New to the Mini Club of WNY

VeganBrian · Motorer

RE: New to the Mini Club of WNY

TrixieinNY · Motorer

Brian - I haven't eaten meat in almost 11 years

I've been transitioning to a vegan lifestyle this year and am about 85% there with the intent to get to 100% soon. I post a little on the Post Punk Kitchen forums as fullofveggies. I agree that what an individual eats is up to them, but sometimes it is nice to have the cameraderie of like minded people. Epecially MINI owners! PepperMINI is vegetarian too and we used to have Venno - maybe he will re-change his mind though. biggrin

Lifestyle choices aside, it's nice to have another new MINI owner around, the hubby (SPDinNY) will be very envious of your JCW, it sounds like you're getting the one he wants! When do you expect to take delivery?

SPDinNY · Motorer

every night at 2:43 am I stick a small piece of chicken breast from a can in her mouth while she sleeps.

And then I wait.....

MightyMo · Motorer

SPDinNY wrote:

every night at 2:43 am I stick a small piece of chicken breast from a can in her mouth while she sleeps.

And then I wait.....

Your so bad. smile

-scott

-- Edited by MightyMo at 14:42, 2008-08-11

Venno · Motorer

TrixieinNY wrote:

.... Epecially MINI owners! PepperMINI is vegetarian too and we used to have Venno - maybe he will re-change his mind though. .....

Yeah I think once i settle my feet back in the US I'll revegitarianize or atleast partially...In the mean time I gotta watch so I don't whither away

VeganBrian · Motorer

trixie that is awesome. i didnt think anyone all about minis would be a vegan at least in this area. idk why but there really isnt to many vegan around buffalo area. i only know 6 soon to be 7 :). This wednesday im going into towne to put my order in for my 09 JCW fully blacked out and fully loaded. Im 21 and live with my mom and make a good living with art, i have the money haha. I cant wait till i get my mini then meet up with everyone. Im so excited to just cruise with you all.

P.S. SPDinNY i think its halarious you named such a specific time hahahahaha. You also made yourself sound very creepy hahaha.

and then i wait..........

Mitch · Motorer

I am sure you thought of this, but most MINIs at least to my knowledge come with a leather steering wheel, if that is of concern to you. Also the shift knob is leather. At least this is true on mine.

MightyMo · Motorer

Mitch wrote:

I am sure you thought of this, but most MINIs at least to my knowledge come with a leather steering wheel, if that is of concern to you. Also the shift knob is leather. At least this is true on mine.

He's right! And lets see VeganBrian is 21 years old. Let me think here. Hey VeganBrian you would not be thinking of those nice red and black leather sports seats would you? They really do set this inside of the car off. If not what are you looking for?

Beef all the way! I don't believe in wearing leather shoes, gloves, coats and leaving the rest of the cow behind. That is just inhuman. So the grill is heating up. Did someone say cookout?

-s

p.s. 72 posts biggrin

-- Edited by MightyMo at 14:51, 2008-08-11

TrixieinNY · Motorer

Brian hasn't done anything to push his lifestyle choice on anyone; he hasn't said anything to anyone condemning the way that they eat. And from his pevious posts I don't think that is his agenda here at all.

Can we please stop the discussion of "mmmm meat is so wonderful" and "I love hunting" etc. Just to annoy the veggies around here? I think the antagonism is rather out of line with the spirit of MINI.

MightyMo · Motorer

sorry. I turned the grill down. Waste of gas and all. Did I say gas? Think I'll drive the MINI to the store instead of the Ram 2500 Hemi saves gas. Do like the sound of the HEMI though. It's a Mopar thing you would not understand. LOL wounder if I could take the Hemi and make it the Blower for the 1600L MINI engine. be right back.
..........................................................you are on hold..................scott will be right back.......................please enjoy the music................................

Hello I'm back. The Mini started to cry so I put the HEMI back. LMAO! Besides Maureen would kill me.

-s

p.s. this is post 73 biggrin

SPDinNY · Motorer

Trixie...don't force your veggie loving ways on us HUMANS! We love to eat meat and we entitled to be proud of it! Mighty was saying what he believes. We all have rights.

MightyMo · Motorer

SPDinNY wrote:

Trixie...don't force your veggie loving ways on us HUMANS! We love to eat meat and we entitled to be proud of it! Mighty was saying what he believes. We all have rights.

Now Now... that still does not help me in figuring out how to use the HEMI as a blower for the MINI with out Maureen knowing.

-s

SPDinNY · Motorer

if you love the sound of your Hemi but want to drive the Mini just record it and play back the exhaust audio on your stereo through the aux in

MightyMo · Motorer

Now that would be cool! Yet I still can't do an "endo" with the car.

SPDinNY · Motorer

cut the rear brakes, lighten the back end...add some weight to the front...and do some stoppies!

