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MTTS2012 at House Of Blues
The last night of MINI Takes The States 2012 was held at the House Of Blues restaurant in Hollywood, and it was a great location! Good food, great music, lots of space – and an amazing “opening bar”...
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The end of MTTS2012
Early Sunday morning, George drove us down to Malibu through some nice canyon roads, meeting Mark & Teresa for breakfast … After breakfast we drove through Malibu to join the hundreds of other...
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The end of MINI Takes The States 2012 – the plan apparently was to surprise Jim McDowell, who had been squirting everyone with a little pistol, but he was ready to retaliate!
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Our UK rental …
In England for a month, we’ve got a Diesel powered VW Golf! Not big, our three cases precisely filled the boot (trunk): But on the 100 miles so far, Heathrow to Bath, the car is claiming over 60mpg!...
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Bentley, or Countryman
If this was your car collection, which would you choose each morning? (seen in Wimbledon, England – where the Countryman looks like quite a big car!)
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MINIs at the Olympics
Our trip to the Olympic Park in London today included a visit to the BMW Pavilion, which had MINI present too: Inside, along with the BMW i8 and i3 was the MINI Rcoketman Concept: Meanwhile in the...
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Top Trumps
It’s been a while since I posted about MINI collectibles – during the London 2012 Olympics we visited the BMW Pavilion, and I collected these hand-out Top Trumps MINI / BMW cards: Nice set
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MINI reading on iPad
This looks really quite good! MINI has released an online media experience which works on tablets as well as computers – time to read for a few hours … Follow the link to read.
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A Not Normal Roadster
Honestly, any MINI with more than $1000 off it’s MSRP is “not normal”, but that’s what the sign said on this Roadster that I looked at on Saturday at MINI of Peabody. I don’t have much interest in the...
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First view of the Paceman
The new MINI Paceman has been wandering the country, appearing at various MINI dealerships; I missed it at MINI of Peabody, but (thanks to James) saw it this evening at MINI of Orlando. The one car on...
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Greasy’s Garage
Now just a couple of weeks from our move to Florida, Greasy’s Garage today was a perfect place for a last get together with MINI friends, including Pete, Theo, John, Thom, Reed, Ivan, … I also got to...
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Frozen Black
MINI Corporate Communications press release: Highlight in matt: MINI now with exclusive Frozen Black metallic paint finish. Striking body colour available in limited edition for the MINI Countryman and...
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Black Knight MINI Countryman
My first post in a long time, and introducing what will perhaps be my next MINI – the Black Knight edition MINI, which in USA at least will be very rare and only available as a Countryman. I first...
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Black Knight comes home
Just one day after the car arrived at Orlando MINI, it’s sold to me: I took some better pictures too, now that the car has been washed:
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Black Knight window sticker
I’ve scanned the window sticker, giving all the special edition details that MINI USA provides; click for a high resolution readable version (or download here):
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New “puddle lights”
The first mod for Black Knight! A bit of an easy one – actually really easy, just a few seconds to pull out the stock lamp on the bottom of each door, and connect the replacement. There’s been a lot of...
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Black Knight’s first wash
I finally got “brave” enough to give my new MINI a wash – after only a couple hundred miles so far, and garaged, she’s not very dirty; but it was time anyway. Washing the frozen paint was easy enough –...
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Orlando MINI F56 launch event
Tonight we drove to Orlando MINI for their F56 launch event, and Black Knight’s first “MINI meet” – sort of, at least, since there wasn’t any actual driving. Black Knight got wet on the way there, too...
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Black Knight’s BMW “twin”
Tonight we headed out to Saffron, an Indian restaurant we’ve not previously tried – and it was excellent! In the parking lot, we saw a BMW that looked to have a paint finish quite like Black Knight:...
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Less noise, more sound
At the recent F56 launch event at Orlando MINI, I left Black Knight to have some service work done – and first of all I’m thrilled with the care and attention given to me by that dealership! My...
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