In the eleven days I've been here in Chicagoland, I've only seen two MINIs.

Yesterday- CR/W MC off of 127th in Palos Park.

Tuesday- on State St. in Downtown Chicago a Gold MC (notice the lack of salt)
http://blu-iguana.us/chicagoland/cooper.jpg

12.31.04 Downtown Barrington on LakeCook Rd heading East. Red cabrio with white stripes. Lady driver. 2:45pm. I was in my G35C so you did not notice me. :smile:

1.1.04 ElkGrove/Itasca Black with White top MCS. 1:45pm.
Saw you turn into the Windham Hotel entrance off of Thorndale
(OhareElgin), then I saw you again on Devon heading East. :grin:
You didn't notice me, I was in my silver G35C, but I think you
glanced over.

Saw a brave Blk/W MCS with white bonnet stripes this morning tackling the snow heading south on PlumGrove between Schaumburg Rd. and WiseRd. :eek: :grin: :thumbsup:

Indy Blue and White MCS, East on Rt 176 last night, then heading North on St. Mary's Road. Behind you in my "clown car," as I left the black MCS at home to avoid the salt.

Spotted today Dark Silver MCS making an illegal u-turn :lol: on ArlingtonHts Rd by Devon around 1:15pm-ish.

Also a Red/Blk MCS with black bonnet stripes on RandRd by Quintin Rd.
in Palatine around 2pm

Ha - Thats my "Tank" and my bald head lol...im 24 and love my mini...my friends make fun of me cuz i barely fit in it lol...oh well...ill have some pictures of it when i get my puter back this week....dont forget to visit it at ABT next Saturday...it will be in there for 5-6 wks getting the stereo done...dont ask just go look in Feb :) Im also selling a custom box that fits right in any mini cooper....again ill have pics as soon as i get my puter back.

Not more than 2 hrs after landing at Midway, early Saturday morning, I saw this MC parked on Halsted, south of 18th.
http://blu-iguana.us/chicagoland/southloop_coop.jpg

A few minutes earlier I also saw a convertible, southbound on Clark, somewhere north of Dearborn. Can't really say if it was BRG, DS, or Black, as it was pretty well salted, but it did have temporary paper "plates". (snapped a pic of that one too but it doesn't help)

Back at Midway on Monday, I saw what appeared to be the same Solid Gold/B I posted pic of above southbound on Cicero.

Pulled up next to a CR/W MC in my DS/B MCS this morning. We were both headed southbound on the Ryan just south of the Loop. I waved, but it was early in the morning and hard to see.

Also, yesterday I spotted a IB/W MC(S?) w/ white stripes parked on Harrison St in Oak Park.

saw a electric blue S with flames decals onthe side driving south down

Sheridan Road by howard

person was witha lady friend, i waved but sadly got no love in return.

Yellow/white in Evanston, Bank One parking lot wednesday. Seen it a few times.

That's when you say "mattaku!" in Japanese. :smile:

You'll start seeing a DS MCS starting Feb 10th :grin:

Hopefully, I can score the custom plate TFEH - I'm pretty sure nobody has it! :lol:

Are you going to be in Chicago? not sure if I can spot anyone in Arizona
from here... :sly: :smile:

Yep :grin: Moving permanently to Chicago!

This ought to be interesting.
I'm sure you know it gets a bit cold in Chitown? :grin:


Soon you'll be singing Sinatra's "My Kind of Town."

Nice! We'll see you around. :grin:

Welcome to Chicago Sambusik! :grin:
When's the big move happening?

I think the weather is a very small sacrifice for how much of a kick ass city Chicago is :grin:

We'll be there on February 13th. Starting the drive from Phoenix on the 10th. We close escrow on our house on the 18th.

I wholeheartedly agree with you about Chicago being kick-ass. It is definitely my kind of town!

http://www.blu-iguana.us/jan_05/Chic...line-thumb.jpg
It's why when I was there a couple of weeks ago I didn't mind the -15 degree wind chills to snap this pic down by the Lake.

What a great picture! I can't wait to get there and start discovering the city!! 2 weeks!! (Damn, that's coming up fast, thank god the movers are packing our stuff for us!!:lol: )

Packin up, and moving from Michigan to Chi-town next week. So excited. Living in a condo/loft in Wrigleyville, driving a Mini, working in the loop :grin:

Finally my Mini will feel at home in the city, vs. the vast open nothingness of Midland, MI... Tho the whole "carless" vs. "finances" debate has begun in my head. It reminds me of Braveheart in my head :razz:

Wow, did you folks get snow on Saturday. Even more than the West-side of Michigan. Please say this doesn't happen often there? :eek2:

2.1.05 morning 8:15am:Spotted a blue cabrio heading south on Roselle Rd about a block south
of Higgins in Schaumburg/Hoffman Ests. :grin:

I spotted a few MINI's the first one I don't remember the color, but it was heading coming of sheridan onto oakton and took a right to keep on sheridan. I waved but once again no love.

another MINI i spotted was one today, feb 3, PW heading west on DAvis in evanston. I was right behind in a PW as well.

anyways, i'm gettin real sad with these MINI spottings, seems like no one ever ways. In all my MINI ownership i've only gotten 2 waves and seen more than 15 MINI's.

MMCC Lincoln Park
 

On a nicer day in Lincoln Park and on Webster Ave...