Thanx, I'll take it under consideration. My Mini won't be in till the end of October, but as far as I know the Houston Mini Motoring Society meets very frequently for events. You can go to the metroplexmini website and check out their forums their or go to their official website (which is still under construction). Here are the links:
http://metroplexmini.com/forum/index.php http://www.hmms.cc/
-Brett