UPDATE: GP#0083 is no longer owned by Mr. Todd Pearson. the eBay auction was successful and he sold it Sunday night.
2,000 were hand-made in Italy.
412 came to the United States.
32 were delivered at Laguna Seca. Including this one.
That’s right gang, you have read it correctly. Todd is selling his first GP, 0083. You can get the full skinny about the sale over at this ebay auction.
From Todd:
As many know, I was so in love with the GP that a couple years later I bought a second one when it showed up at my local dealer. The car is that great. After almost a year with two GPs, I’ve made the tough decision to sell that first GP. You read that correctly. At the risk of sounding self-serving, I’m writing about it here because it’s a rare car with a great history and, while a GP shows up for sale now and then, it’s nice to be able to let the MINI enthusiast community know about a great car like this when it becomes available
We talk about this on tonights show. As you would expect, it’s in showroom condition, both in visual appearance and operation. Actually, better than showroom since Todd has added a few JCW bits to the interior that are staying with the MINI. Not to mention it’s been signed by Mike Cooper.
All that plus. This is the MINI that helped put White Roof Radio on the map. MTTS was created for this MINI and it was our first time covering a live event from start to finish. And it got everyone’s attention.
This MINI has been to the Dragon, numerous club events, talked about endless on the show and served as Todd’s good weather daily driver since 2006.
Todd really wants this one to go to a good home, which is why you are reading about here, on Motoringfile and on his Facebook page. The auction closes Sunday.
Go on, get yourself a piece of history!
(11) commentsDid you see this? In case you didn’t.
I’m not even sure what to say here, folks, to be honest with you. Last night Gabe and I pulled more than 25 comments from the MINI Super Bowl commercial post before just closing comments all together. I’ve seen some sniping and name calling on MotoringFile before (and been on the receiving end of it), but I’ve never seen anything quite like what I read through last night. So, I have a few things to say this morning.
First, an apology for not moderating that thread more closely. It got out of hand and Gabe and I didn’t have our eye on it until it got so bad that people were actually writing in on the Contact page. You would think that on a site full of MINI fans, we wouldn’t have to moderate every single comment moment by moment, but it looks like sometimes that’s the case. Either way, I pulled more nasty comments last night on this one post than the whole time I’ve been Editor here at MotoringFile and I really wish I would have gotten to them sooner.
Having not read any comment at MotoringFile for quite a while because of this exact reason, I thought I would take a quick cruise through the post in question. Oh boy.
I love my MINI. I love going to events like AMVIV, MTTS, MINI United (and one day MOTD) and the cool things that Todd and I get to do for the show. The number one reason I like to do this stuff is so I can visit with you in person and spend a day or 10 talking about this brilliant little automobile that we all love so much.
I started working on Motoringfile in 2005. I was extremely honored that Gabe even asked me to contribute more than just cross-posting White Roof Radio episodes. I’ve posted almost 800 articles in fact. I started by only posting the show, moved into the editor slot and stopped shortly after MINI United 2009. For the longest time I wasn’t even posting the show. Do you know why?
The comments.
But we have talked about that already.
UPDATE: I just read the deleted comments. You should be embarrassed.
Take a minute. Go over and read Nathaniels post. Read it twice. Like it on Facebook. Then, keep that in mind next time you are ready to click the SUBMIT button on a comment (or message board for that matter). Re-read your comment. When you are sure you are only being a dick, and not a hurtful pile of shit, click submit. If, however, you are being a hurtful pile of shit, edit the comment. Tone it down a little. Slow your roll just a tad, maybe take a walk around the office. Grad a coffee. Have some froyo.
I look forward to the day that I can read the comments at Motoringfile. It’s entirely up to you.
(9) commentsWell would you look at that. Our favorite car maker pony’d up for a Super Bowl commericial. Yes, that Super Bowl. Take the 30 seconds to watch it in case you missed it.
As far as Super Bowl commercials go, it wasn’t bad. For the night, I ranked it in the top 15 of all of the commercials. Wouldn’t you know that there are real rankings for these things and the MINI commercial didn’t fare near as well as I ranked it.
Ad Meter actually scores and ranks the commercials. See the list here but I can save you the click. With a score of 5.30, it ranked near the bottom.
As far as MINI commercials go, I don’t think it was a great one. Personally, I think the Countryman ‘Flow’ commercial was much better and would have been a better choice for this spot.
Comments are open, what did you think?
Personally, I think the Chrysler 200 (in Detroit) was the best, and it’s nowhere near the top of that list.
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