2008 May | The life & times of TWISTER

Posted on 31-05-2008

The BRP Tour - June 19-22, 2008

Filed Under (MINI) by Mark V.

I’ve been getting ready for this for the last 8 months and it’s almost time.

Last year I headed up a Tar Heel MINI Motoring Club outing to the tallest point in NC, Mt. Mitchell. While there, I asked our members if anyone would be interested in traversing the entire Blue Ridge Parkway.

We we set a date and it’s almost time. I truly can not wait to get driving!

We head up to Waynesboro, Va. and spend the night and start the journey the next day. We complete over 265 miles on day one, 230 miles on day two and finish the last bit early on Sunday morning before having a nice lunch in Cherokee, NC. I planned the days so that we have time to stop and smell the roses so to speak during our journey.

We have approximately 33 individuals tagging along during the 3 days. It’s open to everyone, not just our members. Some of the people coming are from New Jersey, Maryland and most from North Carolina. It should be a great trip!

More to come…

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Posted on 23-05-2008

Ready for the iPhone

Filed Under (Personal) by Mark V.

I installed the iPhone wordpress theme tonight and made a few changes to that theme. If you have an iPhone, I hope you like what it does to the blog.

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Posted on 19-05-2008

Kids, smiles and the MINI

Filed Under (MINI, Personal) by Mark V.

So I need to tell everyone this great thing that happens to me daily as I drive to work. Let me set the scene, I drive from the outskirts of Winston-Salem to downtown every day on Reynolda Road. It’s a normal commute road for a lot of drivers to downtown. There is everything from buses to contractor vehicles to moms or dads taking their kids to school. It’s most likely the same kind of commute a lot of you take. Everyone wants to be the first in line before it narrows down to 2 lanes and away from the school buses. The one thing I do every time I drive my car is watch the driver behind me as I’m slowing down. I had a contractor truck plow into my Saturn years ago and I never want to live through that again. So anyway, today I first had a dad in a mini van with 2 kids in the back seat and one in the passenger seat, all around 9-12 years old I’m guessing. The second vehicle I noticed today was a dad with 2 young girls in the back seat of a suv. This story is all about the kids. In both instances, the kids are looking at my MINI and talking, pointing and smiling all the while. Soon after noticing the kids, I look at the driver and now he’s in on the conversation they are having. They are all smiles and it just makes my day! I don’t know if they are talking about my tag or other mods on the MINI or the car itself. Doesn’t really matter to me, I just like seeing the smiles on their faces. It makes that daily drive not so boring.

I know most of you have stories like this, Let me know your little moment of joy. There is so much going on in our lives that makes these little things the best!

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Posted on 18-05-2008

Please update…

Filed Under (Personal) by Mark V.

I just noticed most of my incoming links are coming from my old blog address: http://twister.gomotoring.com/

That address will be going away very soon, like this week! So please, please update your bookmarks/links from your blog. I really appreciate it.

Mark

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Posted on 16-05-2008

What a challenge!

Filed Under (MINI) by Mark V.

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Posted on 11-05-2008

Goin’ in & Goin’ out

Filed Under (MINI) by Mark V.

Installed the ALTA intake and the new exhaust! Both sound really, really good. The exhaust has a deeper tone than stock. If I could tell you more if I could, I’m testing it for a company and that’s all I can say.