The JCW Show! We talk about the Factory JCW, the JCW Challenge Car and I give my thoughts on the R53 vs R56.
See that R/C car up there? Ridemakerz are only making a limited number of them, and they will only be available at the last 2 MTTS events!
Speaking of limited number, Todd is also selling a very limited edition Motoringbadge that is also only available on-site at MTTS. If you want one, you’d better find him early ’cause they go quick!
Woofcast 254:
Download | 16.1MB | 35:03 | WRR @ iTunes
For those of you that got episode 220 in your reader/iTunes, here it is, corrected.
News of the week from Motoringfile.com, but since it was mostly MTTS related, we recapped the week instead.
We had a great week and you’ve seen most of it. To recap, we posted over 700 photos, over an hour of video and almost 2 hour of audio! Thanks everyone for checking it out or coming by to say during the event. It was great to meet you all!
Planning to attend Chicago or LA? Don’t forget to register. They also posted quite a few updates during Miami and Boston that you can see here.
Check back tomorrow for the JCW show. You aren’t going to want to miss it!
Woofcast 253:
Download | 20.0MB | 43:27 | WRR @ iTunes
Here it is, all of the audio from MTTS 2008. Listen in as we start in Miami and work our way north to Boston. With many interviews along the way.
Some of you have asked about the MINI we drove. We had an Astro Black R56 S with body colored roof, sunroof and automatic transmission. Yes, we know we are Whiteroofradio. I think someone at MINI USA was having a little bit of fun with us.
This is the last of the audio and there is quite a bit of it. I still have more coming in the shape of video and photos, so you can watch for those later today.
And, if you are wanting to go to either of the remaining MTTS events (like I know you are), be sure to take a minute and register. You can subscribe while you are there and get all of the updates MINIUSA was posting as well.
Download | 53:43 | 24.6mb
Reprinted from Motoringfile to get it into the feed.
Exclusive! The Factory JCW will be getting the burble exhaust sound back as was on late R53 models. This is great news and you can see and hear for yourself at your local dealer starting July 14.
If you have the chance to test drive the MINI JCW you must take the opportunity but if you are a fan of the JCW you better get your order in now. Starting July 14 MINI will begin delivering the MINI JCW to U.S. dealers for some eager early adopters. The MINI JCW will be making appearances at the remaining MTTS events in Chicago and LA in late July and early August.
In Savannah, GA and Charleston, SC, talking to MINI Owners including our friend Murray who we actually convinced to join us at one more MTTS event!
Oh yea, and Tony the Peanut Man! Awe. Some. If you don’t know you’d better ax somebody!
The journey continues onward to Boston. Watch for more stuff coming.
Download | 7:30 | 6.9mb
We’ve been talking to Rauno everyday this week and getting some great stories from him! This is our actually interview with him from MTTS Miami.
Little did Rauno know, but Todd kept the recorder running a little longer than the actual interview, so we also got him talking about traction and how it applies to the MINI. He is brilliant!
Enjoy.
By the way, you have registered, right? If you are planning to attend MTTS Boston, Chicago or LA, make sure you do that now!
Download | 17:04 | 15.7mb
Todd and I at MTTS Miami on Saturday! We get a chance to talk to quite a few people and interview Michelle Branch!
So far so good. Our internet connectivity has been lacking this week, which is why the delay.
We have even more audio coming, including some time with Rauno Aaltonen that you are going to love!
Download | 9:09 | 8.5mb
We are all here and to start you off, we went to Bicentennial Park to hang out with about 300 MINI and Mini owners who were treated to a Movie by MINIUSA and MINIs of Miami.
We are off to get Day 2 started! Until I get a chance to get them organized and posted, you can view the photos on my Flickr stream. You can get a sneak peak at the videos here as well.
There will be more later! Plus, we will be making an attempt and doing something live from Homestead! Keep an eye on my Twitter for updates.
Download | 13:28 | 12:4mb
Can you believe this actually starts this week? Here at WRR we are getting pretty excited as you can imagine. Hopefully we’ll be able to share most of that excitement with you as well!
Before going further, do make sure you have registered for the MTTS event you are going to be attending. Besides saving $10, you will get a bag of swag for sure and the proceedes go to local charities. Win-win in my book!
Now, to keep up with all of the action.
- All photos will be on my Flickr, in the MTTS 2008 Flickr group and on Todd’s Flickr
- All videos will be posted to Whiteroof.tv for download and Vidder to watch
- Updates, as they happen, will come from Twitter, including when we broadcast live via uStream.tv
- All audio will, of course, be up on WRR for download with a player on Motoringfile.com.
To make things easier, I have set up a special RSS feed (actually it’s ATOM, but it will work in any reader) that will aggregate Twitter, Flickr, WRR and WR.tv. You can subscribe to that here.
I have already posted our possible live schedule here in case you missed it. Keep in mind that this is very tentative and is very much subject to change. This is where twitter will come in handy to keep up-to-date should things change.
Stay tuned! things are just getting warmed up!
