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2005 JCW MCS with 133,000 miles on it so far.

Yeah, I called them all in, but they left us off in the last 20 minutes (the last 2 "8s")... there was just way too much accident activity, so they didn't have time to mention us at that point. Oh well - what can you do? They still gave us a shout out for the first five (or so) "8s"

That was a lot of fun, Craig! Thanks for setting that up - it was great to get out on a run again, it had been too long.

I presume that spectators need not RSVP with Passport?

...not unless you consider ~5 mph "driving". EDIT: Whoops, wrong event... I somehow thought we were talking about the Christmas parade. Nope, no driving! Park and then decorate!

Shawn Peace was my SA for a while when I used to take my MINI to MINI of Sterling for service. Good guy.

:congrats: :top:

If the others fall through, I am interested (in the entire set). I especially like the fact that they are custom-fit for 1st Gen MINIs. ...then again, they seem to fit quite well in Smokie, too!

As much fun as I am having up here, I am bummed that I had to miss this... the very first club picnic I have missed since joining DCMM about 11 1/2 years ago. I'm glad it went well though!

Nice rhyme, BTW. :top:

Alex - it's great to hear all of the positive feedback on your run - sounds like you did a bang-up job! :top: I hope to make it to your next run. Hopefully I won't be out of town next time.

Well, you'll all be in good company... I read back on the thread and I counted 7 "non-crab" people so far.

All these non-crab eaters (not criticizing that fact, I'm not a crab eater either)... I hope you realize just how much of a crab place Cantler's is. I mean, it's 98% crab shack, 2% other food. I've only ever been there once, with friends who wanted to go, and I definitely felt like a duck out of water because I was the only one in the place (not just in our party, the whole place) who ordered a steak instead. Don't get me wrong, I'd happily tag along there with friends again if I could (and I didn't take up someone else's spot), because although I don't like seafood, that doesn't mean I'm going to be a bad sport with friends who do. ...just be prepared for the overwhelming crab atmosphere!

Ah, OK... wow - that's a long way out of the way... but maybe it is because they want to minimize people getting stuck in heavy rush hour traffic.

Ali - aren't you guys coming up I-95 on your way to Baltimore anyway? Why not just pick up Max on the way? Problem solved! (...or is it just not that simple?)

Consider me in for 2 R53 shirts, one blue, one pink... especially if the pink one is a v-neck.

I'm interested but I'm holding off for a hopeful future R53 front end... I think you'll find that most people (there will be exceptions) would prefer to have the front end of the specific model they own. Us MINI folk can be a bit quirky like that. :angel:

Crap, that really sucks... I hope you got the license plate of the Volvo so it can be pursued by both law and insurance. I don't have a gearbox to offer, I just wanted to make sure you knew that the manual gearbox changed from the pre-refresh R53s (2002-2004) to the refreshed R53s (2005-2006 and also 2007-2008 R52 S convertibles). I don't know if they are interchangeable (they might be!), but the gearing ratio changed with the refresh - it was made shorter, for better acceleration... but that also means higher RPMs (mostly noticeable at highway speeds). Just a heads up. You can look up all of the part numbers at www.realoem.com.

Aww - thank you guys! Ali can start it out for me, and by Baltimore she can hand off to Chris, who can hand off to Melissa by Pittsburgh. I have updated my MTTS registration for the whole thing. Thank you, all 3 of you... I truly appreciate it - so kind of you. I'm going to make sure I can attend MTTS 2018. I've always wanted to do the whole thing one day... maybe that will be the year. :hmmmm:

Do you have any other MINI shapes? Or only the Countryman/Paceman face? It would be really nice to have an R53...

Awesome - tell her Haemish says hi (my name is rare enough, and I'm sure she'll remember me since I keep coming back). Good luck on your exam(s)! :top:

Nice! I've gone there for training 4 separate times since 2001... always the same venue. They do have classes here in the DC area but I believe it's best to get away from your usual environment so you can better concentrate. I'll be back there soon for the MCSE Server 2012 2-week boot camp. Good luck on the CCNA! Is Valerie still running things on-site?

THANK YOU Ali! I'll go ahead and register for those legs today... and I'll update my registration further if anyone else is able to pick up more legs. I totally understand and excuse any "Track-to-Track" people from helping me out though, because I don't expect anyone to deal with the added hassle for a full 2 weeks. :angel:

Bushkill? What a coincidence! I've been there a number of times, and will be there again soon... I wonder if it's for the same reason... it's a pretty small place, now I'm curious - it wouldn't happen to be for The Training Camp, would it?

I'll try to make it.