Thanks!

No...still working on a name...suggestions welcome!!! The ones I came up with before he arrived just don't fit.

Actually, I'm not really sure what a bungalow is....that's a classic New Orleans Shotgun house, built in the Arts&Crafts phase of American home building (1910's to 1930's). The thing that might look like a second story isn't--it's actually my neighbor's roof corner.

Cheers.

 

Isn't the 'shotgun' style where the house has a hallway the length of the house with all the rooms off to one side?? Seems to me I saw a story on homes in LA and I thought that was quite an interesting style!!! Cool!!!!

 

Give it a nice New Orleans name! Maybe Zydeco??

I did notice after it was a shotgun house, but bungalows often built in the same arts and craft style with the front porch, just not split.

 

Something with a nice Cajun Grrrrrrrrooooowlllllll

 

Well, cajun-y, hrm...the one that comes to mind I like is Booray (it's a cajun card game, I think)...or Caimon (Cajun for alligator).

Booray is really cute....I think I'm leaning towards that.

 

OK his name is Booray Caimon. Lots of nickname potential there.

"My little Boo" ("sweetheart" in cajun...think beaux)
"Mr. Cai", "Le Caiman", etc.

OMG...THANKS SO MUCH!!! It's all clear now.

 

If the MINI delivery truck doesn't show up tomorrow, I'm going to drive my truck towards GA till I see him and load it up in the back of my Ford and bring it home myself.

 

Ouch. Considering we were on the same vessel and mine was at the dealer by Halloween... :(

 

kalililly --

Yes, that's correct. The original design of this house was a double with four rooms back to back to back...front door to rear door was a straight shot. In fact, the original floor plan probably looked like a double-barrel shotgun. LOL

It's been renovated with a more modern floor plan, but many of the original architectural beauties are preserved.

I love classic grace; the MINI is the perfect car for this town--cool, quirky, spunky, stylish.

 

Cool....I really do love the older homes. Spent about a week before Katrina in New Orleans and loved it. Cool older architecture, cool jazz, and really really great food!!! Here's to you and 'Booray', a long and mutually rewarding relationship

 

Then you'll like this one.. my car will be called Jethro. Why? Was I a big fan of Jethro Bodine of The Beverly Hillbillies? No (though BH was an awesome show). It's because I'm a direct descendant of Jethro Tull, he's my great-great-great (or some number of greats) grandfather, on my dad's side. Seems fitting since he was a famous brit.

 

I finally picked up my Mini tonight!

Not the best picture I know, after a little bubbly I remembered to take one. Cheers to all the 40rs!

 

You're welcome! You needed a nice culture blend and I love Booray Caimon!

The pic of your house helped!

 

LOVE it! And how absolutely cool!

Of course, my first thought upon reading Jethro *was* Jethro Tull, rather than Bodine, but not *that* Jethro Tull.

 

Gorgeous and so original! Love the one offset bonnet stripe as well as seeing another fan of the chrome! Those mirror caps, to me, just say "Yeah, check ME out!"

 

Still. Painfully. Waiting. I had just a little, itsy-bitsy glimmer of hope my MINI would be in my hands tomorrow, but who knows where the little guy is. Apparently still in CA waiting for a truck. Maybe if I'm lucky, I'll get a call today saying he showed up.

What did everyone's order status say through the OL when you got your MINI's? Mine says at the VDC with an estimated delivery of 11/9.

 

On the day that I was *supposed* to get my MINI, the OL still listed my car as being at the VDC, but the vehicle details gave an ETA of 10/29. It updated the next day to say "At the Dealership" and changed the ETA to 10/30 but, of course, due to the weird truck driver situation I didn't actually receive my car until 11/3.

 

Hi Everyone! I've been watching this website for a while, but this is my first post. My 2010 Mini Cooper was on the Turandot, and I've been watching the OL website for updates. It currently says it's at the VDC, but it also says that the estimated delivery date is 11/5! I realize that they could both be wrong, but I am so excited to think that my Mini might just be in Utah with me! Now I'm just anxious to get the call saying "come pick it up!"

 

Sounds like it was pretty much on target for the date except for your truck driver making some "other" plans. haha Thansk!

 

That was yesterday. Have you called your dealer to find out? Gosh, I hope we don't have to wait longer than what OL says.

 

[FONT='Calibri','sans-serif']I just heard from my dealer. It is scheduled to arrive on Sunday, when they aren't there. I have some dealer installed accessories, so that's scheduled on Tuesday, so I can take delivery on Wednesday! I think it's going to be the longest five days of my life! [/FONT]

 

Hmmm...Maybe our cars will be on the same truck. Drop off in Utah then off to Denver. Sounds logical.

 

That would be awesome! I'll keep my fingers crossed for you that you get it shortly after mine arrives.

 

Mine says 11/7 estimated arrival date but I doubt it as no call from my MA in Abq. Who knows...perhaps Lady Luck or Good Karma may help expedite this wait that "feels" longer by the day. Cactusklaw

 

I just showed my brother the 'back' way to Palm Springs from Temecula..he always goes I-15 to I-10.

I sort of freaked Rod out. My wife and I were test driving an MCS. I already had made the deal but I wanted to drive a Mini again. They only had automatics left to demo. SO...we're driving around that circuit with Rod in the back seat. As I approached the last light before turning into the lot, the light turns orange. I reached with my left foot to engage the clutch to down shift and SKREEECH!!! The car comes to an almost instantaneous stop. Oooops. I usually drive a stick shift. This was an automatic. No clutch pedal. Brake pedal! I had accidentally tested that extra braking force feature! (If the car senses an unusually firm brake pedal depression, it adds extra pressure above the normal amount to the brakes to facilitate a panic stop.)
Yes! That feature seems to work. Rod was in the back seat. Luckily he was wearing a seat belt. He is low pressure but he perked up after that.