http://jcwgp.com/wp Wed, 22 Oct 2008 02:49:46 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Jayne told me about a commercial she saw on the tele of the Suzuki SX4 comparing itself against the MINI and how she found herself yelling at the TV that its claims weren't so.  Funny commercial of the SX4 wearing a Red cape. I was able to track down the commercial so ... http://jcwgp.com/wp/mightier-than-the-mini/ This year I was able to not only show the CSi but also 'baby blue' at this year American Manhasset Concours event.  Big Blue and Lil Blue side by side :)  Seemed only fitting that we were placed in front of London Jewelers. Soon after we arrived our friend arrived in his faboulous ... http://jcwgp.com/wp/americana-manhasset-concours-delegance-2008/ Today marks the two year anniversary of the GP early delivery program that occurred August 18th, 2006 at the Rolex Monterey Historic Automobile Races at Laguna Seca Raceway where I took delivery of GP0154 just prior to the start of MTTS 2006.  Even after two years I find the GP has ... http://jcwgp.com/wp/two-year-anniversary/ Got up early and hit the road north to Santa Pod Raceway to attend the Minis in the Park event but not before Blue Bear tried to drive out with the the McLaren.  The road up to the raceway was quite scenic with lots of twists and turns and wish I ... http://jcwgp.com/wp/minis-in-the-park-2008/ After leaving the Heritage Museum I headed south to Oxford.   Was able to bring the camera in to take pictures of the waiting area but then had to leave it behind during the tour.  several classics on display and the S used in the Italian Job movie driven by Charlize Theron with two steering ... http://jcwgp.com/wp/mini-factory-tour-and-oxford/ I was able to get a tour of the MINI Factory scheduled for 1pm today so I figured I would stop by the Heritage Motor Center before hand since it was about 45 minutes away.  Heritage Motor Center is home to quite a number of unique cars but my primary mission was to ... http://jcwgp.com/wp/heritage-motor-center/ Got up early and headed to the nearest Fiat dealership to take a closer look at the Fiat 500 that went on sale this year.  Showroom was open but the sales folks wouldn't arrive for another hour so no test drive this time around. Was able to get inside and look ... http://jcwgp.com/wp/fiat-500/ Back in the UK to attend the Minis in the Park event on Sunday and figured I'd come out a few days earlier to catch some sites.  got a room at the airport hotel which worked out quite well as it was really easy to get around from the west ... http://jcwgp.com/wp/classic-minis/ Internal clock woke me up at 5am again today (still on Dallas time) so after some mulling around the room I packed and got Blue Bear situated in his seat and we were off.  According to 'Lola' it was going to be another hot one.   We took a short drive over to Santa Anita ... http://jcwgp.com/wp/mtts-2008-la-day-3/ Got Blue Bear situated in his seat and picked up Robert prior to driving down to UCLA for the 'Morning Rise-n-shine' where some 400-500 cars gathered.   It was definetely more cars then they anticipated as they ran out of room in the allocated section and wound up shifting some cars to other ... http://jcwgp.com/wp/mtts-2008-la-day-2/