Two years ago – Coast to Coast in a GP

Posted on by Ian C.

The original and best (!) MINI Takes The States 2006 was in mid-flow two years ago … this weekend I worked through the many more than 2,200 photos I’d taken, and put together an Animoto video/slideshow – a wonderful reminder of a wonderful event, beginning with GP delivery at Monterey and working city-by-city and state-by-state during a two week, 4,500+ mile drive across the USA.

Here is the video, nearly 300 pictures and over 8 minutes of entertainment – and at the beginning, a few never-before-shots of the first GP I ever saw (which MINI USA asked me not to post online back in August 2006!):

(download from here; it’s on YouTube too)

MTTS’08 badges

Posted on by Ian C.

Back in 2006, I got a really nice MINI Takes The States badge / fridge magnet from Todds MotoringBadges website; although I’m much less thrilled by this years event, I still wanted to adorn my fridge, but it seems MotoringBadges is quiet now …

Instead I saw that CooperFlags had produced a nice looking magnetic badge, so I ordered a couple, although a little wary from my original experience with that company, that was a long time ago and I think the company has changed hands since then.
Still, after waiting a couple weeks with nothing delivered, I wondered, but happily the badges arrived today and are well worth the wait 🙂