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spindoc · May 15th, 2002, 11:03 PM

Mini is the featured marque at the Euro 2002 Auto Festival to be held Oct. 18-20 at the BMW Zentrum (museum) and manufacturing plant near Greenville, SC. I've been to this event a couple of times and it's a good one: lots of great European cars (including yours!), an autocross using cars supplied by BMW (this year it's Minis), a fun rally, "Canadian driving event", plant tours, great museum, etc.

How about a US Mini2 gathering at this event? I'd be willing to organize a mountain driving expedition to nearby runs (Caesar's Head, Pisgah Ridge, Candler's Mtn) on the Friday of the event (during which time there's not really much else going on). Contact me if you're interested.

Here's a link for info on the event:
www.euroautofestival.com

princecaspian · May 18th, 2002, 09:54 PM

I'm a student at Clemson, so it's not far at all for me; I won't miss it for the world, as long as it's on a Saturday.
Keep information posted, and see you in October.

eltel · May 19th, 2002, 06:27 AM

So what is SC? Please explain.

AidenL · May 19th, 2002, 06:35 AM

South Carolina !!??

AprilWhine · May 19th, 2002, 06:46 AM

My silk green MINI and I could attend this event. Keep posting info, sounds like fun. The only thing that could keep me away is some ex-inlaws living there.

SC = South Carolina
VA = Virginia

Norfolk VA to Greenville SC is approximately an 8 hour drive. Route is US 58 to I85.

princecaspian · May 20th, 2002, 10:21 AM

have you guys thought of contacting the people at the euroauto festival about this?
i'm pretty sure they'd be willing to advertize and maybe even sponsor.
oh, and if there are enough of us in the area, we could even do a practise run before then.

changing the subject a bit, i've heard rumors about a minimeet in Charleston,SC... what's up with that?

thanks,
Rey.

minicoopersgirl · May 24th, 2002, 11:20 AM

I'm down in Florida and would be willing to drive up there for a long weekend. Let me know what I need to do (other than show up)...
Thanks

Cooperville · May 25th, 2002, 10:07 PM

I live in Orlando and I've already put in for a few days of vacation to be there.

Everyone who will be there post, so we can get an idea of how many and how far away.

S2K&CooperS · May 28th, 2002, 10:25 PM

I'm in, would love to join AprilWhine as part of the VA convoy.....I'm only 45 min from I-85

shark · May 29th, 2002, 12:22 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by princecaspian
I'm a student at Clemson, so it's not far at all for me; I won't miss it for the world, as long as it's on a Saturday.
Keep information posted, and see you in October.

Remember, in Clemson--that might be a football Saturday!

Seriously, come on down to South Carolina. Y'all won't regret it. October is a great time to be here and nearby mountains will be in autumn color. The BMW plant is most impressive too [although tours recently halted due to secrecy of new mdel replacing Z-3]

minicoopersgirl · Jun 27th, 2002, 09:37 AM

Just wanted to move this back to the top, because I still want to go and will have a friend from Miami that will drive his new "S" up with me. So there will be two of us from South Florida driving up for the event. It is a couple months away, but maybe we can come up with a list of people that are going to attend and then talk about scheduling some runs around town before/after the event. I think if I am coming from South Florida those in Georgia and Tennessee can make it also!?!?!?!?!?
Let's do this!
What do you think SPINDOC?

AprilWhine · Jun 27th, 2002, 03:27 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by S2K&CooperS
I'm in, would love to join AprilWhine as part of the VA convoy.....I'm only 45 min from I-85

A caravan sounds great! Maybe some others will join up before October.

Gary Tate · Jun 27th, 2002, 03:46 PM

Sounds like fun to me, place me on your list aprilwhine

AprilWhine · Jun 30th, 2002, 07:10 AM

Gary, we could probably meet up with you at the I 40/I 85 interchange in NC, unless you wanted to drive north.

Around mid September, I'll post a MapQuest route with times, and have a few designated rest stops for everyone to meet up. I am assuming there will be a lot more MINI owners by then, too!

~~Somewhere, over the ...

~~

Gary Tate · Jun 30th, 2002, 07:21 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by AprilWhine
Gary, we could probably meet up with you at the I 40/I 85 interchange in NC, unless you wanted to drive north.

Around mid September, I'll post a MapQuest route with times, and have a few designated rest stops for everyone to meet up. I am assuming there will be a lot more MINI owners by then, too!

