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Old Dec 5, 2006 | 08:26 PM
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Cool parade, why did we not do this? My MINI would come out of the garage for a fun event like this one.
 
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Old Dec 5, 2006 | 08:55 PM
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Cool parade, why did we not do this?
didn't know about it, and I was busy hanging out in someones garage all day ;-)
 
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Old Dec 5, 2006 | 09:03 PM
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Originally Posted by ernesto
didn't know about it, and I was busy hanging out in someones garage all day ;-)
West Dundee is where I am from and I didn't even know about it.
 
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Old Dec 5, 2006 | 09:14 PM
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Originally Posted by blockh102
Cool parade, why did we not do this? My MINI would come out of the garage for a fun event like this one.
Originally Posted by ernesto
didn't know about it, and I was busy hanging out in someones garage all day ;-)
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West Dundee is where I am from and I didn't even know about it.
I'll ask my friend about it. As soon as he saw them he had to take a pic to show me. I think those were the only ones in that parade... A local parade would be cool. I had fun doing the 4th of July parade in Milwaukee...
 
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Old Dec 5, 2006 | 09:26 PM
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hey, I want that !! I'll bet it even spins in the air
 
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Old Dec 5, 2006 | 09:27 PM
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I was not saying that Saturday was not fun. I guess that I just think it would be cool. I missed the 4th of july parade this year.

blake
 
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Old Dec 5, 2006 | 09:29 PM
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Originally Posted by paulr
hey, I want that !! I'll bet it even spins in the air

I can picture that on your MCS
 
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Old Dec 5, 2006 | 09:34 PM
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Originally Posted by blockh102
I was not saying that Saturday was not fun. I guess that I just think it would be cool. I missed the 4th of july parade this year.

blake
It's alot of fun (to do a parade) and SAT was a good time Maybe we should look into doing a local parade next year
 
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Old Dec 6, 2006 | 05:54 AM
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Maybe we should look into doing a local parade next year
Local for everyone is tough in the Chicagoland area, but I usually get info every year on the Morton Grove and Skokie parades..
 
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Old Dec 6, 2006 | 05:59 AM
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Saw a lady in a blue convertible this morning with the top partway open (the car's top ).. Very impressive for 30 degree weather!!
 
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Old Dec 6, 2006 | 12:54 PM
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Spotted:
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  • PS/B MC on sb Arlington Hts Rd/Golf Rd @ 1:30pm - had "Superior Poker.com" written all over it...
 
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Old Dec 8, 2006 | 11:27 AM
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spotted HB/W MCS with aero kit and white bonnet stripes around 12:40pm
coming out of the YU's Chinese Restaurant parking lot off New Wilkins
by CarMax Schaumburg.
 
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Old Dec 8, 2006 | 04:18 PM
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I see a few MINI's a day, but today I found a GOLD one, very few around, on York Rd going north in Bensenville.
 
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Old Dec 9, 2006 | 12:24 AM
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So who didn't want me at the meet tonight?

Pair of MINIs (Both 02-04s) on 59 just north of 22 the lead MINI was a PW or LY base.
 
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Old Dec 9, 2006 | 01:36 PM
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I saw an impromptu MINI-meet outside the Cost Plus in Barrington this morning. It was one CR MCS/C with black stripes, one blue/black MC, and a CR/W MCS with white stripes all in a row. Cool. I would've moved my car if I were driving it (was in the grocery getter today).
 
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Old Dec 9, 2006 | 03:18 PM
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spotted a purple MC and a CR MCS on the Rt53 off-ramp at Dundee around
4:20pm today. was on my way to HarborFreight.
 
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Old Dec 9, 2006 | 04:23 PM
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I spotted an RS (road salt, underneath could have been Royal Grey, Cool blue or Purple Haze) MCSc, Kelsey 22 to 176, when I pulled along side I waved and gave a and got zip in return, I followed you for so long I know you had to see me.

Also found some twisties in the Yorkville area today. 50 MPH straights with 15MPH turns.
 
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Old Dec 9, 2006 | 08:01 PM
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^^ are you talking about Budd Rd?
 
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Old Dec 9, 2006 | 10:33 PM
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Originally Posted by kenchan
^^ are you talking about Budd Rd?
I'm talking about Kelsy that turns into River then we hung a left and went up Roberts
 
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Old Dec 10, 2006 | 06:56 AM
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Originally Posted by Motor On
I'm talking about Kelsy that turns into River then we hung a left and went up Roberts
oh ok.
 
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Old Dec 10, 2006 | 07:37 PM
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Spotted on the way to the CMMC Holiday Party :
  • HB/W MC w/bike rack (& bike) on sb Waukegan Rd/Lake St @ 12:25
  • LY/W MC on wb Willow Rd/Sunset Ridge @ 12:30.. I turned in front of you and waved
 
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Old Dec 10, 2006 | 10:36 PM
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17:15 (on the way to the party) HB/W Rt22 in Lincolnshire in front of the Marriot

23:45 Arlington Heights Rd south of Central a MINI of unknown detail, I winked and got a "Is that another MINI?" look in return
 
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Old Dec 11, 2006 | 11:27 AM
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1:15 DS/B MCS w/black bonnet stripes @ Bannockburn Dominick's (closer to Blockbuster)
also PH MC same time same place
 
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Old Dec 11, 2006 | 01:57 PM
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8:45AM on Golf Rd around Golf-Mill Mall, I saw a really cool blue/white MCS with a great big fish on the side. Anyone here?
 
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Old Dec 11, 2006 | 04:01 PM
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If it was EB/W and the fish was blue... then it was "fishy" mini

She doesn't post on here. I haven't seen her on Golf Rd in a while... she must have been travelling wb... hmmm... I passed by there about 10 minutes before...

I spotted on eb Golf Rd/Ballard Rd - CR/W w/checkered mirrors MCS around 8:35am.. I've seen you on Golf a few times
 
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