MINI friend Jason has owned an early build VR MC since 2002 – he has more than 110,000 miles on that car and tracks it regularly. Unfortunately he recently tracked it just a little bit too hard and it suffered, leaving it currently un-driveable.
Since it was his daily driver too, Jason urgently needed a new car and thankfully stayed in the MINI family, buying this ’07 MCS ex-demo car from MINI of Peabody:
Congratulations, Jason!
Margaret and I headed out today (no MINI – topless in her BMW instead!), and joined many of our MINI friends at Howards drive-in for lunch: this was a stop I missed during The Great Ice Cream Run – organizer Robyn missed it too and so drove all the way up from NJ to join us today!
Howards had burgers and excellent fries, but better still ice-cream – and the sizes were crazy! Forewarned, Margaret & I only ordered a “kiddy” size … Thom, who pulled together todays gathering, stepped up to the “small” (but he did manage to finish it!); someone should have ordered a large, just to see how big it was!
MINIs and MINI friends everywhere, including a group picture (thanks for taking it, Brian!):
Just received this email invite to participate in the MINI Takes The States 2008 planning – make sure you get your email and have a say too!
Head over to the MINI USA owners lounge to learn more …
M&I / GBMINI 
