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In preparation for MINI Takes The States in August, where Margaret and I drive from Los Angeles to Denver, and then head back to Florida, my GP needs to get from Florida to LA … And this weekend (plus some extra days) MINI friend Robert is going to drive her from East coast to West – saving me the time off work that I’d have to take to do the drive myself, and hopefully having a fun trip of his own …

Robert is much more artistically creative than me, and made this nice banner for his trip:

Head over to Roberts website to read his thoughts on the trip, and the fun he plans to have …

Meanwhile, during Roberts trip he will be able to post updates to GBMINI here, so “watch this space” 🙂

Heading to Florida last year, we had a tire incident which Prestige MINI saved by fitting two runflats to GPMINI; now before GPMINI’s big drive, I took her to MINI of Orlando today to get the other tires switched back to runflats too, and to get an engine inspection and oil change. All this was done, but took over four hours thanks to some siezed tie rods delaying wheel alignment. Happily though, apart from that, all is well with GPMINI – and very helpful Bryan, Service Manager there, has promised to goodwill change the tie rods when GPMINI returns from her trip, even though she will be a couple weeks out of warranty by then.

Meanwhile, some pics – here is GPMINI fighting against wheel alignment:

 

 

And here’s a few pictures of the HUGE dealership showroom / waiting room area: