GP0203 – very special MINI
Once George and Jayne and GP1717 arrived in Gloucester, we met at my house, picked up Margaret, and then headed in to town for lunch, then we re-lived MTTS’06 and drove in a two GP caravan back to the MTTS’08 events …
Another year, and thanks to the White Mountain BMWCCA Chapter, MINI owners get another fine and fun day of burning rubber in a safe way! Thanks also to Concord Motorsport and MINI of Peabody for their support …
Sadly the event was under-attended – but with only 13 MINIs, we all got more hands-on time than normal 🙂
Since this was my 4th event (see 2004, 2005, and 2007), I did some time doing the braking and lane changing exercises, and some time photographing others – I also loaned out GPMINI to Jason and Brian, to get some great pictures of her going round the skid area (and in the afternoon I took her round, un-photographed!)
As always, this was a GREAT event and a must for anyone that wants to learn the behaviour of their MINI at the limits of braking and steering; it’s made even more fun with the many friends attending (Hi Jason, Brian, Sarah, Pete, David – and congrats on the new GP Peter!)
UPDATE:
Also see these “official” pictures of the White Mountain BMWCCA website
Having been alerted to the problem by Chris, another GP owner, I find that like his GP, my cars rear spoiler fixing screws are rusting and looking rather ugly!
This issue is not happening for all owners – I suspect it’s related to weather conditions and perhaps whether or not the car is garaged (GP0203 is not) … I’ll be chatting to my dealership to see what they think about it …
M&I / GBMINI 