JJ — you are such a sweetheart to make sure your wife gets to pick up Merlin with you... I can imagine that it is pretty frustrating knowing a whole week or more will go by while you MINI is waiting for you...

Are the Bronco's are playing tonight?

 

Boggles the mind how little your dealer knows about the status of your car.

Day 11 after docking. Still no ETA beyond "next couple of days."

At this rate, MINIs from the Pegasus Leader will start getting to their new homes before mine does.

 

You betcha! Go Broncos! (I moved from CO to CA a couple of years ago...)

 

I've been checking the tread for a while now and think is time I posted. I just wanted to say I got my dark Silver MCS on Friday and love it.

 

I finally got my MCS home today from Long Beach MINI. MA Matt took care of me, everything were super smooth. I couldn't wait to drive my car on the 110 N from downtown and see how it handles the curves. It took a an hour to wipe the grin off of my face. I now have a set of 16" V spokes with 45 miles that I'm going to sell.

Good luck to everyone this was a very cool group.

 

Katie the Cavalier has left the building. I'm sad, but relieved. She was good to me but with 81,000 miles it was time!

 

And perfect timing, too!

 

300 miles later and I have loved every moment of it. Since delivery I have swapped out the S-Lites and RF's for aftermarket tires and wheels, added a shorty antenna, and am going to get it tinted this weekend. I must say, it is starting to look like a totally different car than the one that I picked up just last week. Pics to come (hopefully!) if I can pry myself away from driving to MINI to take some pictures that is. Hope everyone else is having as much fun as I am!

 

Keep your fingers crossed for me.... with MOE coming in this week that means I'll be at the dealers next week.... still got the Z3... I'm thinking we might have to CarMax it for some options. But then when I was at my buddy's house this weekend he said, "wow this is the last time we see Sunny".. made me kinda sad. Sunny is a fantastic car with no real problems.. I just can't have both. :(

 

KISS MY S
Looking at the San Diego shipping sheet we're back to arrival 10/12 at 7am.... but thats SD... we're figuring Pegasus will dock at Port Hueneme first then Long Beach then San Diego... so that means she should be pulling up to the curb late tomorrow...

 

Kissmys
Yes the Broncos played tonight, and won. I'm going to bed now to dream MINI dreams.

 

OMG! I hadn't really put all that together! The difference between Hueneme and SD. That means that I might really be getting Minx as early as Sunday, the 22nd. Breathe, breathe, breathe...:impatient :impatient :impatient

 

... and a good game it was! Congratulations! Read eenieMini's last post. Pegasus is soon to come in for a "landing"... I am sooooo excited. I will be having MINI dreams too!

I have kept this whole thing a complete secret (major surprise) from my kids so far. My 18 yr. old saw me sending you a message this morning and accused me of communicating with a complete stranger that would stalk me and maybe cause bodily harm to the family!!! I can't explain the NAM thing to her yet. It is really quite funny in a weird way. So now she is doing her next English paper in college on internet crimes... ! I told her about you being a pro photographer and Renaissance fan, etc. and I got the "oh sure, mom" speech. Wait 'til I tell her you wear tights!

 

And carry two swords.
Then there is always the folks I hang out with on All Hallowed eve

 

JJ — Sounds (looks) like you really know how to enjoy Halloween! Are you going to dress up Merlin? Cape, pointy hat, etc.? Some sparkles? What kind of photography do you specialize in (curious about your studio...) As a designer, I've worked with a lot of photographers over the years. Have a great Tuesday (my favorite day of the week)

 

Dressing up MINIs is not without precident!



Large version here

And more from: sweetdaisy.net

 

'SC,

What's the ride difference without the run-flats? Do you have any pics of your new wheels and where did you go to get your tint?

Gracias

 

For all of you wanting to get the Euro Parcel Shelf... it has been discontinued. I just got an e-mail from outmotoring.com regarding my order. Called Classic MINI- out of stock, not available.

Found 5 left in stock at MyMiniParts. $95 shipped, with rubber mat.

Can't believe they canceled this part!

 

We own a portrait/event studio in a subburb just west of Denver. This is our 31st continuous year in business. We do a lot of high school seniors, families, wedding etc.. The photo in my last post was done last night for a promotional piece on our large Halloween display we put up every year to promote our Holiday Special. All my education was in theater but some how I wound up behind the camera.
Can't wait for Merlin to get here for a photo shoot. I won't be displaying Merlin at Halloween though, we get over 800 kids at the studio and not all of them are well behaved. So Merline will spend a safe night in the garage.

 

The ride difference has been a lot less harsh. Before I would feel every bump in the road, but now I find the ride to be a lot smoother. Acceleration is also better as well. I don't have any pics of my wheels, but I will try and get some up this weekend. As for the tint, I haven't gotten it done yet, but plan to on the weekend. There is a thread in the so cal regional forums about tint, and I will probably take it to one of those places to get it done.

 

After much despair and a seemingly endless wait (and a lot of complaining- I felt like I was 12 years old and someone told me Santa had left the presents, but Christmas was delayed for a couple of days ) I FINALLY got the call today that my MCS was at the dealership.

However, when we got there to pick it up, my daughter had other ideas about what car she was going home in:



After much negotiating, we stuck with the original plan: (dark pic, better ones to come later)

 

oh mygod, how tall are you? great looking family, and congratulations!

Hey I need to keep up with MLWagner, I need to order some detailing supplies.

 

"Only" about 6'5"- with a couple inches headroom to spare in the MCS. (more room than I have in our 330i)

Forgot to add how much of a blast the MCS is! Smiles all around. My wife made me promise that SHE could drive tomorrow. She's gonna have so much FUN!

 

Love it!! I am sure that I will have to share my car as well. If I was her, I would keep the keys for myself.

 

Be careful...it's a hopeless addiction! My garage cabinet is now overflowing!