i like the either of those names. i like ur cat too! also your vehicle description, what does SR, LSD, and MSFW mean?

 

Oh what a beauty!! LOVE the BRG/B combo!!!

Hmmmm I like Stanley, or how about "Hitch" for short?

 

Looks pretty good already! You a member of any of the Chicago Mini Clubs? Going to MTTS, etc.?

 

Well, ALRIGHT!

 

Sweet looking ride! Perfect time of year for a little jaunt, eh?

 

Thanks, the cat will be pleased. He's a lover.

SR - sunroof, LSD - Limited Slip Differential(helps with the famous S torque steer), oops it supposed to be MFSW - Multi-function steering wheel. It's a little silly, the radio is right there but I really like it.

 

Hitch is definitely on the short list.

 

I want to join the Chicago Mini Motoring Club. If I can convince my wife we will go to MTTS. How about you?

 

JGS!

Woot! 200P pick up! YAYYYY!

 

I signed up for both a while ago ;-). I've had my CMMC sticker on my work-issued MacBook Pro for a month or so already (Chicago Mini Motoring Club; http://chicagominiclub.com/). I'm going to Chicago MTTS Friday night, and all day Saturday (including the drive from Lincoln Park to Wisconsin, etc.). Not sure about Sunday.

 

I hear ya. I drove into the T.O. downtown core on Wednesday morning. Haven't driven a stick in about 15 years, and had forgotten about the "clutch goes in....clutch goes out....clutch goes in....clutch goes out" that you have to put up with in stop and go traffic. Don't worry about the stalling out - you'll quickly get the hang of it and it will become a thing of the past. I used to teach people to drive stick in High Park. Lots of hills. By the time they left, they were experts.

Happy motoring!

 

Wish I could find a place that gives lessons around the Chicagoland area. May be easier on the Mini if my wife learns on someone else's car

 

I'm not going to even attempt to teach my wife - it would end our marriage. We have a place around here call "Shifters" that teaches people to drive sticks. I believe that they have their own cars, and for that reason alone, I'll pay them whatever they want.

 

great pics boredboy!!! Congratulations!!!

 

No doubt! I'd do the same, but it looks like they're only up your way.. I'll send them an email and see if they know of others in my area...

 

ON the way to the pick-up in a couple of hours.

My favorite pipe tobacco is "Tashkent". I'm thinking "Tasha", if a girl, "Kent", if it's a boy.

Excited !!!!

 

Off to stalk and pick up our MINI! WOOT!

 

Reyd.... This is so exciting. we definitely want pics...

 

We're going to have lots of new picts today.. My pickup is less than 4 hours away

Now just have to settle on a name... Almost all green with chrome.... Thinking "Zilla" (someone here said that), Yoda (small, green, and a lot faster than you'd guess!), etc. etc.... Hmmm... Decisions...

 

Give us your short list and we'll help!!!

 

interior sneak peek from my MA!

 

YAY!! I picked Zilla!!

 

Congrats to everyone picking up their babies today!!!!!!!

 

ya killin me... now that i see the tuscan beige steering wheel and oak interior I wish I would have considered them. The color on the MINI configurator looked too red to me, so I passed. But it sure does look purty!

 

Thanks Joe! Words cannot express how happy I am with my choice!!

Yours is still gonna be fabulous with the PB!