Got an email from Todd the other day. Seems he is going out to Phil Wicks Ultimate MINI Driving Acamdemy. Jealous? Oh you bet! Especially since I don’t have anything on the books until August for track time. I am still going to try to get out for a midweek session with one of the …
Monthly Archives: April 2004
Snow in SoCal, part II
More pics to prove it really happened! Regina posted some of hers here. Next event is still a month away. Think it’s time I play hookey for the day and sneak out for a day on the track, maybe.
Snow in SoCal
Can you believe it? A bunch of SCMM members drove up to Idylwild today. Some really cool roads out through the badlands of the IE, through Anza up to Hwy 74 between Indio and Idylwild. In Idylwild, Joann’s restaurant cleared out their whole place just for us, and save us parking! We had the joint …
An Electric MINI?
Whistler Investments, Inc. (WHIS) to provide world’s first lithium powered Embassy vehicle The British government and Whistler Investments executives have selected BMW’s MINI COOPER S type for this ground breaking project. Read the full story here Not sure about any of you, but if this MINI can go 200 miles on a charge at 60-70MPH, …
News from Mini Mania
This just in… Nevada City, CA: Mini Mania, the leading after-market performance and lifestyle product company serving both the classic Mini and new BMW MINI, has opened an expanded service shop near the company’s 35000 sq.ft. corporate facility in Nevada City, CA. Now customers who purchase Mini Mania quality parts and accessories for their classic …