Cool I will see you tomorrow!

Is anybody going to breakfast before the parade? I need to come to the office for an hour or so before the parade so I am out for breakfast :(

 

We'll be busy trying to get all our stuff together, but can someone pick up donuts? Mmmmm....donuts.

Does anyone know how many MINIs are joining us?

 

Washed the Cooper and it's all set for tomorrow, but for any road junk [which I'll detail off once I get there]! Can't wait...it will be great to "go and show"!

Jeff

 

Have fun guys. I hope someone takes pictures. I can only imagine what Matt's car will look like with a bunch of LED shamrocks all over it.

Jeff, you are bringing the Royal Grey aren't you?

I'll be in Kentucky driving over hill & dale.

 

I washed the heck out of mine last weekend, but it got a dirty butt this week, probably get a hose on it tongith in the snow

 

The parade was really fun. The enthusiasm of the crowd for the MINIs was fantastic! We heard one guy say, "Your group of MINIs is way more fun than that group that ran with tops up and windows up." I wonder who he was talking about. On our way back to Dayton, we saw many trucks that had inches of ice and crud they were dropping....it must have been snowing more in places North and East of Columbus.

Hope all have made their way home safely!

Paul and Sue

 

Thanks for coming out, Paul and Sue! It was cold, but fun! Having the Orange/White/Green cars in "Irish Formation" was really a blast.

 

woke up to snow on the grownd here in Cleveland..
if anyone got parade pics be sure to post some

 

That was fun we need to do that again. Who knew that driving at 5 miles per hour could be so fun.

Next time we need candy (and a warmer day

 

That was a fantastic time yesterday! Too bad the poor driving conditions in the morning scared a lot of MINIs away, though. Even though there were only 4 of us in the parade, we still made our presence known [lining up 3 MINIs...orange, green and white abreast of each other...to represent the Irish flag], and as Paul said, it seems as if the crowd really was impressed by us. Hopefully, next year's parade will be a warmer and sunnier one, but, actually, just being in this one and having such an enthusiastic crowd along the parade route made everything worth the effort.

Way to go, Matt, for organizing this! See ya next year!

Jeff

 

Sounds like you had a great time!I'd like to see some pictures,too!Everyone loves MINIs in Parades.Our group(West Coast Mini)joins in the Borrego Springs Parade every year,about 20 MINIs in the desert sun.Since it's always the last weekend in October,some of us wear Halloween costumes!We all agree that MINIs on parade are a great sight.Post some pictures sooon,please!

 

Next year??? We have a July 4th parade we can do in a few months. If we can get better turn out, I say we sign up for that one. At least it won't be cold or icy, right? We can't do the dog wagon thing in July though. It's too hot for the giant beast.

 

Any photos of the event?

 

Matt's not pulling the wagon??? Ohhhh...you mean the DOG can't sit in the wagon this time, either?

 

The only pics we had were posted earlier, on another thread.

 

PHOTOS HERE!

 

You guys sure like your parades. Lets all go up to Nelson Ledges & we can do parade laps there.

 

Heck yeah! Send me the details, Chuck!

 

Here you are Matt.

http://www.nelsonledges.com/GOTSched...26&thisMonth=5

For $120 it's pretty cheap track time. Better read the rules & see if convertibles are allowed.

Nelson is a very fun track. I've raced there many times in the past. We should pick a date that works for all of us & have a go.

 

All it says specific to convertables is:

"All open cars and convertibles must have a roll bar, reinforced factory rollover protection; similar to a Porsche Boxter or BMW M3."

I should be OK I think - the MINI does have rollover protection on the rear seats.

 

Yes I saw that too. Best call Nelson & ask. Last year at Classic MINI's track day there many convertibles that were on the track. Ready to pick a date?
I'd be good with June 15th.

 

No interest in Nelson on June 15th?

 

It's not that - I'm VERY interested actually... I'm juggling finances... My pulley is going to evaporate my "fun money" and I want to be sure I can cover it before committing other folks to somethign that costs money. I'm also still working on Kara - if I can ger HER interested then we can use the "shared money". So far, no luck. I keep telling her that YOUR wife like driving fast, Chuck, but she still seems convinced that this is a "guy thing".

 

Definitely a guy & a girl thing. Tell Kara fast women are damned sexy. My wife has held a SCCA Pro Rally license & an SCCA national competition license. Heck she even holds our marriage license.

I understand what you are saying about money. Only so much to go around. A pulley isn't a bad way to spend some.

 

Nelson sounds good. I love to autoX except there isn't enough seat time for my taste. Kara will love it once she drives the Dragon or a track or AutoXs...it is addictive. My husband says he never thought he'd see me turn into a "gear head". Me either....it is my MINI's fault.