~~Somewhere, over the ... ~~

sounds great April...looking forward to it...

spindoc · Jun 30th, 2002, 04:00 PM

Hi guys--

Please take a second to look back at my original post starting this thread. It would probably be best to meet Friday morning in Greenville SC, say at the Embassy Suites, the host hotel for Euro 2002 (although if it's easier for more folks to gather in Asheville, NC Friday morning, we could start from there).

From there I can lead the group on some great mountain driving runs, starting with Caesar's Head (where some say BMW got the idea for their "Happiness IS the corner" ad campaign a few years ago), then on to the flowing switchbacks of Pisgah Ridge, before stopping for lunch at the scenic Pisgah Inn on the Blue Ridge Parkway. Then, after revving our engines a bit for the wonderful acoustics through some tunnels on the Parkway, we can climb back up Candler's Mountain Road for a few more twisties.

This will get us back to Greenville later that afternoon, with plenty of time before the Euro 2002 Reception at 7pm. How does this sound?

AprilWhine · Jun 30th, 2002, 06:57 PM

I was planning on driving Friday, but if I change that to driving on Thursday, I can be there for the run on Friday. I know there are some twisty, interesting roads in the Greenville area.

I will post Mapquest directions and driving times around mid September.

minicoopersgirl · Jul 10th, 2002, 01:29 PM

Just wanted to send another update.
Myself and a couple others down here in South Florida will be driving all day on Thursday to get up there. Friday morning we will be taking a tour of the plant and will have the rest of the day free. We will have time to do some runs through the mountains. Saturday will be the car show and then the banquet at night. On Sunday we plan on doing the rally from 9-12. After the rally we are going to drive up to The Dragon (about 225 Miles NW of Spartansburg). We will be staying in a hotel somewhere around there and drive back to South Florida Monday morning.
When the event gets closer we can get more information from each other.
From this post there will be about 9 MINI's there.
1.Spindoc
2.AprilWhine
3.GaryTate
4.princecaspain
5.Cooperville
6.S2K&CooperS
7.shark
8.my friend Juan
9.myself

This should be a great meeting.

FYI - www.euroautofestival.com

AprilWhine · Jul 10th, 2002, 06:26 PM

I'm looking forward to meeting all of you there!

S2K&CooperS · Jul 10th, 2002, 10:37 PM

I'm looking very forward to it as well!

Who's staying at the Embassy Suites??? Are there rooms left?

minicoopergirl,

I ran The Dragon last year in the S2000. AWESOME road - very nice pavement and challenging turns - I loved it! In fact, a buddy of mine just dropped by this evening with his yellow S2K. He and another owner are taming The Dragon this coming Friday

Your MINI will be right at home there!!

May 15th, 2002, 11:03 PM	#1
spindoc MINI2 Regular Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: us Local Time: 07:27 AM Posts: 120 Offline	Euro auto festival at BMW plant in SC Mini is the featured marque at the Euro 2002 Auto Festival to be held Oct. 18-20 at the BMW Zentrum (museum) and manufacturing plant near Greenville, SC. I've been to this event a couple of times and it's a good one: lots of great European cars (including yours!), an autocross using cars supplied by BMW (this year it's Minis), a fun rally, "Canadian driving event", plant tours, great museum, etc. How about a US Mini2 gathering at this event? I'd be willing to organize a mountain driving expedition to nearby runs (Caesar's Head, Pisgah Ridge, Candler's Mtn) on the Friday of the event (during which time there's not really much else going on). Contact me if you're interested. Here's a link for info on the event: www.euroautofestival.com

May 18th, 2002, 09:54 PM	#2 (permalink)
princecaspian MINI2 Newbie Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Clemson, SC Local Time: 02:27 AM Posts: 10 Offline	sounds like fun I'm a student at Clemson, so it's not far at all for me; I won't miss it for the world, as long as it's on a Saturday. Keep information posted, and see you in October.

May 19th, 2002, 06:35 AM	#4 (permalink)
AidenL Nice TTs......... Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: On The Coast........ Local Time: 08:27 AM Posts: 42,147 Offline	South Carolina !!?? *Global Moderator*

May 19th, 2002, 06:46 AM	#5 (permalink)
AprilWhine Loves the Fuzzy One Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Black Hills S Dakota Local Time: 01:27 AM Posts: 16,791 Offline	It's a short drive from VA My silk green MINI and I could attend this event. Keep posting info, sounds like fun. The only thing that could keep me away is some ex-inlaws living there. SC = South Carolina VA = Virginia Norfolk VA to Greenville SC is approximately an 8 hour drive. Route is US 58 to I85. Global Moderator

May 20th, 2002, 10:21 AM	#6 (permalink)
princecaspian MINI2 Newbie Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Clemson, SC Local Time: 02:27 AM Posts: 10 Offline	contactin the euro auto festival people have you guys thought of contacting the people at the euroauto festival about this? i'm pretty sure they'd be willing to advertize and maybe even sponsor. oh, and if there are enough of us in the area, we could even do a practise run before then. changing the subject a bit, i've heard rumors about a minimeet in Charleston,SC... what's up with that? thanks, Rey.

