California Mini-MINI Clubs

[zied]

California has many regional Mini & MINI Car Clubs.There is not just a single club serving California. A couple charge nominal yearly dues, but most do not. Try them out. Join the club(s) that you enjoy the most.

Cooper Club for Charities (C3) - Los Angeles

MidCal MINIs - Fresno

Mini Owners of America - Los Angeles (MOALA) - Santa Ana

Mini Owners of America - San Francisco (MOASF) - San Francisco Bay Area

Norcal MINIS - East SF Bay Area

Redwood Empire Mini Enthusiasts - North SF Bay Area / North Coast club with satelite chapters in the Sacramento Valley & Mount Shasta / Redding areas.

SoCal MINI Maniacs - Southern California

SD Minis - San Diego

Sierra Nevada Mini Coopers - Lake Tahoe

Super Secret Orange County MINI Cooper Club (SSOCMCC) - Orange County

West Coast MINI Club - Lemon Grove

For a complete list of US Mini-MINI clubs, please refer to the REME Links Page.

[Sejanus]

Great list.

[larry paquette]

Norcal Minis has members from Mendocino to Monterey and the Pacific to Nevada. Over 500 members. Come along for a ride. You don't have to be a member. All Little British Cars are welcome . Cell 510-919-8889. LarryP VP/Events

[zied]

List has been revised. It looks like Gold Country is no longer a club. Their domain name has expired so I removed them from the list above.

[zied]

Central Coast Mini Club still has web presence, but the site has not been updated or finished in over 3 years. Discussions on other boards indicate that they never succeeded in getting more than a small handful of members and shortly thereafter disbanded; now waiting for their domain name to expire. They were removed from the list as well.

It seems as the car becomes less unique, many of the smaller clubs are dying off or merging, and the once large and strong clubs have shrunk drastically in size. Some clubs are just holding their own and others are seeing significant growth. Time will only tell if the dying clubs will be replaced with new energetic clubs or whether there will be only a few clubs left standing in California over the next few years.

I hope that the car retains it's allure to the US population and that all area clubs continue to not only co-exist but flurish with the influx of new enthusiastic drivers.

[Sejanus]

I wonder if the high price of gas has made going on runs less appealing to people.

[Deano]

hey guys!

im looking on moving to San Luis Obispo in the central coast CA next year! i currently own a 02 cooper in Ireland but would definately be interested in upgrading to a cooper S over there, any local MINI clubs near SLO direction?

[zied]

Deano, welcome to the area. Unfortunately there are not currently any clubs on the Central Coast. The two closest clubs would MidCal Minis out of Fresno and Redwood Empire Mini Enthusiasts since we do have active members in both the Bay Area and the Northern portion of the Central Valley (south to around Modesto). We also have members on the Penninsula, and as far south as Monterey on the coast.

NorCal MINI is also a very active club operating primarily in the East Bay Area and there is the Mavericks in the South Bay Area, although they have become largely inactive. There are discussions on NAM and there are a few people that have expressed interest in starting a Mid California Coast club but as of yet there is no one willing to put in the time necessary to achieve this goal.

If there is any interest from our central coast members, REME would be interested in developing a local chapter there like we have done in the Mount Shasta Area, Sacramento Valley, and the East Bay Area, but someone will have to express interest before we step in.

See our website and forums for more information. Membership in REME is and will remain free.

[pooper]

I understand that the Mavericks have closed their website, so if that is the case, they should be deleted from the list.

[zied]

Quote: Originally Posted by pooper (original)

I understand that the Mavericks have closed their website, so if that is the case, they should be deleted from the list.

It appears that this site no longer allows editing of prior posts even when you originially made them. It appears that the moderator will have to edit the list and yes, they should remove Maverick Minis.

[Sejanus]

Quote: Originally Posted by zied (original)

It appears that this site no longer allows editing of prior posts even when you originially made them. It appears that the moderator will have to edit the list and yes, they should remove Maverick Minis.

Done.

[MINIAC]

Quote: Originally Posted by zied (original)

It appears that this site no longer allows editing of prior posts even when you originially made them. It appears that the moderator will have to edit the list and yes, they should remove Maverick Minis.

Something new ...

Quote: Originally Posted by AF_Stew (original)

With the upgrade came new features regarding edit permissions. If the post is older then 2 months old you wont be able to edit the post. It has to do with SEO (Search engine optimization).

In the future, please use the to specify the changes you want done.