for sale. Make me an offer I can't refuse and I'll pull it off of eBay… UPDATE: Sold on eBay on Sept 11. I got $700 more than I would have gotten by selling the truck to CarMax, so I'd say it was worth it.

Sailing, Sailing (2003-8-29)

My MINI's on its way: By the way, I think the car's name is going to be “The Blue Coop”. If only I could get 7 characters on a license plate, I'd get “BLUCOOP”, but methinks vanity plates are limited to 6. UPDATE: Ah ha! You can get 7 characters on a vanity plate! I'm [...]

Just twiddling its thumbs (2003-8-23)

I suppose my MINI is sitting on the dock in Southampton just twiddling its thumbs. It arrived there on Wednesday, but doesn't actually sail until this coming Friday Aug 29. So for 10 days or so, it's nothing more than a waiting game. Don't they know I could be driving it sooner if they were [...]