If you participated in MINI Takes The States last month, watch out for a friendly email from MINI USA …
Hmmm … any use for me I wonder …
MTTS gift
4,800 miles plus 2,400
Today, we picked up GPMINI from MINI of Orlando, and did the final hop of our Coast-to-Coast drive, by reaching the Atlantic Coast! In total, we put about 4,800 miles on GPMINI, as recorded by Road Trip on my iPad:
As you can see, we averaged 27.5mpg, a little above Robert’s 26.0 on the way out – something to do with driving speed perhaps, as we noticed a significant difference between driving at 65-70 or 80-85.
Adding the two drives together, GPMINI did just over 7,200 miles on her Coast-To-Coast-To-Coast trip; and I’m sure she enjoyed all of it! Now she’s fully healthy once more (thanks MINI of Orlando), and settling back to garage time and occasional short drives, while Margaret and I plan to fly back North this week …
MTTS bonus: Driving the Countryman
Huge thanks go to Jim McDowell (and Patty) for arranging for both Margaret and I to test drive the new Countryman this morning 🙂
We had a chance to test drive an all-wheel-drive S model, though the all-wheel part didn’t have much function driving around Denver!
We were definitely driving a MINI! Yes, it didn’t have the performance of my GP, but it responded like a MINI, felt like a MINI, and looked like a MINI. But, with lots more space and comfort inside; very nice …
