From the entire dbmini.us team, Merry Christmas!
Stay subscribed and keep coming back! 2012 is shaping up to be a great year in the MINI Community, and I plan on doing as much as possible, posting most of that right back here, of course. 2012 might also be the year that Roxy turns 300k miles (it could happen) and you won’t want to miss the road to that. There will be more repairs, more DIY stuff and more of whatever you keep coming back to dbmini.us for.
Have a great [insert holiday of choice here] and a happy new year!
(2) commentsHave you guys seen this?
GoMotoring is temporarily not available as we are changing to our new content. It will be re-launched the week of December 12th. We’ll have LOTS of FREE goodies to give away in our first 60-90 days, so tell all your Mini & MINI friends to bookmark www.GoMotoring.com please. GoMotoring is part of the MC2 magazine family, so check us out at www.mc2magazine.com
Many years ago, Mark Vogler came up with the idea to build a site that would bring in feeds from any and all MINI Blogs he could find. I always thought it was cool and a good resource for those that never really got the hang of using an RSS reader. I even helped a bit with the backend code on the latest version.
And now it’s gone. The did leave the year out, so here’s to hoping that it comes back in December of 2012. Meanwhile, if you are looking for something to replace GoMotoring.com, check out the Motoringfile News Room. All the MINI and automotive news you could want, all in 1 place.
(0) CommentsI still can’t wait to drive one!
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From Motortrend.com no less. Something us normally aspirated MINI Cooper drivers already know. For the rest of you.
By my estimate, there are at least four basic cars every driving enthusiast should aspire to really drive at least once in their life. By “really drive,” I don’t mean cruising by to show off in front of people you don’t really like, so unattainable (to the average layperson) exotics are out. The first of the four is the Mazda MX-5, aka the Miata, because it has kept to its driving-focused roots for more than two decades, and the popular spec-racing series must be doing something right. The second is the Chevrolet Corvette, and contrary to popular Internet opinion, it doesn’t matter if the letter Z isn’t found anywhere in the ‘Vette’s name. The third is the Porsche 911, driven to reveal what the Corvette-911 rivalry has been all about all these years. A base model will more than suffice, and the more rearward the engine is located, the more unique the experience. And as you’ve likely already deduced, the fourth car is the agile Mini Cooper, preferably in the same configuration you’re reading about now.
Sure the S is faster in a straight line, but for overall motoring, the Cooper does just fine thankyouverymuch.
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For those of you that are also listeners to White Roof Radio, you are already familiar with how I feel about MINI Connected and the Navigation system. $1750 dollars is a lot of money for me for something that I didn’t really get.
While I still don’t get MINI Connected, and still think the navigation is embarrassingly bad, I did have an A HA! moment last week while I was playing with the configurator at MINIUSA.com last week.
MINI Connected also get the Bluetooth connectivity package.
After a few facepalms I realized that for $500 you can get the cool screen and all the stuff that comes with having MINI Connected. Of course, you still have to have an iPhone and will for the foreseeable future, but that’s a topic for anther day.
If you are planning on getting Bluetooth ($500), I hearby stand corrected that it would be a pretty good idea to take another look at MINI Connected.
But skip the navigation. For $750 you can buy a couple of Garmin’s that will do a better job.
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