Why yes, I do drive like a sissy
Posted in My MINI — by db on 12/27/05

Sometimes driving like a sissy mary has it’s rewards. Today, for example:

Traffic was light, so speed over the mountain was a constant 55 and on the highway at about 75MPH.

Not bad for 106+K miles eh?

Watch out for the year in review coming by the end of the week!

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catching up
Posted in General,SCMM,SCMM Events - Complete — by db on 12/16/05

Been a busy week and change. Lesse…

Last weekend the lad and I headed out to race go-carts with SCMM at Go Cart World… Photo courtesy Phil Suptin That is in fact, yours truly, scootin’ around the track at about 40MPH. Yea, they were pretty fast carts! They run the races in teams of 2 or 3 for 1 hour and the only thing you have to do is switch drivers at least twice. Whoever completes the most laps wins. (Read on…)

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New feature at Motoringfile
Posted in MINI blogs — by db on 12/06/05

Gabe, with a little bit of help now how a very cool map of all the MINI clubs (that he knows about, US and international) on a google maps type page that he is calling the MINI Club Mappr.

Check it out! It’s pretty cool.

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Indio Tamale Festival
Posted in SCMM,SCMM Events - Complete — by db on 12/04/05

FINALLY got to attend an SCMM event! This one right in my backyard too!

The destination? The Indio Tamale Festival.

The Route? There were two meetup points for this run. One for those that came from San Diego or the IE. The other was for those coming from LA and points north. That group got to run the full Palms to pines section of Highway 74. I met with the SD group and only got to drive a short portion of it. That’s ok by me, because most of it looked like this: highway 74

Yea, not too shabby.

Besides tamales and seeing a bunch of club regulars again, we stopped at Vista Point. Of course we drew a crowd, which included: Porsche Carrera Turbo

Yea, 1 Porsche Carrera Turbo. Complete with ceramic brakes, magnesium wheels, 600 (!) HP and weight quite a bit less than a MINI. Dude showed off for us a bit and it looked like he did 0-way faster than the limit in about 100 feet!

I really need to get out and do these more often. I forgot how fun it is to drive with about 40 other MINI owners. Oh yea, didn’t hurt that the high for the day was 72, not a cloud in the sky and only a gentle breeze. Everyone was looking for sunscreen!

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Woof24
Posted in podcasts — by db on 12/04/05

WRR Logo I know I don’t normally post these here, but this show turned out exceptionally well. We discuss the hotest news of the week over at Motoringfile and go through the gift guide to get you some ideas for Christmas.

Check it out!

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