Hello from Elk Grove Village!
 

Hey all, my name's Mike and me and my girlfriend, Jen, will be using this forums to gather all of the MINI owners here, picked up a 05 R53 last Friday and am loving it so much. The MINI is Jen's new car which replaced the 07 Mazdaspeed3, I got a '13 WRX hatchback.

Looking forward to meet you folks especially who is from Chicago!

Picture of the R53!

http://www.flickr.com/photos/mjbrownell/9642993342/http://www.flickr.com/photos/mjbrownell/9642993342/]IMG_9623[/url, on Flickr

Congrats on the MINI and welcome..

There will be a bunch of MINIs out at the British Car show this weekend
http://www.britishcarunion.com/index.html

and next week at the BMW club Vintagefest
http://chicagominiclub.com/2013/07/30/vintagefest-0915/

Awesome thanks! Cant make it out to the British show but looking good for the Vintagefest, will check it out!