Tell us YOUR story!

[scuzzlepook]

Mark, we are now tied at 4 MINI's , who will be the next one to go to 5 ?

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Jeff

Ok, since one is actually your daughters, Ill still let you have 4... but if i count T in, we would be at 6 in household...

Try again, Jeff!

Ok, I guess I will give you that one , but this is not over.

Suhweeeeet!!! I am so up for this challenge!!!

[deemotored]

OMG I can just see the two GPs racing to the dealer and them running to the door and trying to get thru it at the same time and getting stuck and then they get thru somehow and run over to the nearest sales person and both yell ME FIRST ME FIRST as they grab brochures and say any MINI will do any color any style what do you have oh my god ME FIRST!

[OPC]

OMG I can just see the two GPs racing to the dealer and them running to the door and trying to get thru it at the same time and getting stuck and then they get thru somehow and run over to the nearest sales person and both yell ME FIRST ME FIRST as they grab brochures and say any MINI will do any color any style what do you have oh my god ME FIRST!

Naw, it won't happen like that. Teresa will trip Jeff & that'll be that.

[scuzzlepook]

OMG I can just see the two GPs racing to the dealer and them running to the door and trying to get thru it at the same time and getting stuck and then they get thru somehow and run over to the nearest sales person and both yell ME FIRST ME FIRST as they grab brochures and say any MINI will do any color any style what do you have oh my god ME FIRST!

Naw, it won't happen like that. Teresa will trip Jeff & that'll be that.

Very close, Jose... HOWEVER, my version would go like this:

As Dee says above, all that stuff will happen. BUT... as we were approaching the door, I would do something to woo them and get their attention focused elsewhere. Like little puppy dogs with their tongues sticking out and totally in a trance, I would run to the salesperson and beat both of them there.

I WIN!

[Pipsqueak]

I am so there to watch, may even help T

[azminiman]

nope,, your all wrong. No need for all this.. We are up 2 on Jeff..no need to run, trip, push,shuv, stop and look at naked girls, kick, throw stuff at, Ok,stop and look at the girls, to get there first.. Plus, if it did come to this, I would still win. I live closer

[OPC]

So, it all started with a little MG Midget I drove for a semester in college. It was a maroon 1980 soft-top with a wimpy motor, too many miles on the odometer, a penchant for transmission problems, and the typical british electrical system -- you know the kind where the headlights dim when you turn on the wipers. It was true love. As a project and weekend car it would have been the perfect little roadster, as a daily commuter...well, let's just say it had personality. Alas, the maintenance costs were more than my college budget could bear and we parted ways. But it left behind an indelible impression: given a choice it was to be a european coupe or bust.

Well, several *sensible* autos later, I find myself in need of a new vehicle. Lo and behold the MINI was introduced. I stared. I goggled. I googled. I admit it, I drooled. Supercharger. Must have the supercharger. I plotted, I pondered.

I finally went to the newly opened NW MINI dealership outside Seattle, where I was politely ignored. After poking around the classic Mini they had in the showroom, I inquired about a test drive. Though put out to be interrupted from reading her magazine, the receptionist did me the *honor* to inform me that the waiting list to test drive was 2weeks long and MINIs were backordered for the next 9months. Hmm. I was getting the sense she didn't particularly care one way or the other where I spent my money. I have since come to understand this is what is called *a seller's market*. Bastiches.

Well, need and *sensibility* reared its ugly head and I went with a little SAAB 9-3 turbocharged coupe. It wasn't a MINI, but it had its own brand of quirky, a rich history, and a somewhat friendly on-line community. Thankfully, it would look no more dignified than the MINI with an elk strapped to the roof. Hey, at least I managed to avoid one of those soul-less Japanese cars. No offense.

During my tenure with Annika (SAAB) a couple of buddies managed to pick up an R53. It was cute, it was fast, it was NOT MINE! But it kept the fires from dying out.