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May 19th, 2002, 06:27 AM	#3 (permalink)
eltel MINIstry of Fun Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Eastern Suburbs, Mel Local Time: 05:27 PM Posts: 1,593 Offline	So what is SC? Please explain.

May 24th, 2002, 11:20 AM	#7 (permalink)
minicoopersgirl Loves MINI2 Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: Melbourne, FL Local Time: 03:27 AM Posts: 856 Offline	I'm down in Florida and would be willing to drive up there for a long weekend. Let me know what I need to do (other than show up)... Thanks

May 25th, 2002, 10:07 PM	#8 (permalink)
Cooperville MINI2 Newbie Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Orlando, FL Local Time: 02:27 AM Posts: 19 Offline	I live in Orlando and I've already put in for a few days of vacation to be there. Everyone who will be there post, so we can get an idea of how many and how far away.

May 28th, 2002, 10:25 PM	#9 (permalink)
S2K&CooperS MINI2 Regular Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Richmond, VA Local Time: 07:27 AM Posts: 121 Offline	I'm in, would love to join AprilWhine as part of the VA convoy.....I'm only 45 min from I-85 02 MINI Cooper - Pure Silver/Black Delivered 4/22 - 9,500 miles now!! - Premium package, chrome bumpers, foglights, 16" wheels, leather steering wheel, panther black leather seats, heated seats, accessory rear spoiler 02 Honda S2000 - Spa Yellow 02 Mazda Protege5 (Hers) - Midnight Blue Mica - Delivered 8/30/02!!

May 29th, 2002, 12:22 AM	#10 (permalink)
shark MINI2 Newbie Join Date: May 2002 Location: South Carolina Local Time: 07:27 AM Posts: 16 Offline	Re: sounds like fun Quote: Originally posted by princecaspian I'm a student at Clemson, so it's not far at all for me; I won't miss it for the world, as long as it's on a Saturday. Keep information posted, and see you in October. Remember, in Clemson--that might be a football Saturday! Seriously, come on down to South Carolina. Y'all won't regret it. October is a great time to be here and nearby mountains will be in autumn color. The BMW plant is most impressive too [although tours recently halted due to secrecy of new mdel replacing Z-3]

Jun 27th, 2002, 09:37 AM	#11 (permalink)
minicoopersgirl Loves MINI2 Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: Melbourne, FL Local Time: 03:27 AM Posts: 856 Offline	Just wanted to move this back to the top, because I still want to go and will have a friend from Miami that will drive his new "S" up with me. So there will be two of us from South Florida driving up for the event. It is a couple months away, but maybe we can come up with a list of people that are going to attend and then talk about scheduling some runs around town before/after the event. I think if I am coming from South Florida those in Georgia and Tennessee can make it also!?!?!?!?!? Let's do this! What do you think SPINDOC?

Jun 27th, 2002, 03:27 PM	#12 (permalink)
AprilWhine Loves the Fuzzy One Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Black Hills S Dakota Local Time: 01:27 AM Posts: 16,791 Offline	We can meet up at NC welcome stop? Quote: Originally posted by S2K&CooperS I'm in, would love to join AprilWhine as part of the VA convoy.....I'm only 45 min from I-85 A caravan sounds great! Maybe some others will join up before October. Global Moderator

Jun 27th, 2002, 03:46 PM	#13 (permalink)
Gary Tate MINI2 Regular Join Date: May 2002 Location: Millington TN Local Time: 02:27 AM Posts: 285 Offline	Sounds like fun to me, place me on your list aprilwhine Gary from Memphis – Chili Red S White top SP/PP delivered 7/30/2002

Jun 30th, 2002, 07:10 AM	#14 (permalink)
AprilWhine Loves the Fuzzy One Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Black Hills S Dakota Local Time: 01:27 AM Posts: 16,791 Offline	Would you be coming in on I 40? Gary, we could probably meet up with you at the I 40/I 85 interchange in NC, unless you wanted to drive north. Around mid September, I'll post a MapQuest route with times, and have a few designated rest stops for everyone to meet up. I am assuming there will be a lot more MINI owners by then, too! ~~Somewhere, over the ... ~~ Global Moderator

