6th Annual MINI Club of WNY Road Rally

dedestaud · Motorist

6th Annual MINI Club of WNY Road Rally

Peaces · Member

AHHHH! June 21st is my second daughter's first birthday.

If the date doesn't change I'll have to sit this one out.

dedestaud · Motorist

The date for the 6th Annual MINI Road Rally will be changed to June 28. This will allow the workers more time to get things ready and the weather will cooperate more. These are all tenative since it is still months away. Keep watching the board for further updates. LET'S MOTOR. MINI Club of WNY

yellowmininy · Obsessed (Taking the long-cut)

Minis On Top is also on June 28th this year, and quite a few of us have already committed to that. If there's any way to have it on one of the earlier weekends in June, I'm sure it would make it easier for more of us to attend.

SPDinNY · Motorer

goin to MOT as well...very sorry to hear you changed the date...

TrixieinNY · Motorer

Keeping my fingers crossed for a new new date!

TrixieinNY · Motorer

Is the Rally still planned for the 28th? We're really hoping it will be a different weekend so we can attend!

dedestaud · Motorist

The rally will be on June 28. The rally is being written and it will hopefully be in the East Aurora area. More info will be coming. Let's MOTOR.

xfiveo · Member

Hey Dede...

Being new to "The World According To MINI", could you either point me to where I can find out the details about the "rally'? (don't cha just hate newbies

or just highlight it ? Thanks so much!

dedestaud · Motorist

All the information that you will need to attend the rally will be posted on this site and by contacting Towne MINI when the date draws nearer. We will keep you posted. Thanks, MINI Club of WNY

dedestaud · Motorist

Calling all MINI owners:

MINI Club of WNY would like to annouce our 6th annual MINI Road Rally to be held on June 28 starting @ 8am. Like in past years the rally has been a joint effort between MINI Club of WNY, the rally master, and Towne MINI who have always supported our rallies. This year is no different. For this year's event the rally will begin @ Towne MINI with registration starting @ 8am. The rally itself will begin @ 10:00 sharp. The cost of the rally will be $15.00 pre-registration with checks mailed to: Diane Stauder, 410 High St., Lockport, New York. 14094 or $20.00 the day of event.

1st prize will be a $50.00 gift certificate to Towne MINI. (They have some cool items!)
There will also be a 2nd and 3rd prize. The prizes will be displayed the morning of the rally.

This year we will be taking in the beauty of the southern tier. In past years we have been traveling north so we felt a trip down south would be ideal. The route will take us from Towne MINI to East Aurora and ending up at "EARL's" for lunch. Towne MINI has graciously offered all the rally participants lunch for their hard work in completing the rally. "EARL's" has been on the news lately being the fact that after they closed they decided to reopen so this will be fitting for our lunch to be at "EARL's"!

As we approach closer to the rally date and more info is known please keep logging on to this site and if anyone has any questions as to the rally please email me @
dianestaud@earthlink.net. If you plan on attending the rally please let us know so that we may give "EARL's" a head count. Also if you would like to participate in the rally you will need a navigator and driver. The rallies in the past have all been great fun and they have all turned out great so shine up your MINI and meet us @ Towne on June 28!

MINI Club of WNY (This is a "once a year" event. If you miss it you will have to wait a WHOLE year for the next one!)

Peaces · Member

That sounds great. It will be nice to be close to home. Earl's has excellent burger and fries. I am really looking forward to it.

MJB MINI · Motorist

I wrote a previous post about Earls being closed then saw that they are reopening.

-- Edited by MJB MINI at 08:15, 2008-04-27

BOSS10L · Motorist

Woo hoo, sounds like fun. Last year's rally was the first time I test drove a Mini, so it will be cool to be there with Kassy!

Liz · Member

Sounds great! I'll be doing the rally again this year - this will be the 4th mini rally that I've done and the first in my new Cooper S

Davenicity · Member

Count in Dave & Little Em'ly!!!

Cogman · Member

Dave,
Barb and I will be there! Look forward to seeing you again! Bill aka Cogman

amymini · Newbie (Taking the short-cut)

I'm a new member...count me in! Sounds like a blast. Maybe my husband will even let me drive!

MJB MINI · Motorist

We will hopefully be there also. I have to double check with my husband. My husband won't let me drive when we are both in the MINI he has to drive. The MINI is my vehicle and he only gets to drive it when we are taking a ride at night or on the weekends.

Stoney · Member

Very regrettably, the Bennetts will miss the Rally this year. First one we will have missed. We have a 2:00 wedding in Erie to attend. Hope everyone who attends has a great time. Looking forward to 2009.

George Bennett

Davenicity · Member

Attention! Women who want to drive in the Rally!

Do what my wife, Mary, used to do. Look at your husband, slump your shoulders, and say, "Do you really think we have any chance of winning?? With me navigating?? You want me to be the one reading the map, telling you where to go??? Oh, good luck!!"

She got to drive, every time! biggrin

-- Edited by Davenicity at 20:51, 2008-05-20

MJB MINI · Motorist

Davenicity wrote:

Attention! Women who want to drive in the Rally!

