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Aug 1st, 2003, 01:16 PM
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 The Disorganiser  Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Waiting for others Local Time: 11:29 PM
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Offline  | Where can I get one of these beautiful knobs? How much are they? (I'm in UK, are there any importers?) |
  
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Aug 3rd, 2003, 12:31 AM
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| MINI2 Regular Join Date: Jul 2002 Local Time: 10:29 PM
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Offline |  Fitted Whalen!!! I recently received my custom Whalen knob. After keeping it on my desk for a few days (it really is a piece of modern sculpture) I decided to fit it. After reading numerous posts about the problems with removing the stock knob I was prepared for a "MINI" tug of war. Much to my surprize the stock knob popped off with little effort! I used the technique of placing my knees under my hands and gently pushing up. It makes me wonder if the stock knob would have eventually popped off during spirited shifting. Any way, I'm another Whalen convert. It really does improve shifting making it a real treat! I went for the polished/brushed option. The brushed finish has a great tactile feel. It's rare to find a product with such craftsmanship. I've never heard of anyone who's been dissatisfied with the Whalen knob. After receiving mine I can see why! Thanks Doug. Ken Benner |
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Aug 3rd, 2003, 02:21 PM
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| MINI2 Regular  Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Massachussetts Local Time: 06:29 PM
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Offline | The only thing that I'm not happy about is that according to Doug, there will be no more group discounts simply because he made some other wholesale arrangement with another company. I'm not sure how\why that affects our group discount, but it certainly makes it harder to order one as it's a straight $150 us for most of us! oh well, from what everyone else reports, despite the steep price, and no more discounts  I'm sure many of us will still get the knob... |
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Aug 6th, 2003, 03:52 AM
| #268 (permalink) |
| MINI2 Newbie  Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Chicago Local Time: 04:29 PM
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Offline | I love my Whalen Knob. Who doesn't? But now that I have it I am aware of how much lateral play I have in each and every gear, and likely, before, I just wasn't aware. I have about 2 inches of movement, when it is in gear, and more when it isn't. Is two inches normal? Thanks for setting me straight. Well, Art is Art, isn't it? Still, on the other hand, water is water! And East is East and West is West and if you take cranberries and stew them like applesauce they taste much more like prunes than rhubarb does. - Groucho Marx, "Animal Crackers" |
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Aug 6th, 2003, 09:22 PM
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| MINI2 Master / Moderator  Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Northern California Local Time: 03:29 PM
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Offline  | Hi Ivan If you join NorCal minis, you will get free engraving from Doug. So you save about $20  I will put the Application at the web by end of this week, so please check it, and you can sign up the mailing list now, we will send you e-mail when it's up  NorCal MINIs web is www.norcalmins.com the mailing list foem is http://www.norcalmins.com/notifications_form.asp Dennis NorCal MINIs |
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Aug 6th, 2003, 10:56 PM
| #271 (permalink) |
| MINI2 Regular Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Massachussetts Local Time: 06:29 PM
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Offline | Thanks for the tip Dennis, I'm almost done with the order for the whalen shift... hope I still can get the discount, and joing norcal in any case. I sent you an e-mail with some more details, as I do not use PM on this machine. Hope you don't mind. Thanks again, Ivan Olarte |
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Aug 7th, 2003, 02:23 AM
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| MINI2 Regular Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Massachussetts Local Time: 06:29 PM
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Offline | Hey Dinlo, I've been in touch with Doug, and he will be waiting a bit to get more response from the NorCal members for the discount... am I the first to be asking about the discount? It will be great to join NorCal and to get the discount but not if it means waiting weeks... hope not. Ivan |
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Aug 7th, 2003, 06:20 AM
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| MINI2 Master / Moderator Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Northern California Local Time: 03:29 PM
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Offline | No program Ivan, first I want to say Welcome :] You are the first norcal member who do business with Doug. And if you join us now, just go to paypal and pay the 6 months membership fee for $12 + processing fee. I'm not sure how much, but you can send us $15, we will send you a windows sticker(clean film) and a temp membership card. Once you send the money I will e-mail you your membership number. Then you can start get discount from our sponsors. Also we was thinking to ask Doug to engrave a small "NorCal MINIs" on the shift knob to distinguish our member, but I'm not sure does everyone will like to have the club name on the knob, but since you are the first member to ask, do you like that? If not, we need to come up a way for Doug to distinguish the member. May be you can help us to come up a way to help Doug. |
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Aug 7th, 2003, 10:16 AM
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| MINI2 Regular Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Massachussetts Local Time: 06:29 PM
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Offline | it was not clear to me about the membership... so basically I'll be paying $30 anual fee but would be saving $20 from the knob? I'm not sure what that buys me... Hate to nag but I thought this was a "free" membership (like here at mini2.com), or at least a bit cheaper... considering that I'm all the way from the east coast, I'm not sure what else I would get by being a member... In any case whether I join or not, I'd rather not put the engraving on the knob... as I already have a pattern in mind. Ivan |
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Aug 7th, 2003, 05:02 PM
| #275 (permalink) |
| MINI2 Master / Moderator Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Northern California Local Time: 03:29 PM
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Offline | Oh no It's only $24 a year and $12 for now, b/c it;s mid year already. You not save from the knob, also form minimania.com, mini-madness.com, Soloracer.com and more....... |
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Oct 7th, 2004, 08:05 PM
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| M2 Procrastinator  Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: sydney, OZ! Local Time: 08:29 AM
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Offline | can somewhere point me in the direction of that webpage with the big collection of the Whalen photos on it [even has a slideshow if i remember correctly]... i've just spent 30min trying to find a link to it, but have come up with ZILCH! i sorta remember it being part of a MINI club webpage, but can't find anything at NorCalMINIs... any other suggestions PLEASE! |
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Oct 7th, 2004, 08:09 PM
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| M2 Procrastinator Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: sydney, OZ! Local Time: 08:29 AM
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Offline | alrighty, found it on p12 of this thread - 'twas the Madison MINI Group... http://revorg.org/whalen.html |
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