Jun 30th, 2002, 07:21 AM	#15 (permalink)
Gary Tate MINI2 Regular Join Date: May 2002 Location: Millington TN Local Time: 02:27 AM Posts: 285 Offline	Re: Would you be coming in on I 40? Quote: Originally posted by AprilWhine Gary, we could probably meet up with you at the I 40/I 85 interchange in NC, unless you wanted to drive north. Around mid September, I'll post a MapQuest route with times, and have a few designated rest stops for everyone to meet up. I am assuming there will be a lot more MINI owners by then, too! ~~Somewhere, over the ... ~~ sounds great April...looking forward to it... Gary from Memphis – Chili Red S White top SP/PP delivered 7/30/2002

Jun 30th, 2002, 04:00 PM	#16 (permalink)
spindoc MINI2 Regular Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: us Local Time: 07:27 AM Posts: 120 Offline	Euro 2002 Friday agenda Hi guys-- Please take a second to look back at my original post starting this thread. It would probably be best to meet Friday morning in Greenville SC, say at the Embassy Suites, the host hotel for Euro 2002 (although if it's easier for more folks to gather in Asheville, NC Friday morning, we could start from there). From there I can lead the group on some great mountain driving runs, starting with Caesar's Head (where some say BMW got the idea for their "Happiness IS the corner" ad campaign a few years ago), then on to the flowing switchbacks of Pisgah Ridge, before stopping for lunch at the scenic Pisgah Inn on the Blue Ridge Parkway. Then, after revving our engines a bit for the wonderful acoustics through some tunnels on the Parkway, we can climb back up Candler's Mountain Road for a few more twisties. This will get us back to Greenville later that afternoon, with plenty of time before the Euro 2002 Reception at 7pm. How does this sound?

Jun 30th, 2002, 06:57 PM	#17 (permalink)
AprilWhine Loves the Fuzzy One Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Black Hills S Dakota Local Time: 01:27 AM Posts: 16,791 Offline	I can be there! I was planning on driving Friday, but if I change that to driving on Thursday, I can be there for the run on Friday. I know there are some twisty, interesting roads in the Greenville area. I will post Mapquest directions and driving times around mid September. Global Moderator

Jul 10th, 2002, 01:29 PM	#18 (permalink)
minicoopersgirl Loves MINI2 Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: Melbourne, FL Local Time: 03:27 AM Posts: 856 Offline	update! Just wanted to send another update. Myself and a couple others down here in South Florida will be driving all day on Thursday to get up there. Friday morning we will be taking a tour of the plant and will have the rest of the day free. We will have time to do some runs through the mountains. Saturday will be the car show and then the banquet at night. On Sunday we plan on doing the rally from 9-12. After the rally we are going to drive up to The Dragon (about 225 Miles NW of Spartansburg). We will be staying in a hotel somewhere around there and drive back to South Florida Monday morning. When the event gets closer we can get more information from each other. From this post there will be about 9 MINI's there. 1.Spindoc 2.AprilWhine 3.GaryTate 4.princecaspain 5.Cooperville 6.S2K&CooperS 7.shark 8.my friend Juan 9.myself This should be a great meeting. FYI - www.euroautofestival.com Last edited by minicoopersgirl : Jul 10th, 2002 at 01:36 PM.

Jul 10th, 2002, 06:26 PM	#19 (permalink)
AprilWhine Loves the Fuzzy One Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Black Hills S Dakota Local Time: 01:27 AM Posts: 16,791 Offline	Thanks for the count MiniCooperGirl! I'm looking forward to meeting all of you there! Global Moderator

Jul 10th, 2002, 10:37 PM	#20 (permalink)
S2K&CooperS MINI2 Regular Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Richmond, VA Local Time: 07:27 AM Posts: 121 Offline	I'm looking very forward to it as well! Who's staying at the Embassy Suites??? Are there rooms left? minicoopergirl, I ran The Dragon last year in the S2000. AWESOME road - very nice pavement and challenging turns - I loved it! In fact, a buddy of mine just dropped by this evening with his yellow S2K. He and another owner are taming The Dragon this coming Friday Your MINI will be right at home there!! 02 MINI Cooper - Pure Silver/Black Delivered 4/22 - 9,500 miles now!! - Premium package, chrome bumpers, foglights, 16" wheels, leather steering wheel, panther black leather seats, heated seats, accessory rear spoiler 02 Honda S2000 - Spa Yellow 02 Mazda Protege5 (Hers) - Midnight Blue Mica - Delivered 8/30/02!!

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