There should be a Silk Green Liberation mission.
I would gladly rehome that MINI... Ollie could use the company :D

 

One of the biologists I work with kind of knows the kid. She thinks that the kid might be upset that his parents bought him a "girly" Cooper, Silk Green and all. It makes sense...the spoiled brat probably wanted a Civic and got a rare and really cool Cooper instead. Silk Green is an awesome color, I'd be very happy to have it, especially if someone bought it for me! But then again, I had to buy my own vehicles - never had any "given" to me like that.

 

I would kind of sell vital internal organs for that Silk Green Cooper.
And smack the heck out of that kid. For real.

 

Well that makes me feel a little better about my track record with the cards I hand out..
For every 50 cards I hand out I get an average of one response and these cards are not cheap.
I just keep up the hope that most people are procrastinators and will eventually all come together at once and meet up with the rest of us.

 

Well your problem might be that you are "waiving" them. Try waving and report back.

 

Can I tell you all that I get so excited when I see a MINI that I want to wave but given I don't have my MINI yet, I assume they'll think I'm nuts. When I'm with my husband and I spot a MINI I yell "Baby Cooper".

Once I'm in Sir William, who is being picked up this weekend (excited beyond belief), I will be waving like a fiend. If other MINI drivers don't wave back, so be it...I'll know that they are the fuel economy purchasers only and really don't get the MINI culture!

 

Good one!

 

This is correct. NAM members, in particular those in this thread, have to accept the fact that the majority of people getting MINIs nowadays are NOT buying a MINI for the cachet or to be a member of the club.

They are buying the MINI because it's one of the few "cute" or attractive cars out there getting 30 mpg or more. You can tell those people because when they fill out the hotel registration box where it asks what kind of car they have, they write "Mini" instead of "MINI."

Around San Francisco there are so many MINIs that you would think at least one out of the hundred I see each day would wave. But I have not had a single driver even look my way.

In fact, when fellow MINI drivers putt putt past me at intersections I discreetly look to see if they are at least glancing at my MINI. I can tell you that after two months of driving not a single driver has looked at my MINI as I am passing by.

I suspect in the smaller towns it's different. Members in here apparently know which MINI is which and have even attached labels to those drivers who don't salute or wiggle their tails.

 

well true.. MINI's are selling big right now due to the increase in gas prices in the bay area. I use to not see any MiNi's on the road now i see awhole **** load of them goin around my neighborhood. But As for waving i also wave at ppl with MINI's when i get the chance meaning my windows down and cruising. I think it is to much effort to put my window down to wave. Plus it is pretty hot during the days so i have my windows up and A/C going.
P.s windows tinted around except windshield.

 

Nah - wave anyway....Keeps them wondering what you're up to.

 

Expanding on your post, maybe this would be a good test and a great comeback for their failing to wave back [I think someone else mentioned this before]:

When waving and seeing that the other MINI driver is ignoring you, smoothly transform / convert your wave into a dramatic pointing at the lower front of their MINI, as if signaling that something is amiss at the front of their MINI, such as a tire.

If they ignore your wave but notice the pointing then you know the MINI owner was discreetly and coldly ignoring your wave.

If that's what they were doing, then you have the satisfaction of knowing they are now freaking out that something is wrong with the MINI.

Now I am not saying anyone should do the above, but it sure gives me pleasure to fantasize. So much pleasure that I have to have a cigarette after thinking these evil thoughts, and I don't smoke.

Besides, this town is too small for such antics. People* would brand me "that nut in the red MINI convertible."

*MINI owners who do not have a sense of belonging to an exclusive club are simply "people," I herein declare.

 

That's hillarious. I applaud your fantasized cruelty.

 

No no no...it's not cruelty....It's "comeuppance."

As Mark Twain said (paraphrased): It's best to admit all guilt - it throws those in authority off balance and leaves you room to commit more.

 

MichaelSF, I promise to wave at you (believe me, I do check out every MINI I see, every day!) should I see you motoring around our hills, if you'll return the favor (if my MINI ever gets here!)

 

Quick - one of you creative types - make a waving smiley!!!

 

Do you mean like this one?

 

Oh!!! I want that in my signature! How does one put that in a signature??? Can anyone tell me???

 

today alone ------- 0/5 ugh

 

I do not believe that NAM allows animated gifs as avatars or in signatures. If they did, I'd have this one. It's how I roll in my MINI.

 

OK, I will look for your MINI. I am on the top of *** Hill. Your MINI is distinct enough that I am sure I'll notice.

Me? I am in a bone stock basic MINI that I am told looks like a red chili, with a black soft top. There's no others on *** Hill, but I have seen three just like mine in the Financial District. But I think they are out-of-towners.

It's pretty sad when I know every MINI in town, at least in my neck of the woods.

Yesterday on my bike ride the big event was when I saw parked a PW, blue soft top, S. It was super clean, could eat off it. Sure looked nice. Very elegant looking.

 

You: Chili Red Cooper
Me: Chili Red Cooper S Clubman
Location: Lind Dr. West Seneca.

You are the FIRST person who has waved back to me around town....Thank you! You honestly made my day. It was great to see someone else out there waving!!!

The girlfriend in the passenger seat of my car didn't get it at first, but thought it was hilarious when I told her what it was all about. So much fun.


Whoever you are, you are awesome.

 

OK, I'll be on the lookout. I have seen another CR/B convertible parked on upper Ashbury quite a bit. I live out in the hinterlands and work (or will be, as of the 28th) at Tartine, in the Mission. My license plate, when I get it, will be PNT SZ (husband's a big home brewer, so it's not JUST about the MINI's size)

 

That's a good plate, even if it WAS just the MINI's size!

 

Eh, I've given up on the waving.Only people giving and returning waves I encountered this year have been on the Dragon. Day-to-day stuff? No. There is one particular DS MCS that I occasionally encounter on the road near my home. Instead of waving, though, we do the more proper greeting of blasting through the three roundabouts and racing each other.

 

It takes about 8 weeks to get personalized plates, but with the DMV slowdown [due to the budget impasse] I imagine plates are the lowest priority. Maybe I am looking at three months.

Have not decided which plates I will use, below are the ones I have bought: