a little help for another new kid on the block?

xfiveo · Member

a little help for another new kid on the block?

SPDinNY · Motorer

not many particulars except I think registration is open and $20 a person. We booked our hotel already for 52 a night with AAA membership..Though it is 20 miles away. Its 58 for non AAA and a nice looking hotel.
Info for hotel if anyone is interested.

Howard Johnson Inn and Suites Elk Grove Village O'Hare
1925 E. Higgins Road
Elk Grove Village, IL 60007 US
Phone: 847-472-7000

Oh and Welcome to the club!(man?)

yellowmininy · Obsessed (Taking the long-cut)

As far as I know, the only protocol for the club is to be kind to others, especially Minis!

Congratulations on your Clubman, and welcome!

Bagpiper · Motorist

AND don't forget to WAVE to other mini's!!!!!!!

xfiveo · Member

Hey SPDinNY, yellowmininy and bagpiper...

Thanks for the reply. Looking forward to finding a "local event" to meet many of you. Guess my May delivery won't come soon enough.

TrixieinNY · Motorer

Last summer we went to the drive in and had a couple of other meets, including a Watkins Glen run in August. We're excited to meet you and your Clubman! Where do you live?

For more info about what's going to happen at MTTS, look here:
http://blog.minitakesthestates.com/2008/04/whats-it-all-about.html

To get email updates regarding MTTS, sign up here:
http://blog.minitakesthestates.com/2008/04/get-updates.html

And to register ($20/person per city), registration proceeds go to Mini Motoring Hearts:
http://blog.minitakesthestates.com/2008/04/register-here-do-good.html

-- Edited by TrixieinNY at 08:39, 2008-04-16

xfiveo · Member

Hey Trixie...

Thanks for the info. That was actually what I was looking for. It seems I was not able to find any of that thru the MINI site.

I live in the beautiful booming megalopolis of Cheektowaga. OK, so I might have gotten a bit carried away! It seems that I am seeing an obvious presence of the Buffalo group and a Rochester group. When do these groups mix in their activities, or are there more separate functions? That said, are there some "things" coming up in May and June?

yellowmininy · Obsessed (Taking the long-cut)

Pretty much every event is a mix. We have noticed there are more yellow cars out in the winter, with Rochester & Buffalo represented.

There's some Syracuse & Southern Tier folks out there too.

PepperMINI · Motorer

Speaking of yellow MINI's, my sister is a school teacher, and she sent me a message one day that she had picked up a gift for me at the school book fair. I told her that I wasn't sure that was a string of words that interested me, but I'll always accept presents. She came to my house over the weekend, and she brought a big poster of a yellow MINI! It made me think of you, Cathleen.

Oh, and on another note, the Rite Aid that is in Perinton Square Plaza has a rack of die-cast MINI's next to the pharmacy counter for $3.99. There was a silver convertible and a lot of yellow MINIs (amongst other colors). They're the kind of cars that you pull back, and they propel forward. We've been racing them at home (and chasing the cats with them). They're pretty cool; the doors open and close; would be a good stocking stuffer.

SPDinNY · Motorer

does the silver one have viper racing stripes? :D

TrixieinNY · Motorer

SPDinNY wrote:

does the silver one have viper racing stripes? :D

with some black nail polish it could

SPDinNY · Motorer

great. $3.99 for the cars and $5 for nail polish

PepperMINI · Motorer

Some of the cars had stripes. I don't recall exactly the color combos (I purchased a silver conertible and a black hard top b/c they didn't have a black convertible).

You could use a sharpie to put some stripes on it too (you probably have one or two laying around the house).

SPDinNY · Motorer

Pepper I was just messing with my wife. I would probably just use some black electrical tape.