GPMINI.net » MINI Takes The States http://gpmini.net/wp Everything about the MINI Cooper JCW GP Tue, 24 Jan 2012 16:42:44 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 Two years ago … Coast to Coast in a GP http://gpmini.net/wp/2008/08/two_years_ago_coast_to_coast_in_a_gp/ http://gpmini.net/wp/2008/08/two_years_ago_coast_to_coast_in_a_gp/#comments Tue, 26 Aug 2008 00:28:38 +0000 GPMINI http://gpmini.net/wp/2008/08/two_years_ago_coast_to_coast_in_a_gp/ The original and best (!) MINI Takes The States 2006 was in mid-flow two years ago … this weekend I worked through the many more than 2,200 photos I’d taken, and put together an Animoto video/slideshow – a wonderful reminder of a wonderful event, beginning with GP delivery at Monterey and working city-by-city and state-by-state during a two week, 4,500+ mile drive across the USA:

Here is the video, nearly 300 pictures and over 8 minutes of entertainment – and at the beginning, a few never-before-shots of the first GP I ever saw (which MINI USA asked me not to post online back in August 2006!):

If you prefer, click here to download a high resolution version (80MB, MP4 format)

]]> http://gpmini.net/wp/2008/08/two_years_ago_coast_to_coast_in_a_gp/feed/ 1 MTTS 2008 http://gpmini.net/wp/2008/03/mtts_2008/ http://gpmini.net/wp/2008/03/mtts_2008/#comments Fri, 14 Mar 2008 21:26:42 +0000 GPMINI http://gpmini.net/wp/2008/03/mtts_2008/ So MINI USA has officially announced the MTTS 2008 dates …

Of course, it won’t be as great as MTTS’06 – apart from anything else, they won’t be delivering GPs!

There’s also no officially supported road trip this year, just four individual events (more like MINI United – but maybe without the track?) … of course, you could always organize your own drives!

UPDATE: lots more details online now, and registration is open – go to MINItakethestates.com for more

]]> http://gpmini.net/wp/2008/03/mtts_2008/feed/ 5 Remember MINI Takes The States http://gpmini.net/wp/2007/08/remember_mini_takes_the_states/ http://gpmini.net/wp/2007/08/remember_mini_takes_the_states/#comments Fri, 24 Aug 2007 13:41:33 +0000 GPMINI http://gpmini.net/wp/2007/08/remember_mini_takes_the_states/ A year ago, many MINIs were driving cost to coast during MINI Takes The States; at the end of that amazing event, MINI USA created a 10 minute video which is absolutely worth the 70MB download if you’ve never seen it – or even if you have, see it again and remember!


]]> http://gpmini.net/wp/2007/08/remember_mini_takes_the_states/feed/ 2 MTTS Lime Rock video http://gpmini.net/wp/2006/12/mtts_lime_rock_video/ http://gpmini.net/wp/2006/12/mtts_lime_rock_video/#comments Sun, 10 Dec 2006 14:26:55 +0000 GPMINI http://gpmini.net/wp/2006/12/mtts_lime_rock_video/ Somehow I missed linking to this Lime Rock video from Drew / NewYorkCityMINI when he announced it on NAM …

Sorry! But it’s still up so head over and check it out – especially the long long line of MINIs :)

]]> http://gpmini.net/wp/2006/12/mtts_lime_rock_video/feed/ 1 Fireball Tim does MTTS, part 3 http://gpmini.net/wp/2006/12/fireball_tim_does_mtts_part_3/ http://gpmini.net/wp/2006/12/fireball_tim_does_mtts_part_3/#comments Thu, 07 Dec 2006 22:29:45 +0000 GPMINI http://gpmini.net/wp/2006/12/fireball_tim_does_mtts_part_3/ Head over to Fireball Tim and follow the link to watch part 3 of their CarTV MTTS coverage (still with the annoying Kia yodel!er) … less MINIs and more Route 66 this time, although watch for MINI USA VP Jim Mcdowell getting “washed”!

