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Old Aug 29, 2006 | 12:46 AM
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Small MINI prevails again!

I don't know about you, but my garage is always full. Full of either the family's other cars or just garage junk. So my MINI ends up being on the driveway. If I want to move the car in the garage I have to move two cars, and so on. It could get quite annoying, especially when in a hurry. Let me explain my doorway. I have a large front door with a couple steps up to it. Connecting the steps and the driveway is a small cement circle, surrounded by shrubbery, hedges, trees, and such. Well, it just so happens the MINI can squeeze into this circle! It's like a perfect private parking spot made just for the mini! Still plenty of room for access to the boot, both doors, and enough room for people to pass to the front door. So, garage parking problem averted!

I am starting to get strange looks from neighbors though ...
 
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Old Aug 29, 2006 | 12:51 AM
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You realize that now you MUST post a pic of this private parking spot!
 
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Old Aug 29, 2006 | 01:03 AM
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I second that. Pics please. I can only dream of a private parking place, my baby is parked on the street with the rest of the regular cars.
 
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Old Aug 29, 2006 | 02:51 PM
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Originally Posted by MINIclo
You realize that now you MUST post a pic of this private parking spot!
Cool beans Yes I agree...need picts!
 
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Old Aug 29, 2006 | 02:56 PM
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Pics!
 
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Old Aug 29, 2006 | 04:09 PM
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Sounds pretty neato...ditto...definitely need pix..

Donna
 
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Old Aug 29, 2006 | 04:15 PM
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I had pics before you had asked. Another benefit is the nice shade the trees put on the MINI.




 
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Old Aug 29, 2006 | 04:35 PM
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Very nicely done! I would have a garage sale, or get a shed for the crap that's preventing you from using the third garage parking space. I told Becky (and she agrees) that when we get a house, the garage is strictly automotive. Anything else either goes in a garden shed, or the dumpster.
 
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Old Aug 29, 2006 | 04:35 PM
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That is a schweet parking spot for your MINI.
 
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Old Aug 29, 2006 | 04:40 PM
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heh, its playing hide and go seek from the 'normal cars' on the road but i see it ducking behind them bushes
 
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Old Aug 29, 2006 | 04:46 PM
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Heck, I love the MINI spot, but I want the house!
 
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Old Aug 29, 2006 | 04:50 PM
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I'd park my MINI in my living room if I could.
 
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Old Aug 29, 2006 | 05:02 PM
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Guess which space belongs to the mINI!

Shold not be too hard to guess which shell the Mini is hiding under!
 
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Old Aug 29, 2006 | 05:41 PM
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Originally Posted by gizzer777
Shold not be too hard to guess which shell the Mini is hiding under!
I think it is smack dab in the middle of the big one so that it has 5 feet of clearance on all sides. Of course, I frequently get multiple choice questions wrong.
 
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Old Aug 29, 2006 | 05:46 PM
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Cold aspiration, is there any way you can complete the drivway
to the street? No need to reverse just GO!!!

If you can't do that. Back into your parking spot leave the
window down, and just JUMP IN and GO!!!

(i'm jealous)
 
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Old Aug 29, 2006 | 11:32 PM
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That is a fantastic parking space, I second the back into the space method. Easy driver access.
 
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Old Aug 30, 2006 | 01:27 AM
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Awesome spot, cold aspiration! Why don't you back the MINI into it for those quick getaways!?
 
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Old Aug 30, 2006 | 01:52 AM
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That's it...I gotta buy me a new house just like this!
 
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Old Aug 30, 2006 | 02:20 AM
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Excellent shots! Personally, I'd BACK in. ;-)
 
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Old Aug 30, 2006 | 01:34 PM
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You just increased the value of your house...to another MINI owner that is
 
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Old Sep 9, 2006 | 02:45 PM
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Seems like the neighbors have been checkin out my new parking spot. A lot of them commented about how cute it is sitting there today!

Oh and i moved the garden hose roller thing to inside the garage so i don't have to worry about it every time i roll in for a quick park.
 
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Old Sep 9, 2006 | 10:25 PM
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gotta say it sounded silly but i after seeing it i have to agree that it was made for the mini
 
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