Packed and ready to go

We packed up Yoshi last night, so all we had to do was get in the car this morning and go.

We decided a couple of days ago that today was going to be the longest stretch, we needed to get to Albuquerque the first day so that we could make it to The Dragon by Wed.

We hit the road around 6:15 and headed out, we also decided that we did not want to get any kind of tickets on this trip and that at the most we would only drive 10 MPH over the speed limit. Luckily we actually stuck to this, because we counted 25 police cars either giving tickets out or waiting to give tickets. Our handy Passport Escort 8500 helped us, but we were pretty safe cuz we weren't driving much over the speed limit anyway.

Can you believe that we drove over 730 miles and we only saw 3 other MINI's? I wonder where all the MINI's were? Well we got to Albuquerque around 7:30 and we figured we averaged 29.3 mpg, not too bad considering the car is packed with alot of extra weight, plus the extra drag from the rooftop mounted storage pod.

Tomorrow we will head to Oaklahoma City..

Roadtrip - The Dragon or Bust

Ever since I got Woodstock I have been wanting to go to the Dragon. When my contract ended in Oct we decided to put off looking for a job and be a vendor at most of the National MINI events, so we registered Stuck on Minis for, AMIVIV, The Dragon and a few days ago MITM and MTTS. Well the time has finally arrived, we got our new JCW Clubman "Yoshi" last month and finally got him ready for the long 17 day roadtrip to NC. On the way there and back we are going to visit some old Army friends, meet some new friends and do some good old fashioned sight seeing. We are also going to try eating at some of the Diners, Drive-in and Dives. This is going to be a great trip, I can't wait for today to be over so I can start my vacation already.....

5 Weeks and 2450 miles later

Sorry I haven't posted pics of our new car but we've been so busy getting ready for AMVIV and The Dragon, that time just flew by. We picked up "Yoshi" on March 16th and have been motoring like crazy since we got him. Not only have we been motoring but we've been modding too. He's got awesome suspension now, with Eibach Mega MINI springs, Eibach 19mm sway bar, Koni FSD shocks, M7 Heat shield, Tinted Windows 18% rear and 40% front with custom Mellow Yellow stripes installed by my friend Robert from TwistyBitz. Oh yeah and since we couldn't fit all the stuff for AMVIV in the car, we got the MINI roof rack crossbars with a Yakima RocketBox to hold all of our stuff for the trips to The Dragon, MINI's in the Mountains and MTTS.

I really didn't want a clubman for everyday driving cuz I thought it would be heavier and not as fun to drive as Woodstock but we needed the extra space for all of my Stuck On MINI's activities. Boy was I wrong, I love this car, it's fast, handles great and the extra space is wonderful. It's been 5 weeks and we've already put 2450 fun filled miles on Yoshi. Sat we are leaving for the Dragon and we'll put another 5500 miles on him in two weeks. Wow with The Dragon, MITM and MTTS, this car is going to rack up alot of miles this year. Hope to meet some of you at some of these events.