It happens sometimes … end of winter, and we get a special day with warm dry weather, blue skies – and a chance to properly drive in GBMINI#6 with top down and windows open!
I took the long long way to lunch today – and didn’t get any lunch! I also took the long way home this evening, although along the coast roads it was a bit cool, requiring the raising of windows 😉
Dealership #1:
A car needs repair work after a minor accident. Wait nearly a month, then leave car for a few weeks.
When car is ready, go to collect. Notice that airbag warning light is on. Notice that rear bumper damage is not repaired.
Dealership says bumper not repaired because it wasn’t on the insurance adjusters list (!) and airbag light is on because of the accident.
Leave car another day.
Chase dealership by phone to see if car is ready.
Pick car up again. Notice new scratches on rear bumper. Notice dirty tar marks and other untidiness on car. Be happy that airbag light is now off.
Dealership #2:
Leave car to get some vibration / rattles resolved and to get steering wheel replaced.
Get call same day advising work will take longer than one day.
Get call next day when work is completed.
Collect car. All work done. Car clean. Friendly dealership folks chat about life, cars and future events. Be happy you own this car.
Guess which dealership is MINI of Peabody and which is a hopeless Infiniti place …
Meanwhile, some pictures of GBMINI#6, now sporting the same wonderful JCW leather steering wheel as GPMINI – and by coincidence parked next to Jock’s new Clubman, waiting for him to pick it up 🙂
Over the weekend, we returned to the Captain Lord mansion in Kennebunkport for another birthday vacation:
We visited “Eartha” at DeLorme – a huge 42 foot diameter rotating model of the Earth, so big you have to see it on three floors!
It’s an incredible model, really making it clear just how small Europe and North America are, against the scale of the whole world – from the ground floor, you can’t even see those parts!
We also visited a couple of lighthouses, and a memorial to the Liberty Ships that were built in Portland, Maine during World War II …
M&I / GBMINI 