A Little More Culture - That's What I Need !
Thanks, Fu, -
I've never been to England - and have wished that MINI had a Tourist Delivery Program in case this car ever shows signs of 'getting tired'. No signs so far at 278,000 miles. But, even if it never needs to be replaced, I'd love to come, visit the plant, tour MINI's homeland, and see if some of that Culture would stick to me.
But, apparently Liverpool's "Capital of Culture" is in progress right now - and we're all busy preparing for my daughter's Big Wedding a month from today. She and fiance' are both dedicated pilots, so they're coming from Hawaii to be married at the EAA Experimental Aircraft Museum in Oshkosh Wisconsin. The wedding will be immediately after "AirVenture 2008" when that airport will host thousands of airplanes and pilots literally from around the world. Not sure if that qualifies as "Culture" - but the Sights and Sounds are Unforgettable!
My first VW was a 1957 and we joined the Volkwagen Club of America. By 1960, the club chartered a Lufthansa Super Constellation and flew a plane load of us to Germany to tour the plant, pick up our brand new cars, and drive around Europe on our own for three weeks. The cars were then surrendered to VW Dealers who prepared them and loaded them onto VW Transports for shipment to US Ports; - ours came through the Great Lakes directly to Chicago just 90 miles away. Fantastic experience, - and we did it 2 more times later to pick up air cooled Beetles. (Had 7 of those - but never took a chance on their attempts to make a water cooled car)
I'd love the opportunity to do that with my next MINI, - but have been advised that an 82 year old guy should probably not drive in England in a car whose steering wheel was on the 'American side'.