Archive for August, 2006

CMMC Drive to the 2006 Micro Car National Meet

Saturday, August 12th, 2006

It was nice to see everyone from the Chicago MINI Motoring Club who came out this morning for the drive over to the 2006 Micro Car National Meet being held in Crystal Lake, Illinois. After gathering at a local Dunkin Donuts we took off for a short drive down some terrific suburban twisties en route to the micro cars.

Of particular interest to me were the classic Mini’s, Fiat’s and Subaru’s on display. There were also several BMW Isetta 300′s. I have a Flickr slide show with other images if you’re interested.

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MINI Takes the States Package Arrives

Thursday, August 3rd, 2006

MTTS package

My MINI Takes the States package arrived in the mail today. Included in the package were the all important MTTS wrist bands! These wrist bands allow the wearer into MTTS actives, including (I hope!!) a once and a life time chance to take a lap around the world famous Indianapolis Motor Speedway on Day 10.

I wish I could do the whole trip, but I can’t. Instead, I’ll be traveling down to Indy with the Chicago MINI Motoring Club. There are however many MINI owners doing the full trip (lucky!!), including (to name a couple) Ian C. (GBMINI and GPMINI) and Todd from White Roof Radio. Only a few weeks remaining till the start of the road trip!!

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