MightyMo · Motorer

LMAO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
-s

VeganBrian · Motorer

its all good, i deffinitly am not pushing my beleifs, I get it all day from co workers anyways and it doesnt bother me. ill let you all know i am not that type of vegan at all. all my friends eat meat right in front of me and i am not bothered by it. Its strictly for my own body and if eating meat is what you like then i say go for it. All i want is for everyone in this world to be as happy as they can be. About the mini having leather. I am sadly aware of that but that comes along with all cars and cannot be avoided till aftermarket becomes a option once i get my JCW. hehe. Trust me, i have lots of plans for this mini. And i would love to go to a BBQ ill bring some veggie snacks for the fellow veggies and the rest of you can bring your meat and we can all have fun and talk about minis hehehe. then go for a cruise somewhere fun!!!!! in our minis and not hemis haha

Mitch · Motorer

If you don't want your JCW leather seats I would gladly swap you for my leatherette ones.

VeganBrian · Motorer

i was planning on just getting the cloth seats, its the shift boot and steering wheel i have to figure out. i might just have to deal with it for the steering wheel.....

Venno · Motorer

The 'Letherette' in my '06 MCS is really good, I like it more than leather actually.....

TrixieinNY · Motorer

The leatherette is ok, but I really liked the cloth seats in one of the loaners I had from Towne. If I were ordering a new car now I'd go with the cloth.

Craven Speed makes a shift well cover:

silver and black

SPDinNY · Motorer

sorry hun, your birthday presents have been purchased already!

klownkrr · Member

TrixieinNY wrote:

Brian hasn't done anything to push his lifestyle choice on anyone; he hasn't said anything to anyone condemning the way that they eat. And from his pevious posts I don't think that is his agenda here at all.

Can we please stop the discussion of "mmmm meat is so wonderful" and "I love hunting" etc. Just to annoy the veggies around here? I think the antagonism is rather out of line with the spirit of MINI.

We won't push meat on you - promise! I love veggies just as much, but hubby on the other hand ...you'd have to go a ways to get him to not eat meat. You can call him Bacon for short LOL. I think it's wonderful to be able to make a choice! Sue biggrin

-- Edited by klownkrr at 00:43, 2008-08-14

klownkrr · Member

You're a good sport Brian!

VeganBrian · Motorer

hehe, thank you. i promise to never push my views on anyone. If anyone is curious about anything i will explain or tell them why. But thats cause they are interested. From only being on here for 15 days so far i can tell you all are pretty open people. its nice to see that. and i will call your hubby bacon and everyone calls me vegan. No one ever calls me brian anymore haha. only my g/f,mom,bro, and grams. hehe :)

klownkrr · Member

VeganBrian wrote:

hehe, thank you. i promise to never push my views on anyone. If anyone is curious about anything i will explain or tell them why. But thats cause they are interested. From only being on here for 15 days so far i can tell you all are pretty open people. its nice to see that. and i will call your hubby bacon and everyone calls me vegan. No one ever calls me brian anymore haha. only my g/f,mom,bro, and grams. hehe :)

Brian,
Yeah, My sister call Scott "The Baconator". It is pretty funny. Every time he gets his hands on bacon I tell him I can hear his veins clogging up...LOL Trust me, it hasn't helped! I have to hide vegtables and disguise them or he won't eat them. I do a pretty good job of it though! I hid zuccini in a great chocolate cake last week...hehehehe. He ate it! Hey do Vegans eat eggs?
When are you getting your car????

VeganBrian · Motorer

haha the baconator. priceless. Vegan is someone who lives a strict vegetarian lifestyle. A vegan does not use or wear nor consume absolutely nothing that was made from an animal, made BY an animal (ex. honey) or tested on an animal. So things like leather,fur,eggs,cheese,honey,milk, whey, caisen, and obviously any meat cannot be consumed by a vegan.

I am very used to explaining that, haha. I am getting a call back tomorrow about the car and hopefully everything will be figured out and all good. otherwise i get no car. which would suck.

Mitch · Motorer

So I have a question, and it is not meant to be insulting or sarcastic. If being vegan requires no use of animal byproducts, how can a vegan use gas? Gas is includes animal byproducts be it focalized but without sea creatures settling into the depth of the pre-historic ocean gas would not be gas. I know much of it is also plant matter but not all.

Again I do not mean to upset anyone I am just curious to see what you all have to say. It would seem hypocritical to use something that is an animal byproduct just because there is not an convenient substitution.

VeganBrian · Motorer

a vegan lifestyle is something that is chosen and is known to be 100% impossible no matter what you try to do. But being vegan is trying your best to not use or consume animals or by-products. but its impossible to avoid accidental consumpion or accidental use. for Ex. Going to see a movie is not a vegan thing. If they are useing the old movie reels insted of digital then the reel acually has some kind of animal fat in it. Gas is a example also. Certin car parts. Even in certin foods they lie to get you to buy it even though thats illegal. So its pretty much avoiding it to the best of your ability and living the best vegan lifestyle you can with being a comfortable person. Also everyone feels different about different aspects of veganism. Some vegans eat honey. I dont. Some vegans use products tested on animals still. Its all your own take on it pretty much. just like everything else. Ex. religion.

PepperMINI · Motorer

Very eloquently said, VeganBrian.