Originally Posted by tippykayak

I kinda like the Countryman folk here, warts and all.

Thanks to Kay Gee for the link to the Countryman stuff. The MINI has brought out a whole new carhead side of me. I would never have modded a car or even washed one more than twice a year. I buy a MINI, and suddenly I'm bitching about brake dust, washing it every month, waxing and buffing like a loony-toon, and frequenting a car forum.

I even started the freaking blog about it! That hardly counts as a Countryman community as of right now, though I do have a bunch of folks reading and even a couple of comments so far.