I keep telling you that MINI of Ontario is pretty cool, right? Here is yet another reason why.

They have a WC-50 MINI on the showroom floor right now! To help celebrate that car and possibly hold a silent auction, they invited a bunch of MINI owners out for a round of miniature golf! Held at the Scandia Amusement Center directly across the freeway, we started off shotgun style, playing 17 holes of volcanos, castles and swinging things. The 18th hole, of course, is reserved for that special hole that wins you a free game!

It was a great way to spend a brilliant Southern California morning. Once we finished, we motored back over to MINI of Ontario where they had a full food spread setup for us on the giant covered patio/service drive. The air hockey table was fired up and could be heard over the sound of vuvuzela’s from the World Cup match playing on the big screen LCD TV that hangs outside!

Once lunch started, it was my turn to be put to work by calling out winners for raffle prizes. Car care products and MINI swag were given away as well as some cool gift cards for the winners of the golf tournament! The only thing left was the silent auction for the WC-50.

About that; there were a few bidders on that MINI, but none of them showed. You know what that means, right? Yes boys and girls, MINI of Ontario still has a WC-50 for sale! If you are looking for the most unique and rare of all MINI Coopers, this is the car for you. Hand painted using a two step process, special leather interior and all of the John Cooper Works goodies you like (including the go fast engine parts) and individually numbered make this MINI very special. More so than Todd’s beloved GP if you can believe that! If you are one that just has this car in your driveway and your local dealer doesn’t have one, give them a call at (888) 743-4041 and talk to sales manager Dan. Hurry! It won’t last long!

Thanks again to MINI of Ontario for putting on such a great event! These guys do it right!

Getting close to closing out February and it would seem that you folks out in White Roof Radio land are still enjoying this little dog and pony show that Todd, Gabe, Chad and I put together every week. Click the graphic above to see that WRR is currently holding down the #6 spot for audio automotive podcasts! That’s better than Car & Driver, all of the Motortrend shows and Autoblog!

You rule!

We’ve got a big month coming up that you aren’t going to want to miss! First up, I will be at MINI of Ontario for the blood drive on February 27th. If you think you are going to make it, RSVP on Facebook or call Colin at 909.390.1818 to let him know you are coming. It’s going to be pretty awesome.

If you haven’t been over there yet, here is a short video to give you a taste of how cool it is!

After that, Todd and I will both be back at MINI of Ontario on March 6th for their Grand Opening! It’s going to be a HUGE party that you won’t want to miss! Bonus, if you aren’t in SoCal, you might not have too. Stay tuned for details coming. UPDATE: If you are planning on attending, please RSVP on Facebook or email rsvp@miniofontario.com.

Finally, at the end of March we will all be at AMVIV! We say this every year, but we honestly think that this is the year you are not going to want to miss! It is going to be EPIC!

Thanks for listening, thanks for sticking with us and thanks for spreading the word. It’s because of you, the fine White Roof Radio listener, that we do this!

To help celebrate 4 years of the Woofcast, SCMM, one of the largest MINI Cooper Clubs in the nation, has published an article about us in their latest newsletter.

If you are in Southern California, this is the only club to join. Great events, great people and always a good time. I should know, I’m member number one!

Check it out, on page 3, here (pdf download)

That’s right, WRR is starting something new! After spending sometime with Chad Miller from Detroit Tuned during Woofcast 301, we thought it would be fun if we could get you, the WRR listener, to send in questions that Chad could answer. As it turns out, you think it’s a good idea too, based on the great feedback we’ve received this week!

Here’s the dealio. If you have a question about modifying, repairing or maintaining your MINI, shoot that over to askchad@whiteroofradio.com or call the WRR voicemail line at (206) 202-3252. When we get enough questions, we’ll get Chad back on the show to get those questions answered.

To start with we are shooting for twice a month. But, if we get enough questions, we might do it weekly!

Update…We are done and are pleased with the results. For those of you that came by to check us out, thanks! I’m sure this is something we will do in the future.

In the past we have used uStream.tv for our live shows with the comments are Motoringfile. While that worked kinda ok, it wasn’t the best solution. We are hoping that Talkshoe will better suit our needs, even tho the audio quality isn’t quite as good and there isn’t video.

