Flaking paint

Posted on by Ian C.

Washing GP0203 today, I noticed that it is suffering the same flaking paint problem reported by a number of other GP owners, namely that the paint is flaking away around the dummy “air intake” on the passenger side of the front bumper:

There was clearly some sort of process control issue causing this, since multiple owners (goodfinder, Metal Man, eimr – all early delivery GPs!) have reported the same problem at the same location on the car (the paint around the driver side “air intake” is perfectly OK!) – so presumably there will be no problem having MINI USA take care of this …

UPDATE: After gaining warranty approval from MINI USA, the re-work was done excellently at my local & favorite body shop, Sublime Restorations … all’s well again with GP0203 🙂

After packing comes unpacking!

Posted on by Ian C.

Of course since I was at the MINIsOnTop packing day yesterday, I don’t need to wait for the mail to bring my MINIsOnTop registration package! What’s more, when I got home yesterday, my TGICR package had been delivered too – so it’s unpacking galore 🙂

First, the MINIsOnTop registration package, including, for the first time, MINIsOnTop themed lanyards (sponsored by MINI USA):

And here’s my The Great Ice Cream Run registration pack, including a couple of trees (!) worth of daily route directions:

MOT2007 packing day

Posted on by Ian C.

Unlike last year, MINIsOnTop packing day this year was held at the beautiful outdoor location of Gavin & Janes house. We had to put together 254 envelopes this year, and preparation is key – both the pre-stuffing that Margaret & I did last week, and the Tshirt pre-folding which ensures everything fits in the packages. It’s also key to lay everything out in an “assembly line” style … we achieved under two hours for the whole thing this year!


Also key was a bigger-than-MINI vehicle to get everything back to the post office next week – however my companys (borrowed for the day) Ford Ranger was only just big enough!

 

After packing, Gavin & Jane provided an excellent BBQ of burgers, hot dogs, salad … and Annette brought brownies! As if that wasn’t enough, we headed down to a great local ice cream store for bonus dessert 🙂

Due to not having my MINI, I didn’t have my camera – so many thanks to Michael for the pictures – also, MANY thanks to everyone that came over and helped yesterday 🙂