Got run into from behind Sat by a 'lady' in a Porsche 928 S. Probably around 5 m.p.h. or a wee bit more. Damage to MINI zero. Not even a scratch. Her big plastic bumper lined up with the MINIs pretty well. She busted out a small plastic grill on the front of her 928 but nothing major.

She was really upset and apologetic. "I'm so sorry I hit your beautiful car!" Aah, the old 'flatter the person you just ran into trick'. It wasn't even 'meet cute' as she was a bit older than me.

I was waiting to pull onto a highway from a left side entrance/merge. She pulled so close and off center in the lane that I couldn't see oncoming traffic in my right mirror any more so I moved up about two feet. She saw me start moving then just turned to look back and launched without looking forwards again, only to discover I hadn't left yet.

It was raining lightly and I even had my rear fog light on. Guess I need
a strobe or something.

Weird thing is it happend up in Pennsylvania (on my way to the Imports at Carlisle show) I always figured if I ever got hit it would be here in northern Virginia where our state flower is the middle finger and a red light seems to mean floor it...

 

If you had to be hit from behind that might not have been a bad way to experience it. Perhaps that was the quota of hits for the remainder of your MINI life. A 928S? Vintage car. Maybe she was headed to the same show. Interesting observation about your state flower.

 

That stinks, glad to hear your ride is okay though. Maybe she'll go buy a clue now that she messed up her mazda wanna be. (for the record I LOVE porsche but the only if it has the engine behind the driver where it belongs)

 

Now I have to admit I've never read that about the state flower, but you see em all along the roads here so I assume...

 

Glad to hear that you are both okay and the damage was minimal - whew!!! Could have been lots worse and REALLY ruined your day...:smile:

Donna
02' CR/W MCS (gone to MINI heaven - burned up)
05' Cool Blue MCSC "Ariel"
05' HB/W MCS

 

Funny thing about the state flower: it's just as legal as VA's number 1 export crop - marijuana. I don't know if it's a state-wide ban, or just a Richmond ban, but it is illegal to give someone the finger in traffic. It's considered "road-rage" now. I love over-legislation.

 

Imagine that - a woman who wasn't paying attention!

 

How was Carlisle? Any interesting MINIs there?

 

I used to live in VA before I moved to DC. I think you may have said the punchline a little wrong. The middle finger ISN'T the state flower, but rather the state BIRD. Ba-dum BUM.

That being said, I'm glad you didn't get hurt! Too many people in too big a hurry here.

dcmitchell

 

...was fun. The red Wet Okole's attract a LOT of attention everywhere I go. There were about 4 other new MINI's on the field. Two or three classics. It was a better turn out overall than the last few years.

I had a lot of fun at the vendors on Friday. There were Die-Cast MINI's everywhere. Sat I stayed with the car most of the day. Had to take my hat off around lunch time, my head was so swollen from all the compliments on the car

Sun I went to the Good Guys Hot Rod and Custom show (where the MINI had to just park with the 'normal' non show cars. Must have been a 1000 hot rods. Very cool show

 

Hot Rod pix....pleeeeeeeease!


Clover

 

 

 

I like the 928, but Im not sure it is officially vintage yet. (25 years...)

 

OK, per the demand of 1 person, :smile: , The pics from the May 22 2005 Good Guys Hot Rod and Custom show are at:

http://www.matarella.com/mark/goodguys

Here's one that will be of special interest... Not a MINI or Mini, a Vespa... But still, I expect someone on NAM to get busy. And I want a ride when they're done. The photo below is NOT a Photoshop hack. There are a coupl more of this car on the above page. I've even got a 10 second quicktime of the engine running

 

Oh that is sooo bad azz!!!!!

 

Woa! I owned a 1958 Vespa 400! It had a 2 cyl. 2 cycle 383 cc engine with 3 on the floor! I got mine up to 55 once!

 

Thank you, kind sir! I get such a kick out of this Vespa! Beep beep.....ah-oooooog-ah!

Oh oh oh! Check this piccie out:




Clover

 

I loved my 928S4. I'm not sure about the reference of "Mazda Wanna Be" though. I didn't realize Mazda built a 300+hp, 170+mph, stock 2 door V8 I've had the Porsche engines in the front, and the RUF engines in the back, don't knock the front engine V8's until you've tried it A lot of the 928 folks love those cars like we love our MINIs.

Sorry to hear about the accident, glad to hear there was no damage.