September 2005 – Page 2

Space Blue, Silver Roof

Posted on September 21, 2005February 12, 2017 by Ian C.

I saw my first ’06 MINI today at MINI Peabody; a Space Blue MCS with silver roof – the silver is very un-reflective – see the mirror caps:

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As always, the color is difficult to capture in a picture; I took some pics from different angles, as well as comparison pics with known colors (British Racing Green, Chili Red); and this close-up of the hood shows the variation in color with different lighting:

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Overall, reminiscent of Purple Haze but less red … Chris at MINI Peabody said “less girly”!

British Invasion – Stowe, VT

Posted on September 19, 2005February 19, 2017 by Ian C.

Each year in mid September since I owned a MINI, I have driven up to Stowe for British Invasion (see the 2005 entry on GBMINI.net).
But as well as all the British cars, Stowe is a nice town anyway and it also had an outdoor art exhibition running; so here are some Stowe pics with minimal MINIs …

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Jasons Drive 2005

Posted on September 18, 2005February 19, 2017 by Ian C.

A “tradition” at the end of British Invasion (see also 2003 and 2004) is to follow Jason around as he leads a groups of MINIs around the back roads of Vermont – he lives locally and knows the roads well!
This year only three MINIs joined in, perhaps due to the damp weather – but we still had fun and got in a couple of photo ops; the weather made the winding downhill section particularly challenging – I was very glad to follow Jason, knowing that he knew the road well …

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Month: September 2005