I just had an encounter with a GP (didn't catch the roof number, but I want to say 1031) here in Santa Barbara, CA. I was heading home from work in my '09 BRG MCS and we had to compare cars (GP's better!).

What are the odds of running into a NAMer?

 

There are quite a few NAMers on the Central Coast.
Also there is a Mini Cooper club in the Thousand Oaks area and we have a club in the San Luis Obispo/North Santa Barbara county area.
I do not know of very many GPs on the the Central Coast. I met one guy from Santa Barbara (at Mini Takes The States) but I believe he sold his car (maybe it is the same car you met), there is one in Morro Bay (works in SLO), and I have mine in Orcutt.

 

There's this one girl driving GP in SB. I've seen her before. To my guess, she is a college student. Not sure whether SBCC or UCSB, but I assume she's a SBCC student.