Just in time for holiday shopping – the MotoringFun.com Swag Shop is now open. From shirts to hoodees to clocks to hats – there is something for every MINI lover available for purchase. There are even some of the limited edition Motoring Fun MINI Club shirts left for sale – so get yours now before they are retired! Special thanks once again to COOPERation for his talented design abilities!
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Ok, so we can’t buy an R56 in the US until January/February, 2007 right? What better to spend the time waiting than reading the R56 owner’s manual? Thanks to rec’s MINI for this gem!
[ R56 Owner’s Manual ]
[ rec’s MINI ]
This past weekend, the Sunshine MINIs “MINI Parade Unit” took part in the St. Pete Holiday Parade. Check out the video below to see a few MINIs dressed up for the season!
[ Parade Slideshow ]
Just got the shipment of the first run of shirts in and THEY LOOK AWESOME! Huge thanks to COOPERation for doing such a fantastic job on them! I will be shipping them out this week so if you ordered one, start checking your mailbox later this week or early next week.
A MINI room fragrance? Now I have seen it all! For those who just can’t get enough MINI in their lives, this just may be for you. Thanks to James for this find!
CAUTION – the link below is a spoiler. If you don’t want to spoil your fun on the MINI spy gear adventure we have all been on, please do not click it. If you want to save some time and get right to the goods, click the link below. You have been warned! This message will self-destruct in 5 seconds…
If you are in the Northeast part of the US, please take a moment to check out this event that is happening THIS weekend. Thanks to zzMINI for this post!
“Mini Cooper owners from all over New England and New York will gather in Westerly, RI on Sunday December 3rd as the Miniís-Making-A-Wish organization hosts their 4th Annual Toy Run and Rally to benefit the Make-A-Wish FoundationÆ of Rhode Island. Wish Kid Hillary, who was granted her wish of visiting the Big Apple, will be leading the Mini Cooper troops from the front seat of the Wishmobile.
Miniís will meet at 9 a.m. at the new Westerly Middle School on Sandy Hill Road in Westerly, RI. At 10 a.m. sharp the Miniís will pack up and rally to the Make-A-Wish FoundationÆ of Rhode Island headquarters in Cranston, RI, to deliver hundreds of new, unopened toys for Wish children that have been donated by the public.
For more information, visit www.mmaw.org or call at (401)322-8004 or the Make-A-Wish FoundationÆ office at (401) 781-9474.”
Once again, MSN Autos featured our favorite small British car on their site. This time they preview the 2007 MINI (the R56). I can’t wait to test drive the new MINI as I want to see for myself the real difference the BMW powerplant will make. The writer at MSN Autos (Brian Laban) really did not seem to care for the “ordinary” Cooper, going so far as to call it “MINI Lite”! Yikes – that is worse than “base Cooper”!! In fact, he even called it “dull”. Having owned a “base Cooper” before, it was anything but dull. If the 2007 MINI Cooper is now dull and the only way to enjoy a MINI is to spring for the S, then MINI may have done something wrong here… We’ll see in a few months when I get to go behind the wheel for myself and see if, in fact, the Cooper has now become dull.
Looking for some gifts for that someone special in your life who loves to motor? Take a few minutes and check out the 2006 MotoringFile.com Gift Guide. There is something in there for every motorer. If you look closely, you may even spot my 2006 MCS, “Scooter” under “Exterior” (hint: look at the MyMini Carbon Fiber Inserts). Guess Scooter is now famous :).
[ 2006 MotoringFile Gift Guide ]
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Motoring Fun MINI Club member, popey from the UK, gives us his take on the new R56 which he test drove this past week. Can’t wait for him to pick up his R56 in mid-December!! For all of us here in the US waiting to test drive the next MINI, here is what he had to say to carry us over till January/February, 2007: