Hello all, Me and my MINI will be moving to St Louis this summer. I am in the USAF and will moving to Scott AFB sometime mid summer. I am going to miss motoring all over Germany and being able to drive 100+ MPH on the autobahn. Oh ya, I will miss the GREAT Beer and Wine as well, but thats another story. I look forward to hanging out with you guys,
Cheers

 

I will be the first to welcome you to our Club. You will be in good hands as we too (as a club) partake in Great Beer and Wine (see our club event photos). The St Louis area has quite a few Winery's and Micro-Breweries which we have visited. It's not Germany, but it's the best we can offer. By the way, where are you stationed at in Germany ? I am an Air Force Brat (from many years ago) and we were stationed at Ramstein AFB and I remember the autobahn and Oktober Fests very well . BE sure to let us know when you get to Scott AFB - we'll be sure to roll out the welcome mat for you.

MsBrit
05 CR/B MCSC

 

Welcome to St Louis MINIBeast when you get here next summer. Keep in touch & join our club We have some great wineries & BEER And if you get on 270/255 who have to drive 100 to keep from getting ran over

Lois

 

Hey, I third the 'welcome' !

There is decent wine and beer here in the St. Louis area. The 5,000 lb gorilla (A-B) makes two beers I like---Amber Boch and their newer World Lager. I never tried the local wine until I did the winery cruises. There's some good stuff, so I think you will be reasonable happy! :smile:

 

Welcome! Welcome! Welcome!

My brother lived in Munich for several years and we were fortunate enough to be able to visit him when he was there. We had a great time and loved the country.

In my opinion, I would have to say that German beer is in a class of its own.

Like Lois and MsBrit have said, there are quite a few wineries in the area and it seems as if this part of the US is giving the more traditional wine regions some serious competition. I'm not much of a wine drinker, but my wife tells me that the wines are quite good and that I should be enjoying them.

Best of all, getting to many of these wineries requires traveling on roads designed for a MINI's excellent handling.

 

Thanks for the info on the wine and beer. One more question, Me and my wife are from Texas and she wants to know if there are any good country dance halls in the area. Me and her have been known to do a little two-steppin every now and then.

Thanks in advance,
Jason

This is the view from my bathroom window :smile:

 

Let me be the first to welcome you to the Scott AFB team, I'm TSgt Lawson
I work in the Medical Group in the LAB, look foward to meeting you, I was in Italy, but I didn't have my MINI there I wish I had, those are some sweet roads and autostradas . well look me up when you get here my name is
robert lawson

 

Thanks Rob, I am looking forward to meeting you and the others. I have been asking around about Scott AFB and it sounds like its a good place to be. I just wish I could have stayed here in Germany. I love it here. Cheers for now, and I will see yall this summer.

Jason

 

Jason, Welcome!! I assume you'll locate in Illinois, somewhere near Scott. There is country western club very close in Collinsville, IL. Wild Country its called. Plenty of country music fans around. There are quite a few of us in the club from the 'East side' so you'll be in good company.

 

Hello Jason, A future welcome to the greater St. Louis area this summer. I was stationed in Ansbach, Germany for 3 yrs with an Air Cav unit. ( just south of Nuremburg ) We have several great microbreweries in the area and lots of wineries. Make contact with the club once you get settled in and Happy Holidays for now. Motor On, Dan

 

I'd like to welcome you to the St Louis Area. Lots of great roads for motoring here and in southeast/southwest missouri. The roads aren't straight but you will get to really see the responsiveness of your MC.

Soon, Mr Sun will be joining the group and motoring around the Kirkwood area. This sounds like a good group.

Gemini Sun
Waiting for Mr Sun to arrive.

 

And welcome to you too Many of us live or work in the Kirkwood area. Hope to see Mr Sun around real soon. Look for my BRG Cabrio with gold bonnet stripes She's the only one in town

Lois

 

Working weekend duty here in Germany today and looking though pics at the http://stlmini.com/ site. Looks like a good time.

I messed up my front end last weekend driving back from a ski trip this past weekend. It was my fault; I bought snow tries one day too late. Looks like my insurance will go up a bit. On the bright side, I see an Aero Kit in my near future. I will send pics when I get the MINI fixed.

Cheers,
Jason

 

Wow, sorry to hear that (or was it a setup for an Aero Kit? ).

Would like to welcome you back to the U.S. and thank you for your service.

Earl

 

Thanks again for the welcome, I must admit, I have tested my MINI alot on both the twisty backroads and the Autobaun here in Germany. I am SOOOO going to get some speeding tickets when I get back to the States. I am used to driving 100-120 mpr on the Autobaun. Sometimes me and my wife drive just 65-70 mpr just to see how that feels and let me tell you, THATS SLOW. I hope the judge will let me pulll the "I just got back from Germany"excuess the first 3 times I try to fight my speeding tickets.
Cheers,
Jason