To listen along at home, just follow the links to our page on TalkShoe and click Listen Now. No need to sign up or anything. However, if you want to join us in the chat room or possibly have the chance to call in, you will need a free account. It only takes a minute and I think the added benefits are definitely worth it!

We’ll talk to all y’all later tonight!

Sent in by WRR listener CJupin.

It might be a little blurry, but you can see it, right there. Better than seeing the NYT anyway.

Thanks Chris!

But, you might be asking yourself, what about Facebook db? Why isn’t WRR over there?

We are now.

Saw this and thought you guys would get a kick out of it!

Fantastic! Thanks Brian!

So, we picked up our new baby complete with many JCW add-ons including the JCW leather/Alcantara steering wheel that we heard about on whiteroofradio podcast and read about on MotoringFile. MyMini added the finishing touches that truly made our Mini unique. We also got the iPod adapter in the car and the first thing we listened to was of course a whiteroofradio podcast followed by Gordon Lightfoot’s “The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald” they sounded great on the Harman Kardon stereo system.

Thanks Steve772! Keep it up gang!

We’re watching. If you mention WRR, at the very least you WILL get posted here!

If you haven’t shared your ‘Story’ for possible inclusion on MINIUSA.com, you can do that here. (Owners lounge login required).

As many of you know, we are rapidly coming up on show #100! In fact, we will be recording it next Thursday, October 5th.

For the occasion, the entire WRR team will be on that night. Myself, Todd and Gabe as usual, plus Michael and Robert! It should be a lot of fun!

I will be setting up a live audio chat room that will hold up to 100 listeners for this event! It’s going to be first come, first served.

If you are interested in listening in as we do this, you will need a program called Skype (www.skype.com) and a way to listen. The download is free and it is available for Windows, Mac and Linux.

You don’t even need a microphone for this. Just a set of headphones or speakers to listen in. This will primarily be listen only (since it’s our first time) but if you have a microphone, I have a few ideas for some fun stuff.

If you are interested in listening in, download and install Skype by following the link above. Then, check back next Thursday at 6:00PM PST (02:00 GMT I believe) for details on how to get connected so you can join us.

It should be a lot of fun! If this is something that works well, we might use it more in the future.

I actually wanted to take this time to recap the week in pictures. There are lots of excellent pictures getting posted around the MINI Community and I wanted to get a few samples posted here!

For all of the picture sets, you can use the ‘N’ key to move to the next picture, the ‘P’ key to go to the previous picture and the ‘X’ key to close.

We’ll start with Michael’s photo gallery. He has over 100 pictures of some amazing automobiles from the Historics.

You can see all of Michael’s photos here

Next up is new GP owner Ian Cull with his galleries. Don’t forget, he is also blogging the entire trip over at gpmini.net.

You can see all of Ian’s photos here as he continues on MTTS. And you should subscribe to his blog as he chronicles his journey here and here

Then there are the Flickr’s. From the MTTS Group Flickr, with well over 200 photos and counting. Here are a few of the newer images

There are really too many great pictures there to list!

Of course, our buddy J/C has posted some photos he snapped

You can see all of J/C’s pictures here and on his here

Of course, you already saw db’s contribution to the photo fun, right?

That should be enough picures to keep you busy for a while. Don’t forget to check back to theose galleries (especially Ian’s and the MTTS Flickr) as they will be getting updated further along the way.

If you would like to give us your take on MTTS, by all means, call that in. If I get enough next week, we’ll do this again. It’s your chance to get your words heard!

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db plays back some voicemails. Some trash talk for the MPG game (get the details here). You should go ahead and program the Whiteroofradio voicemail number into your cell phone now so when you are out during MTTS, you can play along! The number is (206) 33-WHITE (206-339-4483).

Otherwise, check back this coming Thursday, August 17th, for the beginning of our comprehensive coverage of MINI Takes the states!

db did the hard part

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This one from jSchwa, who actually put a WRR decal on his Mercury Cougar…

Watch for this and more on the show off page this weekend.

Thanks Jason!

Ok, who’s next?