I was back in Ottawa, Canada this past weekend. Check the license plate I spotted on a Cooper. (Note: the pic was taken with the lousy camera on my MOTO SLVR. For such a great phone, you’d think they’d toss in a halfway decent camera. But, no!).
But it’s a terrific license plate for a Cooper. Guess what it wants to be when it grows up?
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The Canadian ‘Special Edition’ MINIs are arriving. The ‘Rallye’ version is an S with Sport and Premium packages. The ‘Competition’ version is an S with those packages, factory JCW and Aero Kit. And we were told there would be no more factory JCWs in Canada. Surprise, surprise, eh?
Oh, the wheels on the Rallye are, as Gabe told us, FLAME SPOKES (sometimes affectionately called The Horeshoe Wheels).
Nice badge on the door pillar. And nice shot of me in the reflection. And nice shot of Howard and Bart, the sales guy, waving to all the nice WRR listeners
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Now this is cool:
A video blog by MINI in Denmark. Well worth checking out. Scroll down to see some pretty good stuff, MINI and otherwise.
Gabe, you know all. What’s the story behind this? It’s worth yakking about on the podcast, methinks.
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Well, this is interesting. As you may know, 6 mos. ago I traded in my ’03 LY/B MCS (known as ‘My Sharona’) for an ’06 AB/S MCS JCW (Checkmate). The ’03 had Randy Webb all over it: pulley, intake, hot wires, the whole shootin’ match.
I was at my dealer yesterday (for some reason ‘MINI Woodbridge’ changed it’s name to ‘MINI Vaughan West’ during a location move) helping with an MCS sale to a friend of mine (you remember the guy with the big, honkin’ Lincoln pick up truck? Believe it or not he’s ordered the last Checkmate package in Canada. Getting rid of the boat. Isn’t that a hoot?).
I learned that my ’03 had sat on the lot for the last six months (a hard sale – out-of-warranty, and all the mods), but it just sold. And it sold to a guy who is going to give it rubber and wheels and take it Targa Newfoundland. And he chose my MINI ’cause the mods had already been done. The car is good-to-go as is! I knew that car was ready to enter it’s golden years.
What is Targa Newfoundland?
It’s the only annual event of its kind in North America. It is a 2200 km long, high quality automotive adventure, held over a seven-day period in September, on the paved roads of the eastern and central parts of the island of Newfoundland. MINIs have done exceptionally well the past couple of years.
The site is: http://www.targanewfoundland.com/
Now, isn’t that a fitting retirement for a MINI? I feel like a proud father!!
(Oh yeah, Gabe? It’s Liquid Yellow, and proud of it!).
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Amidst all the WRR server issues, and db’s dedication to getting us back to normal(!), I thought you might enjoy a little MINIart.
This weekend is the Canada Day long weekend (our national 2/4 Beerfest). Enjoy these typical Canadian winter scenes!
And Happy Birthday, Canada. (Oh, Stanley, what are you doing in Carolina??).
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You just never know what great MINI stuff you’ll see in-and-around the streets of Toronto.
How about this? I’d like to see this Mini under Randy’s control! Todd, should we loan it to him?
(And I don’t know what that weird tornado-like cloud is above the Mini!).
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Now appearing in bus shelters around Toronto, it’s MINI Canada’s latest poster. I thought you’d get a kick out of the message.
Makes you kind of hungry, doesn’t it?
This donut is a little different than the one I showed you here: click it
(db: Why didn’t the link work? Help!!) (fixed it – db)
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You know how I feel about grill badges – I love the suckers! Todd can’t make ‘em fast enough for me.
While tooling around my ‘hood I came across this fantastic auto, with some original grill badges. And how about that license plate, eh?
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OK, call me crazy, but I just want to show off Todd’s badges.
I’m not convinced the paint will be damaged (as my LY/B MINI had large magnetic meatball numbers on each door), but the look you see here may not stay.� After all, who wants to peel off the badges before each car wash?
But those badges sure are standout.� (My official badge holder came into stock today.� They’re somewhat of a rarity in Canada).
And that’s me, robertintoronto@gmail.com, with my Flame Spoke Wheels.� Not Horseshoe.� Flame Spoke, also apparently making an appearance on the Canadian Limited Edition MINI, whatever that is!).
(Oh, and guys:� Shania’s from Timmins, Ontario).
Here we are with #50. We can’t believe it either! Thanks for sticking around and listening. We do appreciate it!
db drives an x3, Todd tries to eat ice while podcasting and is really stretching the birthday out, Gabe makes bacon and everyone decides that monkeys pulling a chariot would be comedy gold! Oh yea, please don’t try to compare the audio quality of any of the TWiT podcasts. Switching from FM Radio to a TWiT cast can blow your ear drums out. Oh yea, we discuss some news too…
Don’t forget to get those Motoringfile Grille Badges and keep an eye on Outmotoring.com for the holders very soon.
Todd did the hard part
Woofcast 50
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