The server that hosts WRR has been a bit unstable this week as I’m sure you have noticed. Yesterday there was a hard drive problem that took about 16 hour to repair and this morning the server had to go through at least 1 reboot to correct a problem with the database server.
For now it would appear, normal service has resumed.
MTTS updates and details to follow shortly!
Our last show before MTTS. Remember we are going to be live from the event and the road! I actually did some testing with a cell connection that you can check out below. Audio is great, video is not that hot. But, if we get a good connection on the road, we’ll try to do video as well.
About the hydrogen pumps in Southern California, check out this Gizmodo article. We spend a bit of time talking about this and what we think the next big thing is actually going to be.
We will be at MTTS at the end of the week. Stay tuned in here, MF and WR.tv for all the action. Complete details for keeping track of everything while we are there and on the road will be coming in another day or two.
And, here is the video sample. Remember, good audio, ok video.
Until MTTS gang…
Woofcast 252:
Download | 13.3MB | 28:48 | WRR @ iTunes
Just Todd and I hangin’ out, talking about news from Motoringfile.com.
We are not 100% sure if Gabe still has a MINI or listens to the show. We are 100% sure he is busier than a one legged man at a pie eating contest, so we are cutting him very huge amounts of slack.
Want to check out the Ultimate Apocalypsemobile? here’s the link.
New special from Outmotoring.com for the month of June. Save $10 on all purchases over $150! Listen up for the code.
Lots of MTTS updates. We will be there this week! That also means no regular shows for a few weeks while we are at Miami and Boston and all places in between. More details to follow later in the week.
Woofcast 251:
Download | 17.4MB | 37:53 | WRR @ iTunes
Yes indeed, you did read that correctly! After many months of testing in our labs we have discovered that we can, for sure, broadcast live audio from the front seat of a MINI to anyone that wants to listen along via uStream.tv. Video was choppy, but we are hoping for a stronger connection then we go in our lab.
All that being said, here is our tentative live show schedule for MTTS Miami, Boston and all places in between. All times are EST and subject to change without us saying a damned thing about it.
- Saturday, June 14th - Live from Homestead at 3:00 EST
- Sunday, June 15th - MTTS Wrap up, Live @ 1:30 EST
- Monday, June 16th - Live@12:00est from the car
- Tuesday, June 17th - Live from the road @ 12:00EST
- Wednesday, June 18th - Live from the road @ 12:00 EST
- Thursday, June 19th - Live from the road @12:00 EST
- Friday, June 20th - Live from the road @12:00 EST
- Saturday, June 21st - Live from MTTS grounds # 3:00 EST
- Sunday, June 22nd - We are hoping for something special at around 1:30 EST
The best way to keep up is to follow me via Twitter or keep an eye on my FriendFeed. I’ll post updates and announcements along the way to keep you up-to-date!
Besides the live shows, we will still be posting audio, video and photos at all the usual places.
Along the way from Miami to Boston we would like to meet as many of you will come out to see us. Let us know! We are already meeting up with a couple of clubs and would like to have all of those details hammered out by early next week so we can get that posted as well.
See you next week!
We start off with some rambling, some MTTS stuff and a reminder that we do accept, quite gladly in fact, beverages of any type.
Todd does go through the hypermiling techniques that he is using to get close to 25mpg out of his 3 Series Wagon in the city. It helps that he is battling with his wife, who is getting 32mpg out of an ‘03 R53! I still have him beat with my 30mpg in the city, but I didn’t want to rub it in.
MTTS is almost here! We are going to be everywhere with our recorders, cameras and laptops posting all kinds of things here and at MF. But, if you want to make sure you get all of it when it happens, here are a few other places to stalk db follow along.
I’ll be posting all of my pictures at Flickr. Videos will be going into the feed at WR.tv and on the web at Viddler. And short updates via Twitter or FriendFeed should Twitter go down. Check the sidebar at my motoring blog for even more ways to follow along.
If you are close to any of the stops along the Miami to Boston Rally, let us know! We would like to do something at every stop. And, they do say the more the merrier!
Woofcast 250:
Download | 13.5MB | 29:22 | WRR @ iTunes
Todd and myself take a quite romp through the last two weeks news from Motoringfile without Gabe since he was otherwise unavailable.
Watch for a new badge coming soon. Details in the show.
Go back and catch our last interview with Gina from MINIUSA if you missed it. It should also be in the feed now. Sorry about that.
Also, most of the MTTS details have been posted including route information for the run from Miami to Boston, including hotel suggestions. All of the bands have been announced as well. You can get all of this information, plus sign up for updates via email or subscribe via RSS at minitakesthestates.com. While you are there, take a minute to 2 to register for the event you are going to attend.
Tomorrow Todd talks hypermiling with his 3 Series Wagon vs. his ‘03 R53. And we rant a little. A show not to be missed!
Watch this space soon for specials only for listeners of WRR from Outmotoring.com.
Woofcast 209:
Download | 14.0MB | 30:23 | WRR @ iTunes
