Lots of news this week from MotoringFile and we go into quite a bit of detail about most of it.
Oh yea, a little more information about MTTS. It’s going to be fantastic this year and we believe it’s an event you are definitely going to want to add to your calendar.
The Ask Chad Mailbox is all cleared out and ready for your questions! Send those over to askchad@whiteroofradio.com to get it into the queue.
Finally, MINI of Ontario is having their grand opening party this coming Saturday! Todd and I will both be there hosting the party and will follow it up with a White Roof Radio Listener meetup. There will be details by Thursday here, on Facebook and on Twitter.
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MINI USA’s rolling festival of all things MINI is back for 2010. After sitting on lots of details over the past few months we can finally report what we know.
After much deliberation MINI USA has decided to combine the best parts of the last two events and combine them. The event will start with a handful of events around the country in major cities. From this point there will be a rally (aka a cross-country road trip similar to MTTS ‘06) from the starting point to a central location. What we can finally confirm that that central location will be Denver Colorado. Once there attendees will be treated to a two day festival including many of the activities we’ve seen at both MTTS and MINI United over the years. We expect this to culminate in a headlining concert on the last night. This final festival will take place on August 6th through the 8th.
We’re still getting details on the starting points and their associated dates but rest assured you’ll hear it all here first.
And one more thing, expect to see something not seen on US streets before. Both on the rally routes and at the event.
Yes, ladies and gentlemen, you have found the World Famous White Roof Radio. We noticed that it has been a bit since we have done a ‘real’ show. Now that MTTS is finished, we should be getting back on track next week.
For tonight, we covered a few of the stories from Motoringfile.com and close out MTTS.
Now that MTTS is finished, be prepared for us to focus our energy on MINI United 2009, happening in England. If you don’t have a passport, now is a great time to get that taken care of. And, as more details become available, we will have them first!
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The last update from MTTS 2008. We talked to a bunch of people including Jim McDowell, Peter from M7, Fireball Tim and Vertical Horizon.
If you missed any of our MTTS Coverage, you can find it all here, my photos from LA here and photos from the East Coast trip here.
it’s been a lot of fun this year and we hope you were able to join in on some of it! Big thanks to the folks at MINIUSA and RA Events for not only running such a great event, but for having us along and being so hospitable!
We are back tomorrow night with our first Woofcast in a while and normal service should resume this week.
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Todd still has some audio from LA, but here is the first bit. The rest should be up before the end of the week.
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This past weekend at MTTS, WRR celebrated 3 years of podcasting about the MINI Cooper!
To help celebrate, MINIUSA and RA Events went out and got us a cake. Then, brought us on stage Saturday afternoon before Vertical Horizon to get everyone to sing happy birthday. It was very awesome!
Thanks to everyone for listening and staying with us! Here’s to 3 more years.
Watch for the last of our MTTS coverage coming up this week.
Todd in Chicago having way to much fun talking to some of the 1,000 MTTS attendees from all over the event site.
Including an interview with Harold Stanfield, who has 281,000 miles on his MINI. And its Silk Green! He didn’t even replace and brakes until after 180K miles. Amazing. So concludes our Chicago coverage.
Only 1 MTTS stop left. Both Todd and I will be there and it’s looking to be a great party! Keep an eye out for 1 more update about LA later today.
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This past Saturday at MTTS Chicago Todd got the chance to interview Edgar from Bosch about the MINI Cooper Diesel they have in the US for testing.
It’s a great conversation about a car we don’t yet get but everyone (it would appear) wants. Hopefully they will have it in LA for us to check out.
Watch later in the week for more from Chicago from Todd.
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More in our continuing MTTS 2008 coverage. This time, Todd and I talk from Road America!
We got the chance to talk to some listeners and about the event. I think you’ll enjoy this. I have since talked to Todd on the phone and he tells me he has some great stuff coming up for you later in the week, including an interview with the man that has the highest mileage MINI in the United States. Should be awesome!
Don’t forget to stick around next weekend too for the last MINI Takes the States stop from LA! If you are going, be sure to look us up (details to follow later in the week).
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I caught Todd on his way to Chicago earlier today and we spent about 5 minutes talking about what to expect at MTTS Chicago, especially with the JCW MINI.
Be sure to stick around all weekend for updates from Chicago and Road America! Maybe even an interview or three.
And, if you have missed any of our past coverage of MTTS, you can find it all here. Also, be sure to keep an eye out for another LA update this weekend or early next week!
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We are joined again by Gina Koutros from MINIUSA to give us an update for the final 2 stops of MTTS at Chicago and LA.
Those are coming up quick! Chicago is July 25-27 and LA is August 1-3. There is still plenty of time to get get registered. Remember, registering get you a very cool bag of swag, access to all of the events, including being able to drive a JCW MINI on the AutoX course they have set up at each event! It’s a lot of fun gang and I highly recommend it!
If you have any questions about the upcoming events leave them below. Gina will be keeping an eye out for them and provide answers toward the end of next week.
Finally, don’t forget that the LA event also marks the 3rd anniversary of White Roof Radio. Both Todd and myself will be there and we will be ready to make party. Come join us!
Update. For those of you that are wondering, the hotels for LA will The Westin and The Hilton, both in Pasadena. Watch for updates to the MTTS site later today.
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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!
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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.
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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.
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