Today Wallenius Willhelmsen indicates that the Tancred has slipped a day for MINI deliveries in New York – bad weather presumably.
This scary subject has been discussed recently on MotoringFile; there have always been counterfeits in the world (Pradha, Rolek, Ray-Boom) but now counterfeit MINI Coopers are appearing!
While MINI fanatics like myself can often spot the counterfeits, many people cannot and are tricked into danger – they might expect the same great looks, performance and handling as a real MINI Cooper, and they will be sadly and perhaps dangerously disappointed; for example the counterfeit cannot handle the slalom course like the real thing!
The Counter Counterfeit Commission is doing all it can to alert people to this problem and they need our help! Spread the word and save lives!
Tivo caught a CCC advert on ESPN2 recently; I captured it so that you can all get educated:
Todays Plymouth Bay Or Bust drive was a tongue-in-cheek tribute to the Hudson Bay Or Bust event organized by David Rose (Ducttape on MINI2) – a drive through freezing Canada.
Well I just read that, tragically, that event may be “Bust”:
Just heard some bad news. No one hurt from what I hear but David rolled his MINI. Both passengers are ok. Happened with the top down. It did a couple of 360’s. Very icy roads up there. There have been a couple of flat tires too.
That’s all I know.
My best wishes to David, his MINI and everyone else on that trip – may you all return home safe & soon.
David (from his web site):
M&I / GBMINI 