Chris "......... come here and I'll give you one" :eek: pmsl :p :D

did anyone else notice the pics on the walls in the mini lounge were previous 'your mini advernture' winners? nice touch that.


Yeah Me, Charger Pete & Rakey tried to sweet talk Sofie (one of the MINI Girls) to let us 'help them' clear the stand and let us have any of them ;) :D

The North West guys are NUTS !!

i thought we all acted very modestly, with dignaty and decorum!! (not that i can spell either)

we didnt at all decided we own the M6 toll road!
we didnt at all arrive 17hrs early at hams hill and attempt to play footy (we're in every1 photos at hams hill! front row seats!)
we didnt (well i didnt) at all start dancing out of a cooper S sunroof to eiffel 65 (daba de daba :bad::bad:!)
honestly we didnt c how many mini2'ers u can get in a Daewoo Matiz or a jeep wranger, and we definately werent told off for it!! especially not wen we loaded our imaginary hunting rifles and started taking ppl down out the roof the jeep!!! :p
nor did we molest Sir Russ of Swift in a mini2 NW photo!!
or even did we go the the mini open theatre 3 times!!
and we definately didnt go to the last mini show of the motor show jus go mad!! starting mexican waves, dancin in the ayles and hugging mini staff!!

great day! thank all!!

Hello-

Well as normal Firstly big thanks to the Organisers-Sorry to hear about some of the Incidents on the day :( But overall what a great day Everyone had.
MINI show was excellent-BIG thanks to them for putting it all on-Not any other car company can match what was given to us yesterday and Previous days.
What a Fantastic Priviledge to go down to the Arena itself for a Photo shoot (in some cases twice!! ) :p Big thanks to Russ and Paul and the other MINI Crew :D

Anyway-Heres some Pics-They are all of MINI as this is the Highlight of the show and Posting the others is just Duplicating whats been Posted already :) Apart from 1 which is of the Top Gears Toyota Pick up!!!

Thanks

Si.


http://www.mini2.com/gallery/personal/interceptor/35547.jpg

http://www.mini2.com/gallery/personal/interceptor/35549.jpg

http://www.mini2.com/gallery/personal/interceptor/35546.jpg

http://www.mini2.com/gallery/personal/interceptor/35550.jpg

http://www.mini2.com/gallery/personal/interceptor/35551.jpg

http://www.mini2.com/gallery/personal/interceptor/35553.jpg

http://www.mini2.com/gallery/personal/interceptor/35554.jpg

http://www.mini2.com/gallery/personal/interceptor/35555.jpg

LOL @ the Top Gear Truck :p
http://www.mini2.com/gallery/personal/interceptor/35552.jpg

http://www.mini2.com/gallery/personal/interceptor/35557.jpg

Lastly-North West Crew :D
http://www.mini2.com/gallery/personal/interceptor/35548.jpg

i thought we all acted very modestly, with dignaty and decorum!! (not that i can spell either)

honestly we didnt c how many mini2'ers u can get in a Daewoo Matiz or a jeep wranger, and we definately werent told off for it!! especially not wen we loaded our imaginary hunting rifles and started taking ppl down out the roof the jeep!!! :p
nor did we molest Sir Russ of Swift in a mini2 NW photo!!
or even did we go the the mini open theatre 3 times!!
and we definately didnt go to the last mini show of the motor show jus go mad!! starting mexican waves, dancin in the ayles and hugging mini staff!!

great day! thank all!!

Oh yeah-Almost forgot the Matiz!!

http://www.mini2.com/gallery/personal/interceptor/35556.jpg

Chris "......... come here and I'll give you one" :eek: pmsl :p :D


HeeHeeHeeHee :D :D :D

Let's see you live this one down, Chris!!! ;)

Who collected the most freebies then????????

HeeHeeHeeHee :D :D :D

Let's see you live this one down, Chris!!! ;)

i feel i need to live upto my online persona and 'entertain' at these events :p :D :D :D leaving comments like that open is part of the image!!! :D

Who collected the most freebies then????????

most? hmmm not sure about that but was presented with a pile of floor paint/burnt rubber, buy sir russ of swift, hand pikked himself out of the Cooper S cov front arch liner!!!!

most? hmmm not sure about that but was presented with a pile of floor paint/burnt rubber, buy sir russ of swift, hand pikked himself out of the Cooper S cov front arch liner!!!!

Think you will find you knicked it off me :eek: :rolleyes:

I'd like to say a really big thanks to Hat & MadBrummie for sorting out the best run I've been on (Out of 2, but thats not the point ;) ), And its definitely persuaded me that more runs are definitely what i want to be doing. 134 is a big turnout, good work all.

Hightlights for me were running round the car park with passes trying to find people who had just turned up, MadBrummies loadhailer antics, Mini Bar :D with free everything!, Getting lost and finding the NEC anyway including 6 mini2ers in 3 different lanes on a roundabout, all trying to get in the right lane when the lights went green :eek: . The kindness and courtesy of the Mini ppl and Sir Russ of the Swift, and the overall show feel, nice to see smaller manufacturers like Deronda and Ariel there :).

