Caught in the recent rains in New Zealand is this lonely, Liquid Yellow MINI, desperately doing the dog paddle to get back to shore.
Now we know Gabe isn’t a fan of LY, but even that tough Chicagoan will feel sorry for this little guy!
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Sent in by listener Brian.
Saw this and thought you guys would get a kick out of it!
Fantastic! Thanks Brian!
The MINI Vaughan West (Toronto) launch party on March 31 that I mentioned in an earlier post just got a lot better! Believe it or not, if you mention WhiteRoofRadio to Motoring Advisor Cosmo this Saturday you’ll get $500 off a new MINI. Special for WRR fans only!
(FYI - you have to tell him before you negotiate your purchase price that you’re a WRR listener).
This dealer is fantastic! They even created a special MINI Canada-like themed e-vite. Check it out at http://www.minivaughanwest.ca/2007mini
6 test drive MINIs are going to be available, so everyone will get time behind the wheel. And I’ll bet the co-pilots won’t be slouches, either!
This will be a real launch party, not some dumb champagne swilling affair, but a real driving experience. See you there.
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Here is the qualifying round for this years North American MINI Cooper Challenge.
AMVIV audio: Still in chimpmunk stage. It’s coming.
Download | 5:42 | 2.7MB
Todd and I on the way to the Spring Mountain Mountain Motorsports Ranch for the first running of the North American MINI Cooper Challenge. Along the way, Roxy hit 150K miles! Todd also took some time to interview some of the racers. More track audio on the way!
AMVIV audio:
Download | 6:08 | 2.9MB
Todd and db talk to Judy and Bernard, a couple of listeners from Australia. Also, some time with Peter from M7 Tuning about his new AeroGel EX Heat Shield.
More audio on the way!
AMVIV audio:
Download | 6:37 | 3.1MB
We are going to start with the recap, and pretty much go from here.
Gabe, Todd and db do a short recap of the weekend. Ok, db was oddly quiet, but he got to bed a little after his bedtime last night after the banquet and was having what we shall call, a rough morning.
AMVIV Recap:
Download | 3:11 | 1.5MB
Wow! What a weekend! I’m not even sure where to begin, but I can tell you that Todd and I have hours of audio to sort through and we are going to start getting up as soon as we can.
Watch tonight for the first update!
If you’re in the Toronto area, one of our 4 or 5 local dealers (yep, we have that many) is hosting their New MINI Launch Party on March 31.
RSVP to ahiggs@minivaughanwest.com.
I know you’re probably not in this ‘hood, but I wanted to share the invite with you. Very cool graphic.
Maybe I’ll see you there. You’ll know me - I’ll be the guy with the WRR fake media badge!
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I know it’s all you have heard about for the last month. AMVIV AMVIV AMVIV! Can you tell we are just a little bit excited?
First of all, AMVIV 4 (or is it IV? Agro?) will mark the first occassion in almost 2 years that all 3 4 of us have been in the same place at the same time. I hope the universe doesn’t split open or something horrible like that.
Both Todd and I are taking our recording gear. We hope to not only do a full show while we are there, but to get some audio from the NAMCC (possibly even some in car stuff with Brian and Way…sweet!), during the strip cruise and the banquet! Then, we’ll be posting those updates as fast as we can. It’s going to be almost like being there.
I will also be posting periodic updates to twitter that will show up on that badge over there (or you can get the RSS feed here). Not too much, just short blurbs about what’s happening and all that.
Be sure to also keep an eye on the flickrs. I’m sure both Gabe and myself will be sharing phone photos as we go. Heck, I’ll even get Todd to post too. Oh yea, and don’t forget the AMVIV Flickr group. I’m sure a TON of pics will show up there as well.
This also means that we won’t have normal shows next Sunday and Monday. We’ll have enough for you to listen too, but if you start jonesin’, this would be a great time to go back through the archives and listen to past shows. Might I recommend a trip through the 60’s? Some great stuff there.
Watch later today for Robert’s latest soundseeing tour and very soon for the next mobile gadget review with Brad Day (as soon as we can get our schedules to match!).
If you are coming to Vegas, be sure to stop by and say hi. Todd will have some very limited edition AMVIV badges for sale and we’ll also have decals for anyone that knows the secret phrase:
50/50 weight distribution is fantastic!
Until next week gang.
This time, it’s Robert and Howard driving a Mellow Yellow R56 MCS.
You might remember Howard. He is the ex-Lincoln Navigator driver that Robert converted into a MINIac! He also has a Harley he likes to ride when Toronto isn’t covered in snow.
I know there are some of you out there that are dying for the RSS feed changes (each category of show will have it’s own feed). I promise I will be working on that right after AMVIV.
Don’t forget to check out Robert on the Mobile Movie Minute. He and his movie mates review movies in the MINI right after seeing them. It’s great fun!
Download | 13:30 | 12.0MB
Gabe makes a 2nd attempt at the intro, right after I did it. What do you think?
We start off talking about, of all things, coffee. Can’t believe Gabe uses splenda. That’s just not right.
Then, on to a bit of talk about AMVIV.
Then we talked about the future MINI models and all kinds of goodness after that.
AMVIV is this week! Watch for updates as fast as we can get them posted. I’m also going to try to get a twitter thing going over on the sidebar, so keep an eye out for that. Oh yea, keep an eye on the flickrs too, as I’m sure both myself and Gabe will be posting from our phones.
Vegas baby!
Woofcast #142:
Download | Subscribe | ZIPPE*D | iTunes | 48:28 | 22.3MB
To start with, db just didn’t want to do the intro tonight. You benefit. Trust me.
Did you see this? Poor guy.
db is soooo close to 150K miles it’s not even funny.
Gabe’s NCAA picks, if you like that kind of thing.
If you get the chance, check out MINI2.co.za.
Longest MINI Convoy attempt if you like that kind of thing. Oh yea, you kinda have to be in the UK for it too. Todd thinks he’s already beat that number, but it wasn’t legit with the Guinness people.
Plus a little bit of news for the week.
Woofcast #140:
Download | Subscribe | Don’t worry, I won’t tell | iTunes | 39:14 | 18.0MB
For those of you that have been trying to download the video of Tony Nuzzo flipping his MINI from the download page, it’s back.
But, if you don’t want to fuss with the download…
I’ve mentioned that Toronto is littered with new MINI billboards, but this one tops them all.
The sentiment is right on, and the poster is seen by thousands of commuters every day. The apartment building that hosts this poster is at the intersection of two major highways that cut through Toronto.
The building is often used to announce movies. Spiderman has adorned it numerous times. But not now. Spidey has left the building!
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