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Old Sep 21st, 2007, 05:30 AM   #1
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Australia Bowling.. with MINIs (Sydney)

In lieu of a stand at the upcoming Sydney Motorshow, MINI are holding a 'bowling' event instead.. The idea is you get to throw various supplied MINIs at some inflatable 'pins' in a Sydney car park, prizes up for grabs for the most pins knocked down in the allotted time period. October 13-14.

Anyone going?

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Old Sep 21st, 2007, 06:24 AM   #2 (permalink)
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This has been on the MINI2 Home Page for a while now
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Old Sep 21st, 2007, 06:37 AM   #3 (permalink)
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[quote=swgn;3164622]In lieu of a stand at the upcoming Sydney Motorshow, MINI are holding a 'bowling' event instead..

No Mini stand at the motor show again!!!
What's the story BMW???
This is a poor substitute for a stand featuring the latest JCW & Challenge Cup cars i was hoping to see, not to mention the Clubman.
If this info is correct i'm not impressed.

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Old Sep 21st, 2007, 07:37 AM   #4 (permalink)
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That's according to my dealer. I'd gladly be corrected if anyone has some info to the contrary...
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Old Sep 24th, 2007, 10:42 AM   #5 (permalink)
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[quote=steve11;3164628]
Quote: Originally Posted by swgn (original)
In lieu of a stand at the upcoming Sydney Motorshow, MINI are holding a 'bowling' event instead..

No Mini stand at the motor show again!!!
What's the story BMW???
This is a poor substitute for a stand featuring the latest JCW & Challenge Cup cars i was hoping to see, not to mention the Clubman.
If this info is correct i'm not impressed.

Hi,

The mini challenge cars are not going to land in the country until February 2008 so they are not available. The JCW also is unavailable.

Mini are not the only ones to make a non appearance. Porsche has not appeared at the last couple of motor shows. It is a commercial decision, based upon the exorbitant costs that the motor show charges, vs the number of punters through the door. The costs of being an exhibitor has increased significantly. At the same time, the organisers are trying to gouge more money out of the punters through door charges.

The bottom line is is everyone is unhappy The car companies pull out, because they perceive they are not getting value for money, and the punters complain because they are not getting value for money

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Old Sep 24th, 2007, 01:42 PM   #6 (permalink)
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Hopefully Gemballa will be there again with their awesome Porsches.

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Old Oct 14th, 2007, 01:35 PM   #7 (permalink)
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Did anyone go to the Mini Bowling?

How was it?

Pictures?
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Old Oct 15th, 2007, 03:44 AM   #8 (permalink)
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Quote: Originally Posted by RedCooperNonChilli (original)
Did anyone go to the Mini Bowling?

How was it?

Pictures?

Check out this video that I shot on Saturday afternoon (sorry about the size [6.7MB] and quality [old digital camera]). I didn't hang around long enough to have a go but from what I could see, the driving was restricted to stunt drivers only - you only got to go along for the ride.

They also had one of the MINI Challenge cars on display.
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Old Oct 15th, 2007, 03:48 AM   #9 (permalink)
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Porsche is at the show this year too aren't they?

I used to like looking at a 911 Turbo and saying to mrs mingolf, "look, there's our house". Fortunately real estate has still risen a bit since we moved and I can probably raise the budget to an F430, with a spare S3 for daily commuting.

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Old Oct 15th, 2007, 09:57 AM   #10 (permalink)
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Nice video!

I would have expected the R56 challenge car to be there?

Anyone else got pics?? Looked like fun.
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Old Oct 16th, 2007, 12:37 AM   #11 (permalink)
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Porsche do indeed have a stand this year, though no new cars. The 911 GT2 and Cayenne GTS didn't quite make it.
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Old Oct 26th, 2007, 11:29 AM   #12 (permalink)
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Quote: Originally Posted by RedCooperNonChilli (original)
Nice video!

I would have expected the R56 challenge car to be there?

Anyone else got pics?? Looked like fun.

Thanks. Yep, the challenge car was there too ... here's a PHOTO. Note the stick on license plate that refused to stay stuck (it fell of moments before this photo!).
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Old Oct 26th, 2007, 11:30 AM   #13 (permalink)
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Quote: Originally Posted by swgn (original)
Porsche do indeed have a stand this year, though no new cars. The 911 GT2 and Cayenne GTS didn't quite make it.

Yeh, but they had the Penske Le Mans Series car there. Very nice!
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Old Oct 29th, 2007, 11:47 AM   #14 (permalink)
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Quote: Originally Posted by Guran (original)
Thanks. Yep, the challenge car was there too ... here's a PHOTO. Note the stick on license plate that refused to stay stuck (it fell of moments before this photo!).

Um.... That's not the R56 Challenge car...
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