Amherst Pulley Party

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I wanted to visit todays pulley party in Amherst, NH to say “hi” and to show off GPMINI 😉
It happened that Margaret & I had to go to Milford, NH this morning – and it turned out that we were just a couple of miles from the party MINIs, so it all worked out well!

I got to say “hi” to lots of MINI people I’ve met before – Joe, Pat, Pat, Pete, Pete, Jim, Jason, Richard, Rick, Jock (I hope I got everyone!) – and I also met a few new people, including Sheena & Robert. I saw Pats new MINI (congrats Pat!), and Jims not-so-new-but-still-looks-like-new MINI (see NIIICE from a few years back):

Joe & Jim both told me about this new “ICE” polish from Turtle Wax, which they say is perfect for the MINI since it leaves no residue on the black wheel arches! Jim coated part of GPMINI, including half a wheel arch – and considering there was no pre-washing and I’d just driven 70 miles in rain, it looks pretty good … it also feels amazing, a really smooth finish on the paintwork:

I’ll be buying some of this soon – and hopefully Josh will also buy and report on it as a follow-up to his recent wheel arch trim test 🙂

Oh – and I let Joe drive GPMINI – he’s one of the best people I know to give me a good comparison report, and he was VERY impressed … his first comment when he got back was to wonder if the tires weren’t runflats, because they ride so smooth!

Zoom Zoom, GPMINI

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Many thanks to Dave Newman – he writes:
We met at the Memphis stop of MTTS and we were just ahead of you in Clarksville when we stopped at a parts store to pick up some bulbs for Joel Sandler’s foglights. I snapped this pic of what appears to be your GP. I can’t make out the plate for sure, but it looks like yours. Enjoy!

GPMINI zoom

I absolutely LOVE this picture … And it is GPMINI – you can see the Westin Las Vegas duck that George “borrowed” and gave to me 🙂

Big Rocks

Posted on by Ian C.

Near the British Invasion field in Stowe, VT is Smugglers Notch; a twisty road winds up into hills and gets very narrow through some huge boulders … back in 2002 I drove there in my first MINI and took a picture of the car in front of a rock which made it look like a toy!
Finally this year I remembered to repeat the picture, this time with GPMINI:

GPMINI and big rock

Here’s the original picture I took, back in 2002:

 

Unfortunately on my way home from British Invasion, I had an encounter with another rock, not so big but big enough to do this to the windshield:


(since GPMINI doesn’t have rain sensing wipers, maybe I’ll try PPG glass this time …)