Greetings and welcome from a fellow 'old bald guy'!

 

True story: The first really hot car I ever bought was a '93 Mazda RX-7 (the last model with the twin turbo rotary). It was cardinal red, and when I took delivery, I couldn't believe that I'd be behind the wheel of such a car! I was living in Muncie, IN at the time (Ball State).

Anyway, I took it out on the Interstate and promptly got it up to, let's just say, "an extra-legal speed." What a thrill! Anyway, as I was powering down, a State trooper was headed in the other direction. I was thinking, "Oh crap! I haven't owned this car for more than 20 minutes, and I'm about to get my first ticket!" BIG SHOCK: no flashing red lights. I can't understand WHY IN THE WORLD I DIDN'T GET PULLED OVER! The only thing I can think of was that the trooper had a soft spot for a guy with a brand new ride--YEAH RIGHT! Musta been going off shift, more like!

Can't wait to hear your future motoring stories!

 

Well, it's here, and I'm grinnin'!! Meet Fafner:








The interior shot is not as good as I'd like, but what the heck. I waited until I got the Kosei K1 TS's on before shooting. Now I'm just working on getting past 1250 miles.

A_Sr.

 

New girls????

 

Welcome to NAM, Absorbine Sr. (Love the username!) I say skip the renting and go straight for the long-term lease.

In the words of Michael Pritchard, "You don't stop laughing because you grow old. You grow old because you stop laughing."

Nothing like a MINI Cooper to bring the laughter and joy back; best of all, you're sharing it with the world. Yesterday, I was having a bad day until I saw this sweet DS/W MCS at Lowes in Webster, Texas. I spent the rest of the afternoon smiling...

Of course, I had cause to sulk; I was expecting mine to come in last Friday, so I could hold her and pet her and call her Micia... Instead, I spent the weekend MINIless! The horrors!!! I am hoping she comes in today and Momentum gets her toys installed before too long, so I can bring her home!

Once again, welcome to NAM and the best group of people (junior or senior) that I have had the pleasure to meet and greet!

 

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I like comments that are short and to the point....

A_Sr.

 

Welcome to NAM! Well im not bald But im another old guy with a silver MCS JCW!

I have a late 03 (october delivery) with 42k smiles on him (Coop) and I enjoy my drives with him as much today as I did when he was new, actually even better as I can now push the revs up to 7k at will

 

Great pics, Abs'. What's the significance of "Fafner"?

 

A_Sr.

Welcome from another old guy with a DS/JCW. I still have my hair although the gray is a lighter shade than the car....

Bear

 

C&P from the "Names" thread in Mini Talk:

The wife and I are both Opera fans (flame retardent suit on ) and my favorite is Wagner. In Wagner's Ring of the Niebelung is a character named Fafner. Fafner and his brother are the giants who build Valhalla for Wotan and the rest of the gods. And this car feels like a giant when I drive it.

But it gets better - to guard the mythical gold ring of the title, Fafner turns into - yep, a dragon. With those two things going for it I had to choose that name. We won't mention that the dragon is slain later on, but maybe that's a metaphor for a killer time to be had at next years Dragon...

A_Sr.

 

Hey, that is a terrific name! Thanks for eddifying me! :smile: