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Old Nov 24, 2004 | 01:42 PM
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Originally Posted by fiona
After losing faith in the friendliness of The OC MINI community, my faith has been restored today! I'm known to wave and/or wink (flash my brights) at MINI's I see around town. Who better to wave at then a fellow MINI owner, right? In the 2 months I've had my car, I've never received a return wave or wink. Today that all changed! A huge thank you goes out to the silver MINI on Irvine Center Drive & Alton. You made my day!



Be Safe & Motor On People
Yeah, I kinda felt the same. Always got a weird look when I waved, so I stopped trying :( Fiona, where you at? I'm in Irvine.
 
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Old Nov 25, 2004 | 03:05 AM
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Yeah! What's up with the non wavers/light flashers? They're missing out on the fun.
 
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Old Nov 25, 2004 | 06:29 AM
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We need to do something to identify NAM members better - maybe a NAM license plate frame as somebody suggested. Some people think I am a psycho for waving/flashing, etc.
 
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Old Nov 25, 2004 | 08:10 AM
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Originally Posted by Rick-Anderson
We need to do something to identify NAM members better - maybe a NAM license plate frame as somebody suggested. Some people think I am a psycho for waving/flashing, etc.
There's always the decal you can put on your window.
I had one, but accidentally scrubbed off a corner when I was trying to get some bird sh*t off. Eventually the entire decal came off.
 
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Old Nov 25, 2004 | 10:00 AM
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Originally Posted by Rick-Anderson
We need to do something to identify NAM members better - maybe a NAM license plate frame as somebody suggested. Some people think I am a psycho for waving/flashing, etc.
We're looking into it. I'd really like to see that come about too. It was a very good suggestion.
 
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Old Nov 25, 2004 | 10:07 AM
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Originally Posted by Donna/Mike
Going N on the 5 this morning about 6:45 around the Mission Bay Hilton area a LY/W, also saw parked in the SD Convention Center today - a PW/B. And a CR/R going East on the 76 in Oceanside about 6:00pm.....anybody?

Chow!

Donna

The LY/W MCS was probably me. I live in PB and work in Point Loma. The MCS is our 2nd Cooper, my wife drives a CR/B MC CVT.

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Old Nov 25, 2004 | 10:31 PM
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Winkin'

Happy Thanksgiving!

I'm in Irvine too & I promise to keep on winkin' to my fellow motorers ... it makes driving more fun!
 
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Old Nov 26, 2004 | 11:40 AM
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blue mc on malibu cyn thanksgiving day, thanks for the wave!
 
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Old Nov 27, 2004 | 04:43 PM
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OK, I'm late getting this posted. Last Monday (11/22) Bill and I were northbound on 405, saw 3 Cr/CR MINIs in southbay curve area, around 8:40 am-ish. We were in the carpool lane - couldn't have been same car thrice, (could it?)as carpool lane was moving at a much better clip than rest of freeway. Saw at least 4 more throughout the day, we were in Santa Monica and Westwood 'til early afternoon. Sorry about not honking/waving, I'm a bit rusty on my city driving skills.

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Old Dec 4, 2004 | 02:16 PM
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Around noonish today . . .
'05 BRG/W MC with Long Beach MINI paper plates, northbound on I-5 between 91 and 605. I tried to wave but received no acknowledgement.

The guy probably just got his Cooper and not familiar with "proper" MINIquette.
 
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Old Dec 4, 2004 | 10:57 PM
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Saw a Dark Silver going North on HWy 79 out of Murrieta today towards Hemet. Tooling along as happy as can be. :smile:
 
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Old Dec 5, 2004 | 10:50 AM
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Who here has a plate that says "STEALTHY S" well it doesn't say "stealthy" but I couldn't figure out the shortened version that they had. Saw it going by on the 91 DS/B. Same as mine. Sorry if I didn't see ya. Didn't know you were right next to me until you took off! lol
 
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Old Dec 5, 2004 | 01:36 PM
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Originally Posted by Barnabas
Who here has a plate that says "STEALTHY S" well it doesn't say "stealthy" but I couldn't figure out the shortened version that they had. Saw it going by on the 91 DS/B. Same as mine. Sorry if I didn't see ya. Didn't know you were right next to me until you took off! lol
You mean this guy?


He's a member of our club but I don't know what screen name he uses here, if at all.
 
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Old Dec 6, 2004 | 05:29 PM
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Couple newbies this morning

Commuting on 805 north around 8:30 this morning, saw a new CR/W (I think it was an MCS) and minute later a new PW/B MC. Both had paper plates on from Brecht.

Didn't get a chance to wave, not sure if they tried or not.

Welcome to the neighborhood, though!
 
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Old Dec 7, 2004 | 07:20 PM
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About 5:30 this evening - in Oceanside on the 101 - LY/B S with personalized tags "KOOPER S" - you here??

Chow!

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Old Dec 7, 2004 | 07:46 PM
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Originally Posted by blacknblue
You mean this guy?


He's a member of our club but I don't know what screen name he uses here, if at all.
What track is that??

Earl
 
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Old Dec 7, 2004 | 08:08 PM
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My first Wave, and light flash :)

I think its been about three weeks since I brought home my new mini and I just took a drive up to Reno and saw tons of them, and NOT one wave! I think I'm way over excited about the whole deal. Then finally last night, I was driving to the coffee bean on 2nd street in Belmont Shores and it finally happened, a wave and a flash, I was too excited to noticed too much about the mini cause I was busy honky LOL flashing and waving LOL but it was a young man and his mini was charcoal gray with maybe a white top. It is like in sales, you get get `100 no's but the ONE yes you get is incredible. To the young gentleman, thanks for being my first.
 
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Old Dec 7, 2004 | 08:43 PM
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...sitting parked at the intersection of Rancho Santa Fe and Lone Jack Road with for sale sign, a DS/BLk cabrio MCS...

And this afternoon a VR parked in front of Longs Drug, and a CR/W at the intersection of Encinitas Blvd and El Camino Real

Shelly
 
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Old Dec 7, 2004 | 09:40 PM
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Hey seashelly, im surprised i havent seen you , i live in Rancho right near encinitas and ive had my cooper s for over a year, where are you in encinitas?

Saw an eletric blue s the other day pull into a driveway after turning off of Lomas Santa Fe

nick
 
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Old Dec 7, 2004 | 09:56 PM
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Hey Nick,
I'm in Olivenhain, have had my MCS since early June. Besides the for sale mini parked down the street, there is an IB/w with bonnet stripes and a CR/CR down the street, also a CR/W with bonnet stripes and roof rack in the area, plus a fair numbers of others I see regularly. I'm usually not driving around during main commute times. Whacher ride look like? Maybe I've seen you?

Shelly
 
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Old Dec 7, 2004 | 10:03 PM
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Originally Posted by 10851CS
What track is that??
Dang Earl! I think you were even there at Willow Springs when I took that picture!
 
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Old Dec 7, 2004 | 10:29 PM
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Originally Posted by blacknblue
Dang Earl! I think you were even there at Willow Springs when I took that picture!
That's what I thought, but, I don't remember the chain link fence.

Earl
 
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Old Dec 7, 2004 | 11:07 PM
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Originally Posted by 10851CS
That's what I thought, but, I don't remember the chain link fence.

Earl
Now you have me trying to remember if it was the big track or Streets.
 
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Old Dec 8, 2004 | 01:11 AM
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Im in a DS/W S lots of goodies:smile:
 
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Old Dec 8, 2004 | 11:39 AM
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Saw a black MCS Cabrio at Via de la Valle/Jimmy Durante in Del Mar this morning. Very classy look! First cabrio I've seen on the road.
 
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