March 2004 – Page 9 – M&I / GBMINI

Cracked Windshield (not GBMINI)

Posted on March 8, 2004February 12, 2017 by Ian C.

At yesterdays NEMO meeting, Paul showed me a newly appeared stress crack on his MCS:

This is the first stress cracked windshield I have seen, and it looks quite clearly not caused by any object hitting the screen. This issue seems to affect a number of MINI owners, who have had multiple windshield failures – yet I and other owners have no trouble at all. Very strange.
The good news is that MINI appears to be doing something about this issue – this recent North American Motoring post discusses a new windshield part coming, and this post even lists the new part number(s): 51-31-7 146-544 WINDSCREEN GREEN (different p/n if you have rain sensing wipers).
Chase your dealership for the new part; time will tell whether this new design solves the problem for those who have suffered …

NEMO annual meeting

Posted on March 7, 2004March 26, 2018 by Ian C.

180 miles today in GBMINI, to my second NEMO annual meeting (this one was a year ago). With the warmer, dryer, weather this year a total of 11 MINIs/Minis turned up; their owners made for a great gathering with fun discussions and lots of great food:

I also had another GBMINI cake made (like the one I had made a year ago), which was very popular:

GBMINI meets Ziggy

Posted on March 6, 2004February 9, 2017 by Ian C.

I visited MINI Peabody today for my regular “fix” and to deliver some printed copies of the MINI2 coverage of the MINI Convertible unveiling at Geneva. I also delivered some MINIsOnTop flyers.
While there, I met a couple who both owned MINIs, called Ziggy and Snupi (the MINIs, not the people). Only Ziggy was there:

GBMINI#2 meets Ziggy

It was fun talking with you, and your husband!

There were quite a few people visiting the dealership, and I think a couple of cars were being sold and at least one was picked up while I was there.

Month: March 2004