lets see... marketing job, divaMac... You'd be an apple user of some sort, eh?

funny. i think the number of mac-using mini owners is disproportionately high to the rest of the population. I would say that its because MINI owners are generally smarter, but that would be offensive . lets leave it with the FACT that MINI owners tend to know good aesthetics .

Want to learn to speak french? awesome. I spent last year in Paris and it feels like my second home now. If you havent visited, you absolutely must at some point.

btw guys, sure, la voiture est bonne, but thats such a boring description! Oui, elle est bonne, c'est Claire mais elle est beaucoup plus que ça.

@plus

Patrick

 

Y’a till des français cache sur ce site? Ça devient de plus en plus intéressant!

 

Carol,


LOVE the car, it is beautiful! They made you take the wheels? An upgrade? I like them they are differnt than my 17" stock swheels on my MCSc. They look great on your car!

Sara

 

Congrats! Beautiful car. Those are great pictures. You and your car are both "easy on the eyes", as they say. :smile: Enjoy!

 

Sara,

Not to highjack the post but how does the wind deflector work?

 

THE HEADLIGHTS LOOK LIKE MACHINE GUNS !!!

 

Wind deflector:

It makes a BIG difference. Being a female with semi-long hair I can actually wear my hair down while driving with the wind deflector.(Of course you have to have the windows rolled up.) And topless motoring is the way to go!

Please feel free to ask any other questions. As you probably know it will cost you...the guy I bought it from said, "You know that's $475. right?" I said "Yes, but my car is like a child, I can't tell it no!"

I feel some nice wheels coming on, and I like Carol's!

 

The cheapskate in me almost didn't buy the car because of the wheels. It was the deal the dealer made me - no markup if I took the wheels. Ridiculous, I know. Now I can't imagine her without her cool shoes!

Carol

 

Be still my heart, Patrick! I have never been to Paris. That's also on the list of things to do before I die. I was in Nice for 3 days in September, though, but that's not the same.

As for the moniker, I was a graphic designer in another life, so I was a Mac user from the 80's. I have been using Divamac since 1994. I thought it might help me get a job back then if someone thought I was the Mac Diva.

Now I work for a software company and have a PC. And not a day goes by that I don't curse PCs for one reason or another. But let's not start that war!

Carol

 

:smile: Oh, Carol! I love those R90s! They are my absolute very best favorites! Look fabulous on your lovely EB/EB!!!!! Glad you are enjoying them!


Clover

 

That threw me off. You look like you're in your early 20s.

 

I get that alot...in fact at my new job, my manager's party trick is "Guess how old Carol is!". No one ever guesses correctly - ever. It's kind of funny. Nice to be creeping up on 40 and have everyone think you're in your 20's! YAY!!!

Carol

PS - Seton Hall University class of 1990 - do the math!

 

Hey Carol,
That's a stunning paint scheme. I think you got quite the find. And those roads in SD look so tempting.
Chicago and the WI area shouldn't be bad, but have to wait so long for some nice weather
Being a recent new owner of a MINI, I know what you mean by saying you love her more and more as time goes by.

I studied french in school/college and finally visited Paris last year. I still thought my French wasnt too good and then last weekend in NYC, struck up a conversation with a French couple and they said my accent and conversation abilities were quite good . So, I must have learned something, hehe.

 

Carol, great looking MINI, I love that color and with those wheels it just completes it. I have the same problem (if you can call it a problem, I call it a blessing)...I'm in my late mid to late 30's (not giving too much away), and still get carded for buying beer as well as cigarettes (not that I condone smoking, and I know Californians hate cigarettes though I'm a native Californian myself)...I was annoyed at first for having to show my ID all the time, but now, I don't mind so much

Congrats on your new MINI, and I love the pics.

Dave.

 

I have have the same "problem" as Carol and Dave. I'll be 37 in a few weeks. When I went to see the last Matrix movie I was carded... for 17!!!! My brother in law, who is seven years younger, was with me and he wasn't carded.

I hope this trend continues into old age. :smile:

 

LOL, that's funny...the wife and I went to see The Ring 2 tonight (and by the way, it was horrible...I wanted to leave after the first hour)...the girl who sold us the tickets couldn't have been more than 16, and she carded me I just smiled and said "thank you"...and I still don't think she fully realized how old I really was...she just merely glanced at my ID and gave it right back But hey, like you said, we should be so lucky if it continues years down the road

 

Great pictures. Looks like a great place to explore the roads.