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Friends & Flowers

Posted on March 14, 2009February 16, 2017 by Ian C.

We headed over to Western Massachusetts today (300 mile round-trip – achieving 19mpg in the Q5!), to meet up with MINI friends and tour the Smith College Spring Bulb Show – a great way to remind everyone that winter really will end one day!
Great to see all our friends again – too much work, not enough meets this winter! Lots of beautiful spring bulbs too …

Sadly, I accidentally left my camera at ISO 1000 – so these pictures are disappointing at high resolution!

Cars in Black

Posted on March 13, 2009February 16, 2017 by Ian C.

Yes, the Q5 DVD plays movies, too! Of course, I had to test it with Cars – and it worked fine, with excellent SURROUND sound too 😀

When not playing movies, other center display options include Sirius satellite radio, and iPod track details:

Black is Back

Posted on March 13, 2009February 16, 2017 by Ian C.

Back at the end of May 2002, I bought my first “BMW” MINI, a Black / White roof MINI Cooper …

Nice color, nice car …

Now, in March 2009, there’s a new Black … but it’s not a MINI!

It looks smaller, doesn’t it? 😉

Audi Q5; brand new on the market about two weeks ago.
Why?
1. I still love hatchbacks;
2. The Bang & Olufsen sound system is amazing (almost as good as GPMINI);
2. The interior electronics is fabulously techy!

I’ll try to keep this a MINI weblog – after all, GPMINI is still mine – but sometimes, there will be something non-MINI to say … I could already say lots about what a different experience it was, dealing with a non-MINI dealership!

But for those interested, here’s more pictures: