UKPylot’s MINI Blog

Suddenly I am seeing MINIs everywhere, saw at least 10 today, including a bunch of classics! No, San Diego hasn’t become cool all of a sudden - I am currently back in England where the MINI is definitely popular.

Interesting weather today - got caught out tonight in a blizzard. Temps were down to freezing, horizontal snow, howling winds and lightning in the sky. By the time we got home, temps were below freezing and the road was nice and icy. Its great to be back and away from that SoCA sunshine

Had to share this picture I found at MINI Mania, combines perfectly my love of the MINI and aviation. It reminds me that I need to take some pictures of Sarah next to the Cessna 172s that I fly. But in the meantime, enjoy this and the other pictures in the gallery from whence this came.

Latest news on the Vegas Vacation website suggests the event is going to be a hot one. Goodie bags for all participants, a fun run with door prizes that include a nitrous injection system - vroom! Only two weeks to go.

I got a call from Brecht’s on Friday telling me that the parts are in for my MINI repair. The bad news is that the earliest they can fit me in is Feb 12th!! Must be a lot of faulty BMWs and MINIs out there for them to be that busy. The kicker is that I now won’t have my ABS and DSC working for the Vegas trip, guess I won’t be driving like a maniac.

Saw this on the Bridger MINI forums, a PC built inside a MINI Cooper, new style comes to your desktop. Like others have said, it really should be a Linux or OS X machine, the MINI is too cool to be Windows based.

Took Sarah to Brecht’s today and they looked at the problem with the warning lights. Turns out that the sensor on the right front wheel is broken and needs to be replaced. They have ordered the part and I will go back in a couple of weeks to have it fitted.

Only saw one MINI today, a red with white roof, parked in the tiny mall on Clairemont Mesa where the chipsandmemory.com store is (I was buying a new computer to ship to my parents).

San Diego must be starving for MINIs, I had way more waves, smiles and shouts from people passing by than I have ever had. It doesn’t look like the MINI is getting old hat just yet.

So it took me a long time to decide for sure whether to go but I am finally booked up for the MINI Vegas Vacation, Feb 6th to the 8th. Unfortuantely Teri can’t make it so I’ll be going on my own, hopefully my fellow SCMM’ers will keep me out of mischief. Expect to see lots of pictures after the event.