Can we get some of the groupshots of the mini2ers on the LAA floor uploaded at full quality on a website? I've yet to find a pic where i'm either looking at the camera, or u can see me at all! It'd be good to take my pic from the whole bunch.

And a final cheers to minisoopercooper, who (probably accidentally) managed to get a pic of my mini as it left Hams Hall, so i have proof I was there :).

P.S Yeah, as if MA would let u act up Chris!!, she might get all stern!

Think you will find you knicked it off me :eek: :rolleyes:
!!
shhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh i feel shady now u ***!! i honestly didnt notice, jus wandered off as i du!! own litle hungover drem world!!

sory!! :(

Just recovering from what was a great weekend. Thank you, thank you, to Hat & Brummie and all those involved in the organisation of a fabulous and smooth running MINI adventure.
The live MINI arena & stand were the highlights of the show for us- thanks for the great hospitality. However the real excitement was all the MINI2 antics...trying to get all the cars out of Hamms Hall, I couldn't drive for laughing, the enormous convoy, and the parking and admiration we got on entering the NEC. Just awesome. :cool:
As ever there are some pix on my site on the link below....enjoy :D

anyone wants high-res versions to print out- just ask and they're yours.

Ive got 11 little Minis, a member of the mini staff said if i shout as loud as i can '' i love mini'' she give me two goody boxes. The general public were very scared of me after that!

What a fabulous day, i thought the show was excellent. The MINI staff were great and so was their lounge.

Fav. bit has to be the Russ Swift photo shoot. Wow! Even got him and his son to sign my MINI passport! Quality!

PLEASE can someone help me with photoshop :mad:

i've uploaded the pics to my computer, right click "open with photoshop", clicked save for web but the file size is too big apparently. how can i make them smaller files without losing the size of the picture?

easy instructions necessary, i'm used to dealing with windows paint :rolleyes:

go to Image on the tool bar at the top, select image size, then resize accordingly, 650 pixels is your first number, and the other should adjust so it stays inproportion;)

go to Image on the tool bar at the top, select image size, then resize accordingly, 650 pixels is your first number, and the other should adjust so it stays inproportion;)

i tried that, this is how it ended up ;)

ohhhh cool, on my monitor that looked about 2 inches square, cheers rakey :D

what happened with the truck incident????

I know Veron781 got bumped at a roundabout by a mini2er but everything seems ok just a little damage
hi, i was the mini2er who had the bump approaching the roundabout... my fault. sorry!
didnt look like too much damage though, looks like i cracked the chrome thing on the back of the other mini. i felt really bad. just waiting on a phone call from the third party (veron781???) i didnt catch the username.

was a good meet otherwise though.
AND I drove an impreza STi! which was quite impressive.

tom.

yeah was veron781 - i think she ok though just like you really gutted had a bump

its all love tho :)

Has anyone else been sad enough to make a live action arena for thier pull back mini? Its really quite a lot of fun, and a lot better than maths revision :p .

some more piccies

1) another one coming out of hams hall

2) on the way to the NEC

3) in the first car park- did they really think it would be big enough?

Has anyone else been sad enough to make a live action arena for thier pull back mini? Its really quite a lot of fun, and a lot better than maths revision :p .

Nope, can't say that I've done that - but now that you mention it :D

Has anyone else been sad enough to make a live action arena for thier pull back mini? Its really quite a lot of fun, and a lot better than maths revision :p .PMSL!!!

I'm off to the fridge now with a crayon to make my own. I even got three goodie bags!
Now, which colour would 'Swift Sir Russ' drive... yellow, electric blue, or pure silver..

Oh, here is a I was last car out of Hams Hall (except for the Merc) picture..

this is how the convoy looked to me!

i've got the same colour combo ian :D

they are in a line on my MINI shrine in the office aka my shelf!!!! :D

PMSL!!!

I'm off to the fridge now with a crayon to make my own. I even got three goodie bags!
Now, which colour would 'Swift Sir Russ' drive... yellow, electric blue, or pure silver..

it's gotta be pure silver :D :D

mine was climbing up the radiator last night :D

i've got the same colour combo ian :D

they are in a line on my MINI shrine in the office aka my shelf!!!! :D

wasn't one of those mine? :p my PS one is feeling lonely ;)

oh, and jsut too many people to talk to again - Hickster, thanks for the convoy leader banner - dont think I saw you again after that :confused:


Rakey - didn't see you again after Hams Hall :confused: But thanks for the contraband ;)
We went on a magical mystery tour of the NEC roundabouts and got our own car park next to the test drive tracks. Saw the first Mini show with everyone else and then me and my passenger made our own way around the show - he's not on Mini2 so we kinda kept to ourselves. Will be passengerless and overnighting for the Cotswolds though so should see more of you lot then :D

I think they were £2.95 each...

137 minis on my 'hams hall cark park fridge simulation' would probably be a little too pricey to be funny...

back to the drawing board...

wasn't one of those mine? :p my PS one is feeling lonely ;)

i'm sure we can sort something out, which one would you like??? PS LY or EB???