(previous links to part 2 and part 1)

]]> http://gpmini.net/wp/2006/12/fireball_tim_does_mtts_part_3/feed/ 0 MTTSphotos http://gpmini.net/wp/2006/11/mttsphotos/ http://gpmini.net/wp/2006/11/mttsphotos/#comments Sat, 04 Nov 2006 16:17:54 +0000 GPMINI http://gpmini.net/wp/2006/11/mttsphotos/ MTTSphotos (Newscast) was the official photographers of MINI Takes The States and they took some great pictures!
I ordered a pile of (mostly) GPMINI related pics – here’s some of them:

(copyright 2006 Newcast)

If you drove all or part of MTTS you might be included in some of the many pictures they took – head over to MTTSphotos and have a look!

(photos scanned / shown here with kind permission of Jim Sulley from Newscast)

]]> http://gpmini.net/wp/2006/11/mttsphotos/feed/ 0 The Sound of a GP http://gpmini.net/wp/2006/10/the_sound_of_a_gp/ http://gpmini.net/wp/2006/10/the_sound_of_a_gp/#comments Tue, 31 Oct 2006 20:11:14 +0000 GPMINI http://gpmini.net/wp/2006/10/the_sound_of_a_gp/ Here’s a YouTube snippet of video from Alberquerque – but it’s really the sound not the video that’s excellent :)

Listen (and watch) Matt hauling his nearly new GP up Sandia Crest back in August (Matt says this video is courtesy of the Alberquerque MINI club – I’m sorry that I don’t have a link to them!)

]]> http://gpmini.net/wp/2006/10/the_sound_of_a_gp/feed/ 3 More MTTS video http://gpmini.net/wp/2006/10/more_mtts_video/ http://gpmini.net/wp/2006/10/more_mtts_video/#comments Fri, 27 Oct 2006 21:08:44 +0000 GPMINI http://gpmini.net/wp/2006/10/more_mtts_video/ Fireball Tim has posted part II of their MINI Takes The States video documentary; head over to CarTV to watch …

(see here for part I)

(also, and un-associated with Fireball Tim, check this post by Murray over on MurMINI, which links to a “sneak peak” of what will hopefully become the official-and-available-for-purchase-on-DVD MTTS video! UPDATE: The video has been removed now, but you can see it on Google Video here – thanks for the update, Murray!)

]]> http://gpmini.net/wp/2006/10/more_mtts_video/feed/ 2 MTTS rumour mill http://gpmini.net/wp/2006/10/mtts_rumour_mill/ http://gpmini.net/wp/2006/10/mtts_rumour_mill/#comments Sun, 22 Oct 2006 09:52:52 +0000 GPMINI http://gpmini.net/wp/2006/10/mtts_rumour_mill/ See this thread on NAM:
… what I heard was, don’t tell anyone, that MINIUSA will do a MTTS again in mid-summer 2008 from Seattle, WA to Key West, FL for the release of the Traveler … This one (2006) was just a pre-ran for the 3 week ran in 2008 …

Not the first time I’ve heard of this date and route for another MINI Takes The States but the first time I’ve read it being linked to the Traveller (which sadly won’t have that name when it comes out)

]]> http://gpmini.net/wp/2006/10/mtts_rumour_mill/feed/ 4 MTTS coast to coast video http://gpmini.net/wp/2006/10/mtts_coast_to_coast_video/ http://gpmini.net/wp/2006/10/mtts_coast_to_coast_video/#comments Mon, 02 Oct 2006 20:31:48 +0000 GPMINI http://gpmini.net/wp/2006/10/mtts_coast_to_coast_video/ ZoomJockey has posted a 6-1/2 minute YouTube video of his complete MINI Takes The States drive … worth seeing if you have a few minutes to spare :)

(original link on this MINI2 thread)

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