Get ready for a unique and special March Meet-n-Eat on Saturday, March 20th at the Granite City Food and Brewery in Cedar Rapids.

Details including times, address, phone, map, and links for restaurant info and RSVP sign-up, are available in the EIM Event Calendar Entry (<---link).

Will sunny skies and dry roads prevail, like last year?
Will a rusty old El Camino confuse itself as a MINI and park in the middle of our lineup?
Will I be the only one who still has snow tires mounted?

Come join us and find out!

 

LOL on the El camino. is there a picture of that line up?
Only 26 more days.

 

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Info also up now on the EIM Website...

 

thanks for the pic

the nerve of some people

Did anyone converse with the wannabe MINI?

 

I will not be able to make this event as this is the weekend that we will be finishing our week in Switzerland. Actually that day we will be in Lucerne!
Hope you all have a good time.

 

Sounds like tough duty. Hope you have a great trip!

We never figured out who it was. Pretty funny though....

 

Just as an FYI, I contacted the folks at Willis Auto Campus in Des Moines and extended to them a personal invitation to join us at this Meet-n-Eat. I subsequently heard back from Karen Grogan at Willis; she is socializing our event among their staff, placed our event on their internal planning calendar, and indicated that she'll be getting back in touch with me with more info. There seems to be genuine interest in forging a connection with our group.

It would be cool if one of them can meet with us and tell us all about plans for the new MINI Cooper franchise at their dealership!

 

Indeed it would! Thanks for extending the invitation!

 

Is it just me, or are we slow this month in seeing commitments / sign-ups?

Maybe I'm just so psyched about the changing seasons = conditions conducive for motoring = twisties .

CR is still over two weeks away, I guess...

 

Im just not going to sign up because lately it seems like anything I sign up for the weekend it is supposed to be on, something comes up....

 

Understand. When your sked finally firms up and you know, give us a holler so we're able to give the restaurant a good count.

 

I just went to see the line up. I did not see my name. I cant believe that I didnt sign up before. So once again it will be me +3.
Rob, hope u can make it.

 

Cool.

I think the link gets missed because it appears below the aerial pic...I added a note above the pic to help out.

 

We'll be there

Who all has their summer treads on?
How about clay & wax done?

 

Really happy to welcome Strandlund and their new 2010 MCS to EIM and glad they're signed up for this Meet-n-Eat. Woot!

Not even close...

The UPS man should be dropping off my new foam polishing pads any day now. Though, I seriously doubt I can get it done by the 20th...

 

Looking for new summer treads.

Mother's Day is when I do the clay and wax. It is my gift to me

 

how long does it take to do the clay

 

It is a bit time consuming. I am happy the MINI is small! I don't remember how long it took me. I reserved a full afternoon. I started late morning and I think I was done with everything before supper time. A wash, clay bar, wax, wheel wax -which meant putting her on jack stands. Having her on jack stands is nice because there is less bending. This year I have a seat on wheels to make the trip around the car a little easier. I know I did interior detailing on a different day.

 

Hey gang, I received some exciting news in an email from oldsbear today.

It looks like almost a sure thing that a couple of staff members from Willis Auto Campus will be joining us at this Meet-n-Eat!

Engage that butt dyno, come out and join us, and get your questions answered about the new Iowa MINI franchise.

 

"Butt Dyno" ???? I'm not sure I'd engage it even if I knew what it was.

 

1. butt-dyno (n) A device which implements a human being's rear-end to report a vehicle's performance in acceleration or engine power. (e.g., My butt-dyno says that mod gave me 10 extra horsepower!)

I know Granite City is a really short drive from Marion, but it should be far enough that you can try yours out!

 

Thanks for the help with that, Gary. Maybe the Yahoo group would be interested?

 

Good idea. Once we have the dealer's commitment locked in I'll post the info on their message board.

 

Hey! Thanks for the butt dyno information. I told you I wasn't a car guy