September 2004 – Page 5

Motor Trend: Hummer vs MINI Cooper!

Posted on September 9, 2004February 10, 2017 by Ian C.

After reading MotoringFile this morning, I grabbed a copy of Motor Trend magazine – the comparison is entertaining and well written (driving the H2 in downtown Chicago is like showing up with your float four days late for the Macy’s Thanksgiving Parade in Manhattan … imagine yourself zipping along Michigan Avenue [in the MINI] during rush hour, slipping between much bigger things, and tracking down the people responsible for the remake of “The Italian Job”)

I scanned the relevant pages for those that can’t get a copy of the magazine …

More Convertibles at MINI Peabody

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

I dropped by this afternoon to exchange a shirt, and saw more convertibles at MINI Peabody. There was a Chili Red and a Liquid Yellow, as well as the two new blues (Hyper Blue & Cool Blue) next to each other.

The Hot Orange (in the showroom) and British Racing Green (demo) were still there too, so MINI Peabody have had at least 8 convertibles so far – maybe 500 total for the USA so far? I guess we will see the sales figures at the end of the month …

Old Sturbridge Village

Posted on September 5, 2004February 19, 2017 by Ian C.

On our way back from Connecticut and the US Open Tennis we pass right by Old Sturbridge Village so we decided to stop and tour; it’s a re-creation of old USA with transferred old buildings, town layouts … We saw pigs, sunflowers and cows; we saw the Tin Smiths, The Coopers, and the Saw Mill:

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There is a lot to see and it is a very peaceful & relaxing place, so we decided to stay the night. Initially we booked an old fashioned room which looked nice but was FREEZING cold; the building had a single heating system for every room, and it was off. So we switched to a more modern room with heat – much more comfortable, if less characterful!