[rellik666]

Quote: Originally Posted by 85NIXMIN (original)

Wowwieee

How'd u manage that??

Bribery! Or Magic! And Dark Magic at that!

[Michael]

Quote: Originally Posted by 85NIXMIN (original)

Wowwieee

How'd u manage that??

Well, let me explain. Heaps of initial planning, brainstorming 'til all hours of the night, hundreds of drafts and edits, and most importantly remembering to enter!

Oooh, there was one other thing too.....a huge bucket full of luck.

As for these rumours of dark magic.......I wish!!

[Becca3003]

Congratulations!! You'll love it there!!

[brett]

Hopefully you will get John as a tour guide, ( old John) he has worked there pretty much his entire life and is brilliant, can answer any weird question.

Oh, put a post in the uk section explaining whats happening and when and as you have a mini perhaps a mini run they can orgainse in oxfrord area

[shinchan]

Congrats! wow. when was the competition. heheh oh well too late for me anyway. hehe Well done mate. bring me back a mini cooper keyring ok..

[MiniOneSam]

Quote: Originally Posted by shinchan (original)

Congrats! wow. when was the competition. heheh oh well too late for me anyway. hehe Well done mate. bring me back a mini cooper keyring ok..

Stuff the keyring bring me back a Mini Cooper Was actually going to a propose a run, when is it?!

[Michael]

I leave on the 15th Sept, i've no details of the when and where's yet. I'll post'em up as soon as i get'em. A meet up and cruise with some fellow MINI2ers in Oxford would be brilliant!
Who knows, they may have a Clubman for me to evaluate...???
Then again, maybe not.

[mamba]

Quote: Originally Posted by Michael Strachan (original)

Who knows, they may have a Clubman for me to evaluate...???
Then again, maybe not.

bugger the Clubman... ask for a Works R56

congrats mate, you'll love the factory tour.

[minigolf]

Quote: Originally Posted by Michael Strachan (original)

I leave on the 15th Sept, i've no details of the when and where's yet. I'll post'em up as soon as i get'em. A meet up and cruise with some fellow MINI2ers in Oxford would be brilliant!
Who knows, they may have a Clubman for me to evaluate...???
Then again, maybe not.

Say g'day to Harpo for the minigolfs.

We also briefly met Goonery and a couple of others, their names escape me mind they were pretty tanked and I doubt they'd remember us either.

Actually, if you go to the Avis Prestige website you can hire a Cooper S from memory.

[Mike Clarke]

Quote: Originally Posted by Michael Strachan (original)

Quite an incredible thing happened to me late Friday arvo.

Some of you guys may have been aware of the recent MINI competition of a trip to London including a tour of the MINI factory in Oxford plus a heap of other bits.

I won! I fly off to London on the 15th Sept for around 9 nights.
I even get a MINI to drive when i'm there.

Its the first thing i've won since winning a Pacman hand puppet when i was a kid, (damn, that shows my age)

I'm in a complete state of shock!!!! It's taken three days to sink in.

Now, who to take with me??

Congratulations Michael, you will have a great time overe here

Quote: Originally Posted by minigolf (original)

Say g'day to Harpo for the minigolfs.

We also briefly met Goonery and a couple of others, their names escape me mind they were pretty tanked and I doubt they'd remember us either.

Actually, if you go to the Avis Prestige website you can hire a Cooper S from memory.

Saw Harpo and Goonery a couple of weekends ago in the Lakes Liam and seeing them again next weekend at the Cotswolds run

[brett]

Mike, say Hi to Harpo for me and Raelene and don't forget to call his mini a Tractor, being a MINI D he loves when people call his mini a tractor!!! I suggest you start running very shorly after though

[MiniOneSam]

Quote: Originally Posted by brett (original)

I suggest you start running very shorly after though

Or make use of that Clubman S they're bound to give you, perhaps?

[keefo]

its a cool experiance dude im a mini technition and i got to go round the factory and watch them get built
keefo

[Michael]

Just got the details. I'll be doing the factory tour on the 21st September.
A BIG Friday night shall be had in Oxford i think.

[bugiz]

Hey Mike maybe you can drop off GR8MNI at my place and i'll take a good care of her... hehe

[rellik666]

GRBMNI has a really good temp home on the other side of the freeway!

I need someone to keep Old yella company once Burt leaves us, until snoopy arrives!

[Michael]

Well, i'm back from the UK and the factory tour. It was fantastic.

I was given a new Cooper to drive, a Sparkling Silver with the new start/stop function.
The start/stop function works very well, its a little surprising at first but you quickly get used to it. Plus it's on/off button fills the blank between the Sport and DSC/ASC button.
I missed the extra oomph from my "S" though. You sure use the gears a lot more in a Cooper to get some speed up.

The private factory tour was superb. John the guide gave my Dad and i a fantastic tour of the plant for damn near four hours. I was like Charlie from the old Willy Wonka movie in there!
Apparently we were the first ever members of the public to do the tour with the Clubman in production.
The Clubman's (or should that be Clubmen?) look very good in the flesh, especially in the 'Hot Chocolate' colour with a silver roof.
Looking down the line and seeing all the different varities was spectalular. You really appreciate how many different combinations are available.
John the tour guide was great, happy to spend as much time with us as we wanted and was very informative and passionate about the MINI's and the factory itself.
I even got to a peek at the 1 millionth MINI that they have on display.

I would recommend the tour to anyone who has the chance to get there, it is fascinating.

[Mike Clarke]

Good to hear you enjoyed it Michael

[minigolf]

A private tour would have been great!

Welcome home you baastard!

[brett]

Yeah, glad to hear you had a great time, And good to hear you had John doing the tour as he is the best!!