Several years later, my little Annika (SAAB) was becoming a bit of a maintenance problem and I found myself once again looking at autos here in the Valley. I looked at vehicles including a SAAB (4doors only anymore ), a Volvo C30, a Toyota FJ Cruiser (for hauling aforementioned fictitious elk ). The MINI I put off looking at until last -- sensibility being a demanding mistress. The other vehicles fell by the wayside as I considered my requirements and expectations. But eventually, it came time to drive the MINI. Hmmm, turbocharged now. I know turbochargers. It was a long time in coming, but I finally got to put a MINI into gear and turn her loose. Well, it was just as my *sensibility* mistress feared ; thoughts of other cars evaporated like so much water on the melting bonnet scoop. I had found my MINI at last. She was perfect: Chili Red (a good traditional rally color), with leather (sooo nice ), she was a stick shift (is that Freudian?), and when I floored the accelerator, her little turbocharged engine played a nice little tune as she introduced herself as "Piper".

[scuzzlepook]

[-X nope,, your all wrong. No need for all this.. We are up 2 on Jeff..no need to run, trip, push,shuv, stop and look at naked girls, kick, throw stuff at, Ok,stop and look at the girls, to get there first.. Plus, if it did come to this, I would still win. I live closer

**clears throat very loudly** WHO would win, honey?

[deemotored]

Jose, your story was so fun to read! I love the emphatic smileys.

[Luckiee's Son]

Hehe, yeah! I just noticed how many there are!

[OPC]

Jose, your story was so fun to read! I love the emphatic smileys.

Hehe, yeah! I just noticed how many there are!

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[isellem]

glad i could be apart of so many peoples fond memories of getting there car... gosh i look terrible in that pic... but I am happy to be there!

glad that unfortunate circumstance just happened to have happened for you Mark...

[AZMINIS]

glad i could be apart of so many peoples fond memories of getting there car... gosh i look terrible in that pic... but I am happy to be there!

glad that unfortunate circumstance just happened to have happened for you Mark...

Remember I was your first sale when you became a MA at MINI. My 2003 Electric Blue 'S' , still my favorite one.

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Jeff

[azminiman]

glad i could be apart of so many peoples fond memories of getting there car... gosh i look terrible in that pic... but I am happy to be there!

glad that unfortunate circumstance just happened to have happened for you Mark...

I know,, You were the one to ultimately make it happen!! You D man Justin!!

[isellem]

well, i have ALL of you to thank!

yup, Jeff was my first sale! One of my favorite colors too! (you know I am a MINI enthusiast because I don't think a true MINI enthusiast can have just one favorite color!) ohh and I think its awesome that your daughter got here MINI! (your a good dad )

I sold Dan there gold cooper long ago and tried to get him a job at the store but the "regime" wouldn't allow it. I still feel kind of bad for the mix up we had with the 15 inch wheel mix up... (i remember) and it was an honest mistake that to my recollection we made right.

Ohh ya... I sold Scott his R56 too! I was able to get him one of the very first R56 available!


I was delivered Kalvins car to him if I remember correctly... i remember him taking delivery... the whole fam. was there!

I sold Don (Elwood) his mini... not sure if he comes on here but i know he gets business from the club...

I sold Tuls and StOOpid there MINIs!!! that was a blast!

I sold dragonflyer his two cars!!! His first and his R56 (he has had the classics in between)

I sold Dominic his R56 and have seen him in his best and worst situations! (I think I felt for you the most when you were planning the first AMVIV, but he was ecstatic when he got his R56)



Ya... glad I could help you out on your GP Mark! Im so glad that it went to big enthusiast, and one who gives back to the MINI community (hows that garage coming along?).

I gotta say... I might be back... I think I might do another MINI race car... I am thinking more of a road race car this time around but with my drag cars power!!!!

anywho...

thanks again for all of the great memories and stories guys!

(if i didn't list you please forgive me... i do remember you, I just am not sure if you are on the DMC boards or not)

also, I gave just about every one of you your first ride in a MINI!!! That was the best job! You got to make people excited all day by driving fun cars and sharing a great experience with them. it was an absolute blast! ( I think everyone thought I was a crazy driver when I took them on the first part of the drive where I cornered, accelerated and braked hard)