Hey all, my name's Mike and me and my girlfriend, Jen, will be using this forums to gather all of the MINI owners here, picked up a 05 R53 last Friday and am loving it so much. The MINI is Jen's new car which replaced the 07 Mazdaspeed3, I got a '13 WRX hatchback.

Looking forward to meet you folks especially who is from Chicago!

Picture of the R53!

http://www.flickr.com/photos/mjbrownell/9642993342/http://www.flickr.com/photos/mjbrownell/9642993342/]IMG_9623[/url, on Flickr

 

Got new wheels too

 

Congrats on the new purchase...I'm sure you and your girlfriend will enjoy it! There are actually quite a few MINIs here in the Chicago area with our 4 MINI dealerships, so be sure to wave at us when you're passing by.

 

Great to hear from you. I'm up in the NW suburbs, and look forward to seeing you both. Moving from a Mazdaspeed 3 was a good choice--I just "caught" one in my MCS!

 

Were both loving the MINI so much, after purchasing the MINI, I've noticed so many more MINIs on road, tried to wave to most of them but didnt get any wave back but I'll keep waving to every MINIs

Nice! Looking forward to see you too, will be going to the Vintage Fest on the 15th this month! Hope to see you there.