There was a NEMO event today – the Christmas Party! Delayed from December due to the snowstorm (which kept Margaret and I stranded in Washington DC for a few days …
We had about 60 people come (NEMO membership is over 100 now!) although in a light snow storm many people did not come in their MINI/Mini. When I got there, Ken had arrived in his Mini “woody” and shortly after a “Mini Moke” arrived, with no sides to it! More MINIs arrived, and we had a fun lunch / Christmas party …
I went to the Boston chapter of the BMW Car Club Of America first quarter general meeting tonight, which was held at Turner Motorsports in Amesbury. There were a couple of other MINIs there apart from GBMINI, owned by people that work at Turner Motorsport. In their showroom was a rather different car – a McLaren F1!
The general meeting was not like I expected – it was much better! Basically we were entertained in Turner Motorsports workshop with food and drink and two hours of personal history from Will Turner, from his first speeding ticket (on the way home from the driving test center), through various racing events, through to last years major success taking first and third on the 2003 SCCA world challenge …
Even colder this morning! Overnight low was -5f (-21c) … GBMINIs windows were frozen so that they could not “dip” when I opened the door, but I still got in. The gearbox was stiff for a long time …
M&I / GBMINI 