For those of you that missed it over at MotoringFile, it’s official! MINI United is on for May 11-13, 2012! Click over for the full press release and details that we have right now.

We’ve mentioned this on the show already, but 2012 is shaping up to be a pretty busy year in the MINI Community, and White Roof Radio is going to be there every step of the way! You will be seeing us at Dealer Grand Openings, The Dragon, AMVIV 9 and, with any luck, MINI United. Finally, MTTS has been confirmed for next summer and you know we’ll be all over that, right?

Who’s excited?

There are 4 videos total and all can be viewed at Whiteroof.tv (downloads to follow in a couple of days) or the WRR YouTube Channel.

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!

Full download to follow later today at WhiteRoof.tv.

This episode we cover news, as always, from Motoringfile.com, but not so much with Gabe’s new car pictured here. You can, however, read about it here (pt 1) and here (pt 2).

Plus a quick AMVIV wrap-up.

But what about Woof291? You see, we recorded it live from Vegas. But, if I’m honest, it’s listenable. Not to worry because we did capture it on video. You don’t care about the video, but the audio is awesome and I will be posting that this coming weekend.

Woofcast : Download audio file (woof292.mp3)

Download | 17.3 MB | 37:39 | WRR @ iTunes

We’ve been working hard to get everything up and posted for you! All of the video (so far) is up at WhiteRoof.tv. Here is a sample.

You can check out the photos here. Be sure to do a search at Flickr for AMVIV as there are a TON of great photos from some of the best MINI photographers in the country!

We still have audio and a little more video that you aren’t going to want to miss. We did a live show from AMVIV that some of you caught online plus camera were rolling for the banquet! All of that will be coming up later in the week.

Quite a bit of chatter about my new camera, affair-proofing a MINI, Molly Wood, the weather in Kansas City, Todd sells 2 MINIs and Fireball Tim is selling his.

Then, on to news of the week from Motoringfile, including more making fun of the Clubman Spoiler.

Before we get into the content portion of the show, Robert in Toronto checks in. You can search for his AMVIV videos over at YouTube or check him out at his other podcast at MobileMovie.ca. It’s great fun!

Gabe checks in via satellite phone from an undisclosed location and he talks a little about the 135i he drove last week then Todd and Gabe spend pretty much the rest of the show waxing poetic about all things JCW and then on to talking about cars built in America. No, really.

Don’t forget, AMVIV is coming up at the end of the month and we have some cool stuff planned for those of you that aren’t going to make it. I’ve WhiteRoof.tv updated and warmed up and will be partnering with WRR listener and show producer Sherwin Smith from BehindTheVroom for any video we do. So, get over there and get subscribed!

Finally, if you are going to AMVIV and want Todd to install graphics on your MINI, you should contact him very soon.

Woofcast : Download audio file (woof289.mp3)

Download | 21.2MB | 46:11 | WRR @ iTunes

For those of you that are concerned about the Station Casinos, please be sure to pay very close attention to the first paragraph.

I was just cruising through the attendee list and see that Canada will be representin’ big time, as will the PDX area. Of course, White Roof Radio will be there too.

Hi everyone. I’ve had a few worried emails from people concerned about Station Casinos bankruptcy talks. I just got off the phone with Connie at Palace and she assures me that this is no problem for us. Palace Station will be operating exactly as in prior years for AMVIV and we have nothing to worry about on that front.

On a different but still Palace related note, I convinced her to extend the group rate on the hotel by another week and a half. Our pickup is lower than in past years, so they are willing to work with us to get you the best rate we can. I know that people are concerned about finances and such, but this is a cheap Vegas weekend, especially if you can mostly stay away from the machines and tables.

How to book:

This year, you can book your room online at the group rate. Use this link.

Call the Palace Station Reservations Office at 1-800-634-3101

Use reservation ID “PCIAMV9″ or identify yourself as a Sin City MINI Club attendee

Reservations MUST be made by 2/22/09

All room rates are plus tax.

Discounted rates apply to rooms booked for 03/24/2009 – 03/31/2009.

I want to make sure that you are all aware of the car show this year. In past years, we have held an “attendee voted” car show at the Boot N Bonnet Show with trophies at the Saturday evening banquet. This year, instead, there will be an actual judged car show held at a local charity’s facility in Henderson. The charity is Safe House which helps the victims of domestic abuse. In this economy, domestic abuse often rises while the funding for helping its victims dries up. So the Sin City MINI Club is working with Safe House to help get them some funds while adding something new to AMVIV. If you want to enter your car in the show, you will pay a small entry fee DIRECTLY TO SAFE HOUSE STAFF when you get to the show. This fee will be fully tax deductible as a charitable contribution. If you want to come down and look at the cars, there is will be no fee, though if you want to donate to Safe House, they will gladly accept your donations. The Sin City MINI Club will also be making a donation of some of the AMVIV proceeds to Safe House. Find out more about Safe House at safehousenv.org

To get more spectators to the show, the Poker Run will end at the car show. Please stay around and make the show a success.

We have had a smaller signup of vendors this year than in the past few years. If you go to the vendors page at amviv.com/sponsors.htm and your favorite MINI vendor isn’t listed, contact them and ask them if they are planning on going to AMVIV. They are running businesses, and if they think it will cost them more to attend than they can earn here, it doesn’t make sense for them attend. Let them know that you want to see them here and that you want to buy from them.

We are also tracking a bit behind last year for event registrations. As of Feb 10th last year, we had about 230 cars registered. This year we are at 171. If you are planning on coming and haven’t registered yet, please go ahead and do it. The registration count is something that vendors use to work out if it makes sense to attend and the SCMC uses to work out how many books we need to print and how many registration packets we’ll need to make up. If we get 100 in the last couple of days of registrations, we might run out of books or lanyards or some of the other goodies.

That’s about it for now.

Hopefully, I’ll see you here next month.

Andrew Ross aka Agro

President, Sin City MINI Club www.SinCityMINIClub.com

Coordinator, A MINI Vacation In Vegas www.AMVIV.com