Black is Back

Posted on 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:

MINIsOnTop sponsorship from New Country MINI

Posted on by Ian C.

Last year for MINIsOnTop 2008, New Country MINI “invented” a new fun activity for MINI owners – Sundae On Friday. Ice cream and toppings were served, and everyone enjoyed 🙂

This year, New Country MINI will once again join us, and deliver delicious Ice cream during Sundae On Friday, 2009 edition 🙂
Also on Friday evening during MINIsOnTop, our excellent Trivia contest created by Libby & Bill – so come for Ice cream, and stay for the challenge!

MINIs in Maine

Posted on by Ian C.

Here’s something completely off-topic for GBMINI, but on-topic for MINIs and Minis:
http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=1737537&server=vimeo.com&show_title=1&show_byline=1&show_portrait=0&color=ffffff&fullscreen=1
(Mini’s in Maine from Lawrence S. Young on Vimeo)

This video was created by Lawrence S. Young, described as “2008 Mini Convention At Sunday River Maine in July 2008” … thanks to Dave Newman for highlighting it (Dave also features in the video – at 00:21 for example)

Lawrence has a number of high quality (non-Mini) videos; head over to Vimeo to learn more!