We have decided to have more frequent, and shorter, gatherings. A lot of car clubs seem to be doing the coffee gathering (fairly early morning and not too long to allow doing other things for the rest of the day) thing, so we thought we'd give it a go too.

Location : Airport Trade Center parking lot (by Starbucks and Jamba Juice)
When : Saturday, 07/07/07
Time : 8:00 am

Just show up and talk story with fellow MINI/Mini enthusiasts.

 

We were originally going to meet at 8am, however, many of us will be arriving at 7:00am to make it a true 7/7/7/7 event!

 

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Directions?

 

From Aiea :


From Town :


Courtesy of Gonzo (Sean) on HMMC Forum.

 

OK, who's going this saturday? I'd like to go but not sure how long I can stay. Fortunately nobody at my place wakes up. I can probably sneak out and be back before most are stirring.

I was up at 3am cooking today and it's now midday 703am!
5 still sleeping!

Hey the sun was up by 540am today. Time to get up already.

Monday morning after autocross I had a flight out to Hilo for work at 610am. At least traffic was light at 510am in the morning. Took only 17 minutes to drive in and park. :impatient

 

The idea of these get togethers is more frequently but shorter duration; therefore, we'll only be there about an hour and a half.

Check out the HMMC site forum to see who chimed-in to go.

 

OK, I see someone will try to go a little earlier than 8am.

Will try to do the same and hang around for at least an hour.

I tired the Jamba coupon but it expires July4th. I printed it anyway.
Any other coupon offers exist?

Anything (coupon) for Starbucks.

I thought that coffee shop in Aloha Tower Marketplace was pretty good for coffee, small shop with one guy that used to own a 1960s classic mini.

Looks like about 5 people may meet for this saturday.

 

Yeah, it looks like kbseto and I will be there around 7am, and ChiliWORKs coming-in around 7:30 (with manapua!).

Sorry about the coupon - that was for folks thinking about going last weekend. I should go take that off.

See you Saturday, minihune.

 

I've just recently purchased my mini (05 JB/B JCW) and I'm interested in becoming a member (HMMC), so can I still attend the Coffee Shop Gathering even though I'm not an official member yet?

 

This is just a casual gathering so ALL are invited, plus all of our events are for those that are interested in joining the club too.

Congrats on your new purchase! Can't wait to see it live.

You should check out our club sites :
HMMC Website : http://www.hawaiiminiclub.org/ < there's even a link for membership forms here
HMMC Website Forum : http://www.hawaiiminiclub.org/forum/ < you'll get the latest club scoops here

 

Aloha and welcome Whisky B!
It would be great to have you join us.

I'll be there earlier tomorrow (about 730am). Then I gotta go take the kids to do snorkeling at Waimea in the morning. They leave on a flight back to the west coast that night. Hope we can get some decent weather.

Need an early start to get some good parking in Waimea.

Pretty good weather today!

 

See everyone in the morning! I'll be there with kbseto at 7am to hit the 7-7-7-7 jackpot.

Hey minihune, are you going for the swim event at Waimea; otherwise, it might be crowded tomorrow AM. Though it be a great day to snorkel on the North Shore because it's suppose to be 0~1 feet.

 

It was nice meeting you all, I only hope to remember everyone's name the next go around. A very welcoming and hospitable occurance, thank you all very much.
Looking forward to next time, W.

 

Great seeing your black Works car today, and meeting you, W. Go check out our HMMC Forum (in fact sign up) and you'll photos of the cars that came today (I'll have their first names so you can match names with cars ). Click for pictures on HMMC club website forum.

Definitely a fun little gathering! We had eight MINIs, nine car enthusiasts, a jug of Starbucks, and big box of manapua - what more can we ask for?

 

Great job everyone.

Nice meeting Whisky B, that's a really really nice looking JCW MCS with aero kit. And he had to trade in his Astro Van to get it!

Like when I sold my '91 Dodge Caravan to get my '03 MCS four years ago.

Glad Latka could drop by.

Hopefully we will see more of the same members at the Test and tune Autocross school SCCA event on Saturday July 21st.

Hey, maybe we should bring some coffee for that event. I'm willing to pitch in for the cost.

Thanks to Sam for the yummy Manapua. Your ChiliWORKs MCS is to kill for "clean". They don't even make them that clean at the factory. You were up all night polishing, weren't you?


Sorry I had to leave early. Didn't make it to Waimea but did get to Ihilani Lagoons to do some snorkeling.
Spotted a juvenile Peacock Grouper-

 

Yep, Sam's car is mad-clean, as always. You should check out our detailing sub-forum for Sam's write-ups - so much detail and useful information!

We stayed until a little before 10am. Sam and Casey were the last ones there. I had to go to the Waipio Soccer Complex to see Rich's (the guy who came to auto-x) daughter play soccer. We are going to Shark's Cove for snorkeling tomorrow. Have a safe trip Brad.

 

Thanks minihune and dakinemini for your comments about my ride. It's both a habit and for proper rep'n of HMMC (especially since I'm a cleaning/detailing mod). Hopefully WhiskyB will be a new addition...his WORKs is the best example I've seen yet with that killer fully painted aerokit (w/honeycomb grill) and BBS mesh wheels.

It was great meeting the 'famous' minihune for the first time...now I can put a face to all your informative posts in the forums.

 

Kind of last minute, but we are going to try this again this Sunday morning.

Time : 8:00 am
Date : Sunday, July 29th
Location : Starbucks/Jamba Juice parking lot at the Kapolei Home Depot

 

I have a wedding to attend in Waikiki at 1030am.

Anyone going to go earlier than 8am? I would be interested but I think I have to leave by 830am to make it back home by 9am.

 

You're not marrying off some more of your kids are you?

I can be there at 7:30am if you'll be there. Let me know.

 

Nope, summer is popular for weddings. This time it's my cousin's wedding.

Let's plan on 730am at Home Depot Starbucks. I have a new Autocross book if you want to borrow it until later.
http://www.amazon.com/Autocross-Perf.../dp/0760327882

Just came out this month. Not bad, nice pictures from nationals.

 

Hawaii, MINIs and coffee. Now that's just too much! I love this country! (Well most of it...)
jason

 

Actually it's pretty nice.

Early saturday or sunday.
Usually quiet and few cars around- makes for a nice drive out and back.
Anyone is welcome to drop by.
We bring our MINIs and check out each other's mods.
Weather usually pretty nice- cool and clear
We talk MINIs and find something good to eat.
Jamba and starbucks is within shouting distance.

Next time you are near drop us a line and join us.

 

Yep, yep, can't get any better than that. Now, if only we had our track back, all would be good in paradise.

1Quk, while we our having our morning cup of java, you folks will be eating lunch.