LostDenverite
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NOPE! no guard rails.
A stone or rock here and there but nothing else.
I am SO glad that it was only MINIs, and the Park ranger vans leading and following the group. I cannot imagine doing that road in the middle of the summer, 85+ degrees, and cars going both directions. That is CRAZY. :stupid:
As it was, I don't think we got out of 2nd gear the whole way up and most of the way down. They keep telling you to say your brakes and clutch. It was still a blast!
Lots of roads like that in the Rockies - but a whole lot cooler than 85 degrees, closer to 65/70 (by day)
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To you I say.... who wants to go that early?
Individual preference. I don't care to start my days late. It means more traffic and I've too many things to do on Sat before the masses get moving.
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Should this be updated with details from the MoMoCo invite? Specifically that the time is much later?
Join us on our OPENING WEEKEND of our new home for a country style shin-dig and barbecue on Friday, June 28th and Saturday, June 29th from 9am til 5pm!
?!? You mean the time should be moved to earlier(?) It starts at 9A and the M&G is scheduled to start at 9:30A.
The MOCO event runs longer than the M&G, but who (besides Celia
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I'm arranging the Dragon Back trip for 5 July. I am going to get up early and drive out that way... stay the night and do some National Park Visiting the next day. Apparently, it's pretty beautiful out that way. Plus a couple hundred bucks in food, gas, and lodging is worth it.
Everyone is invited to drive out if they want to come... I mean seriously, whats a better way to celebrate freedom and democracy from the UK than driving our English Born cars?
Sounds apropo, but I'll be on my annual pilgrimage in Denver the week of July 4th.
Do have a safe and enjoyable run.
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Won't make it unless my current event gets rained out.
everybody should come, this will be the last M&G in the old build, the big move is June 24th!!EH?!? Old building?? Where are you moving too?
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Howdy and welcome.
As already stated there are several of us DCMM members that are also C3M members, and their next meetup is in Columbia on June 29 (
)I'm in Laurel/Columbia almost every Sat so if I see you, I will wave from my HzB Clubman. You're supposed to wave to MINI owners on the road (even if they don't wave back).
Looking forward to seeing you at the next event and on the road.
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Mine arrived today. Now to move some whiteboards so it can hang over my desk
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Welcome welcome.
I hear the brakes on the GP are even more aggressive than what you were upgrading too, so you're really loving the braking power...and acceleration...and cornering...and...:-)
I look forward to seeing you at an event soon, if you can stop zooming long enough :-))
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I've got an original Nook, I wonder if the same thing can be done on it?
Here's the way I did it: https://www.n2acards.com/
There are forums that show you ways to manuall DIY, but I spend more at Starbucks in a week than I spent on this card.
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My daughter has a Color Nook I jacked to work as an Android tablet which she never uses if that will work. Let me know.
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First time on The Dragon I was focused on staying on my side. But as I got comfortable with my new coilovers and sway bar keeping me stuck to the road I pressed my MINI harder.
At one point my stomach did flip-flops...but my MINI held! As I drove faster I felt the corners of my mouth turning up until I realized I had a maniacal grin on my face.
Will look to go back and spend more time outside Fontana. There is LOTS more worth doing there other than The Dragon (IMHO).
P.S. - was on Rock Creek early this morning having Dragon flashbacks...but the mobile DC speed camera quickly fixed that!
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Got near home around 3P, stayed out to run errands, wash my MINI (even though I know the rain we left behind is on its way here :-( and get dinner. Noooooo desire to return to work tomorrow.
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I hope I can survive these next 3 days of work...FML
THREE days of work?!? We're supposed to be in Fontana in approximately 48 hours from now. I take it you're going later than sooner?
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Yeah, I think I was comfortable with two pair of shoes - my flip flops and my other shoes....
Picked up my replacement boots last weekend, getting them broken in this week. Will have to buy shower shoes/flip-flops.
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I am so ready & so NOT ready
for MOTD! DITTO! I was thinkin this morning I've 101 things to do to prepare, but at the same time I am booked with events day and night right up until I leave on Tue eve/Wed morn. I'm already feeling a late departure as I expect to have to get everything done at the last minute on Tue after work
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ya i think i know where your talking about, but like steph i to can be directionaly challenged:top:
Yeah, we wouldn't want you ending up at the wrong "dealership" again :-))
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Mine does that too. Regularly. Then it tells me to make illegal u-turns. Then it recalculates and gets all slow and confused :banghead::banghead: ... must be an 07 thing!
Don't think so. I know a '12 coupe owner who has had MINI pay for her Garmin because the nav was soooooooo bad.
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Actually, you can download Google Maps in iOS 6.
I know, I already have it, but it's a separate app. I like it the way it works now: I click an address and it opens in the "old" native Google Maps. I don't want the extra step of copy & paste or re-type it in another app. And (so far) the "upgrades" in iOS6 don't mean anything to me (although my daughter keeps telling me "all of the cool new things" I'm missing). I expect I'll get assimilated when I upgrade from my 4s, but I'll probably hold off on that a bit longer than usual too as the 5 also doesn't offer any additional functionality that warrants the expense (also to my daughter's distress as she has to wait for me to upgrade before she can get upgraded by receiving my old iPhone).
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It wouldn't surprise me if our stupid fac nav GPS took her that way. or the wrong way on the one way).
:rofl::rofl::rofl:
Yeah, I've heard several stories about the unreliable MINI nav. One reason I maintain using my iPhone (which I haven't upgraded to iOS6 specifically so I can keep Google Maps as the native map app). I don't use turn-by-turn or voice instructions, I just usually look at the suggested routes and go from there.
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Old school shot, but it's good Spring Fling MINImorabilia for me (even got the Lotus in
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?? Starts May 1st.
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What are the pro's and con's of the Bentley vs. Haynes manuals? Would one fit Catalina's needs more than the other?
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Sway bar arrived today, coilovers still on track for delivery tomorrow.
MOT - MINIs On Top 2013 (Mt. Washington, NH)
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So now that you have a MINI you could appreciate the switchbacks, no guardrails, steep drop offs (and beautiful views...although I am a bit biased...just a wee bit :-)