Do what my wife, Mary, used to do. Look at your husband, slump your shoulders, and say, "Do you really think we have any chance of winning?? With me navigating?? You want me to be the one reading the map, telling you where to go??? Oh, good luck!!"

She got to drive, every time!

-- Edited by Davenicity at 20:51, 2008-05-20

I will definitely try that my husband hates it when I navigate

MightyMo · Motorer

Just got our 2008 Cooper S on Thursday. Wifes Car. She drove from Towne Mini to first rest stop on 90. Then it was my turn. About half way she goes "you might want to slow down...your doing over 90". Being a guy I said "yes but we are getting 32.8mpg" LOL Yes I did slow down. It drives a little to easy. I might like it better then the Chysler 300 we traded in.
We will be there at the rally. Looking forward to it. The Jeep Wrangler we had a few years ago became boring since it had no real places to go around here.

Scott

-- Edited by MightyMo at 07:56, 2008-06-01

dedestaud · Motorist

Attention MINI Owners,

Just three weeks til our 6th annual MINI Road Rally. Remember that if you would like to save $5.00 on the entrance fee you need to mail a check for $15.00 to:

Diane Stauder
410 High St.
Lockport, N.Y. 14094

There has been a slight change in the route. Due to unavoidable road construction
we will be ending the rally and having lunch at COLDEN LAKES RESORT restaurant and Deli. It will still be sponsored by Towne MINI. Every driver will receive a dash plague and a chance to win the grand prize of a $50.00 gift certificate to Towne MINI. So remember:

Rally Date:
June 28

Place to Meet:
Towne MINI

Time to Meet:
8:00am

You will need a driver and navigator, a good pair of eyes, a MINI, and an empty stomach. Hope to see as many MINIs as possible for MINI Club of WNY's 6 annual MINI Road Rally. LET'S MOTOR!

-- Edited by dedestaud at 19:05, 2008-06-04

sparklingsilver · Newbie (Taking the short-cut)

Hi,
I'm new. Dexter is my Clubman. I'm a first time MINI owner and lovin it! I will try to get my husband on board with this Rally.

So, it's a contest?

MJB MINI · Motorist

We will hopefully be at the rally my MINI is at Towne being serviced. We are not sure yet what is wrong. Mark will call on Monday to let me know what they found out. We dropped ZIGGY off on Friday about 5:00 pm and I miss him. A warning icon came on when I started the car and when I shut the car off. When I called Towne they were great and let us bring him in on the same day. We went to a Buffalo Bison game that night so we figured that it would work out if we brought him in on Friday.

dedestaud · Motorist

Yes, you could call it a contest. It is a race in the sense that you will be given a set of instructions on where to go. Along the route there will be answers to a list of questions that will be handed out at the beginning of the rally. The winner of the rally will be determined by the most correct answers. If there is a tie then the winner will be determined by the shortest distance as noted by the odometer from the beginning of the rally to the end. So destination for June 28 is Towne MINI @ 8am and lunch will be @ Colden Lakes Resort Restaurant & Deli. Time to get the Turtle Wax out! Let's MOTOR.
MINI Club of WNY

Charva · Motorist

dedestaud wrote:

Yes, you could call it a contest. It is a race in the sense that you will be given a set of instructions on where to go. Along the route there will be answers to a list of questions that will be handed out at the beginning of the rally. The winner of the rally will be determined by the most correct answers. If there is a tie then the winner will be determined by the shortest distance as noted by the odometer from the beginning of the rally to the end. So destination for June 28 is Towne MINI @ 8am and lunch will be @ Colden Lakes Resort Restaurant & Deli. Time to get the Turtle Wax out! Let's MOTOR.
MINI Club of WNY

You ROCK Diane!

I'll pay up the day of the event.......I need to procure a worthy navagator.......brb,

Dave biggrin

indygirl · Member

MJB MINI wrote:

We will hopefully be at the rally my MINI is at Towne being serviced. We are not sure yet what is wrong. Mark will call on Monday to let me know what they found out. We dropped ZIGGY off on Friday about 5:00 pm and I miss him. A warning icon came on when I started the car and when I shut the car off. When I called Towne they were great and let us bring him in on the same day. We went to a Buffalo Bison game that night so we figured that it would work out if we brought him in on Friday.

We were at that game too!!!! Did you find out what was wrong with Ziggy? He is still so new! I should have mine in less than a week. I am very excited!

MJB MINI · Motorist

indygirl wrote:

MJB MINI wrote:

We will hopefully be at the rally my MINI is at Towne being serviced. We are not sure yet what is wrong. Mark will call on Monday to let me know what they found out. We dropped ZIGGY off on Friday about 5:00 pm and I miss him. A warning icon came on when I started the car and when I shut the car off. When I called Towne they were great and let us bring him in on the same day. We went to a Buffalo Bison game that night so we figured that it would work out if we brought him in on Friday.

We were at that game too!!!! Did you find out what was wrong with Ziggy? He is still so new! I should have mine in less than a week. I am very excited!

ZIGGY is all better now biggrin

He had some faults but nothing major like Mark said this is something that could have happened at the factory. I have ZIGGY back I picked him up on Tuesday. I bet your excited, so when do you pick up your MINI?