MINI Club in Calgary???

[tburt]

I might be moving to Calgary this summer and I was wondering if there are any organized MINI clubs out there.

Cheers

[miniman marshall]

Im from Calgary, but havent seen or heard of any yet... quite a few MINIs cruisin around though

[Tone]

Was there staying with relatives recently.
Bloomin' nice place.
Get a club going and why not take the MINIS down the ski slope and bobsleigh run at the Winter Olympic Park?
Yeesssssss.

[Jag Jag]

It would probably be better for now to do an Alberta Club, to include Edmonton and other Albertans, as there are not that many potential members right now. I vaguely recall that someone in May had put a note out in the Western Canadian Roll Call thread seeking interest in whether we could hold an Alberta meet, but I think no one really replied. I certianly would be interested if one of you Calgary owners wanted to take the initiative.

BTW, I took the Cooper in for service at Crowfoot a few days ago and saw a Red/Black Cooper decked out with "Go Flames go". I thought this was a dealer inspired thing but the car is featured on teh MINI.ca website. It is apparenlty travelling to Toronto during the Cup playoffs.

I would be interested in making an Alberta/Calgary club. I will start a thread about a gathering, and see how many ppl we can get. Check out www.mini.ca for more pics of the "flames" mini.

[tntomek]

All for the Calgry club...

Anyone else interested?

Just went to the 2004 Mini Meet in Edmonton in june ...38 Mini's in all... only 4 new ones...There must be 100 New MINI's in Calgary...

Anything further on this? Lets get a calgary mini club rolling before summer is over.

-R

[rhogg]

Don't know what I'd use the club for, but i'm always up for an ice cream run Problem is My Favorutie Ice Cream Store is only about 6 blocks away.

[luVlee]

I LIVE IN CALGARY TOO!!! OH MANG ITS LIKE MEETING RELATIVES ON VACATION DUDES!!! COOOOL! but club? in Calgary? Lots of OLD folks own minis in calgary and I bet it will turn pretty slabby. So i donno.

[miniman marshall]

im in if we can get somethin started!

[rhogg]

I guess I'm old because i don't know what slabby means Uh Oh its past my bed time

So when/where can we meet, and who's in?

rhogg, how's the new BRG MCS treating you....?

[rhogg]

What more can I say. Its flawless! Well other than the Stumble and the YoYo and premature tire wear (well OK thats my fault) and a bit of a nightmare with the roof rack installation.

I've added a Mini circuit and the Radio Shack rear light mod. Have not added rear fogs as intended, as i haven't been able to source the full bank of toggle switches even after 2 attempts.

They say true love is enjoying the flaws. This car has great "character" and I love driving it.

Shopping for winter tires, and pondering what performance upgrades would open my tightly clasped wallet.

DId you see The Mini Hill Climb on Fifth Gear? I think a first event could be timed runs up the Norquay access road. Well No I guess that might be illegal. I'd be up for just a simple meet to see what other s have on their cars. Maybe the "kid" could give an old man a ride in his "Works" and possibly answer my pondering which is undoubtedly a slabby thing to be doing...

Quote: Originally Posted by rhogg

What more can I say. Its flawless! Well other than the Stumble and the YoYo and premature tire wear (well OK thats my fault) and a bit of a nightmare with the roof rack installation.

Any chance you were heading up highway 93 a week or so ago. There was a BRG MCS that waved at me going in the opposite direction.

-R

[rhogg]

Quite possibly - We were out to Lake Ohara a couple of Sunday's ago Is that 93? We had a full car.

Sort of a funny story as to why wew were out there. We were out to spread some ashes My wife tells me that we all need to keep Sunday free as her Dad is going to spread his dad's, named Pres, ashes at the great divide. Well the kid cancels work, we book the day. Its all a little weird since Pres died about 6 years ago. But hey whose going to question a son's decision on his father's ashes.

Well we park - hike up to the great divide. I'm pretty impressed because no one is very emotional. My father in law asks if I will take a picture of his family as he spreads the ashes. So I jump across the stream. I can't help but think as the ashes are being dumped into the water that a life doesn't amount to much. I mean lieterally there were not a lot of ashes!

About 20 minutes later I'm walking back to the car with my son and he says to me. "Whose ashes were those?"

"Your great grandfather Pres" I replied.
" Are you sure" he says, "because the box says TESS." I start to chuckle.
"I can't believe I skipped work to bury a cat!" he says. Yes indeed Tess was Pres's cat and outlived him by about 5 1/2 years.

Needless to say we all earned major brownie points that day. My wife for turning out her whole family for a cat, and the rest us for my Wife's mistake.