See you guys in the morning. Allan, It's only 150 miles or so. You will be fine. If not we can test out MINI's road side assistance.

No, you'll be fine.

 

I will make sure to keep an eye on the temp gauge and drive accordingly.

 

An old racer, rally & beater driver trick. If it gets hot turn the heater on. I think you will be fine. Make sure to sacrifice a donut to the coolant leak God's.

 

MINI thermostats are infamous for going out just when ya wanna have fun.

 

Anyone up for a drive??

Lets motor.........

 

Thank you for the great drive. Amanda and I had a blast. We look forward to seeing you again soon.

Ben

 

Thanks for the GREAT drive today, Chuck! Perfect weather and road conditions, as well as beautiful scenery...AND, the rain held off til after lunch, too! Yayyyy!

 

Big thanks to Chuck and Barbara for all their work and the fantastic route.
Good to see everybody and what a great motor!

 

+1000

 

Carol and I enjoyed the drive, too. Also enjoy talking to many of you. Thanks Chuck and Barbara.

Rob and Carol McClure
07 MC chili red/black

 

I couldn't agree more!

I do have a question for you Chuck....when you and Barbara were rallying did you ignore her directions then? I can't believe her co-piloting could have been the cause for the missed turn today.

 

Dear Chuck,
Very Cool, Thanks for a Great Day.
Let's Talk about the Fall in Cuyahoga Valley.
All the Best,
Steve

 

Why yes I did. That is why I perfected my handbrake turn technique. We missed 2 turns today. Guess you only noticed the missed one onto Cemetery Rd. I also missed the turn onto Carr Rd. / 94, but did a little impromptu reroute on the fly.

Great seeing everyone today. I'm glad you enjoyed your selves.

 

As usual, no complaints. GREAT JOB CHUCK & Babs!!

AWESOME turn out, nice to see some new mini owners who enjoy an un-organized event

LAME owners UNITE!!!

OT - Man did my mini get dirty

& CHKMINI - what happened to U???

 

It was also great to meet all the new people today and realizing that two of them are basically my neighbors.

 

Yes nice to see new faces. No, I'm not tire of the old ones.

I could feel the entusiasim of the new folks. That was way cool & made this old fart smile.

 

CHKMINI told me he was gonna do the drive partway and then swing down to his son's ballgame in Newark.

 

Great time. Sore shift knee. Dirty car. My copilot caught a few LAME moves, but who cares?

Many thanks to Chuck and Barbara. It was great! Wonderful following Chuck and Tom who, although we weren't racing.... set a good pace for me!
< that is my co-pilot.
< that is me

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Forgot to mention that I got the Outmotoring rocket launcher today.

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Posted his name so I could use He'll be up here soon.

 

[QUOTE=IMGRFX;2175471]Great time. Sore shift knee. Dirty car. My copilot caught a few LAME moves, but who cares?

I'm a little sore, too. Think I did some damage to my wife's chronic back condition but she is being a good sport. Don't think she realized the G's even a plain vanilla MC on all-season tires can pull. And I was holding back compared to a few runs I made by myself in the Allegheny Mountains of Western PA. I'm convinced the car's handling limit are beyond mine (and its stock engine).

Nice pictures btw.

Rob

 

Ok, we caught up on some sleep, and we're ready for round two!

Many thanks to Chuck and Barbara for the AMAZING route and scenery! The Amish high-light was the 6-train draft horses plowing the one field!

It was great meeting everyone (again) or for the first time. The biggest problem with yesterday was it made me want to go to the Dragon even worse!

All day yesterday we were saying how great this area would look in the fall...Autumn Amish Run FTW !

Once again, GREAT run Chuck! Let's see those pics!

 

Nice pictures, you have a great eye. My favorite is the old cast iron wheels & the new MINI wheels. Wonderful!!!

 

I was pointing that out to Amanda as we blipped by.
It was nice to meet you two.

 

What a great day. Thanks to Chuck and Barbara and all the other owners who came out for some safe fun.

For those who want to go to the Dragon, but don't want to drive that far Chuck or I can put together a nice Salamander route here in Ohio. Chuck we need to pick our favorite salamander:

http://www.ohiosalamanders.com/