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GPMINI got another (rare) wash today – she’s not driven much now, and normally remains at work during the weekend so this is her first wash since June (unless you count the “partial wash” from MINI of Peabody last month) – but when she’s clean, she still looks “good as new”:

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The duck has travelled with GPMINI since Las Vegas during MINI Takes The States 2006 – there was one in the Westin Hotel bathroom but I wasn’t brave enough to swipe it … but George did for me, instead!

Five years of ownership, 47,000 miles of memories – but she doesn’t get driven much now and I must admit that I don’t miss driving her so much these days … I’m thinking maybe it’s time to find her a new owner!

Today, five years ago, 32 GPs were delivered to the first USA owners, at an event at Laguna Seca in California:

Since then, so many miles of fun and friends – the best car 🙂

GPMINI spent the morning at MINI of Peabody today – in case she is still “up North” when winter comes, I wanted the coolant fluid replaced with something that will survive the expected freeze. I also wanted the mildew-smell from the interior air to go away …

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Of course, both tasks were completed successfully – but it was quite a strange visit to the dealership today. Of course I knew Graham, Gary, Dave, Kevin, in service – but upstairs there was no-one I knew, in fact there was just about no-one at all at 9am!

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So I wandered over to next door BMW Peabody and chatted with Vin for a while – and he happily gave me the keys to a 5 GT to take for a drive! And this could be a car to beat my Q5 …

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Thanks, Vin!