Kansas City MINI Enthusiasts

I'm a newby here...what would this show entail? This would be my first Mini gathering!! Have had the Mini for a little over a month.

who will be communicating if we are needed as a driver?

Connie and I are interested in the lake drive as well.

Are drop-in's welcome? Depending on how the morning goes I might be able to be there a little before 1 PM.

GrayGuy wrote:Are drop-in's welcome? Depending on how the morning goes I might be able to be there a little before 1 PM.

?????????????? ^ i have the same question

Anyone that wants to drive on down to the" Show" from up north give us a jingle.Davester and I (Goose) will probably be leaving at about noon.See you there.

BLUGOOSE wrote:Anyone that wants to drive on down to the" Show" from up north give us a jingle.Davester and I (Goose) will probably be leaving at about noon.See you there.

I don't know any good jingles... but I will join you from the Northland. Just let me know when and where we want to meet up.

Amypen wrote:Come one, Come all - I have Culver's custard orders and the badges should be done this week. Baron is throwing in some merchandise for a raffle for the kids. Longview Community College can't make it, but we can still have a good time as we hopefully start this annual outing. Anyone up for a ride around the Longview Lake afterwords?

tilly is still in recovery for an unexpected heart procedure and we will have our gbaby with us. ??? will there be shade and/or an a/c area that hubby and the gbaby can hang out in during the two hour's???

cdecker78 wrote:

BLUGOOSE wrote:Anyone that wants to drive on down to the" Show" from up north give us a jingle.Davester and I (Goose) will probably be leaving at about noon.See you there.

I don't know any good jingles... but I will join you from the Northland. Just let me know when and where we want to meet up.

I'd also like to join the Northland caravan.

Too bad t can't have culver's but gbaby n I sure can....lol

Those going from up north will meet at Burger King parking lot at the intersection of I-29 an 210 Hgwy in NKC.(Just east of I-29 on 210 Hgwy) If you wish to eat be there by 11:30,if not we depart the parking lot at noon.See you all there.-Frank

I'm bailing on the Northland caravan, gonna take the 291/470 route. See y'all there!

I'm still in. Got the car all cleaned up and ready to go. Should be a great day. See you all there

I have to cancel. Sorry.

does anyone know what time we need to b there to line up and where to line up?

getsalot wrote:does anyone know what time we need to b there to line up and where to line up?

Judy and I just plan on showing up a little before 1pm and hoping that it will be obvious where to go and park. Yes, we will have BOTH our MINIs!

I will also have the club stickers with me for sale - $5 each. Proceeds go to the club treasury.

okey doaky. figured we'd need cash for culver's too

Too late for me to get a car.

Mattie's washed waxed vacuumed and a quick detail inside. Now to get food, cleaned up and we're on our way.

Thanks to everyone who came out. It was a great time!

Thanks, Amypen, for organizing a fun event and ordering up perfect weather! It was great seeing everyone--including Ray who drove 3 hours for the show. I really enjoyed seeing the Ice Blue MINI and everyone's cars in fine, sparkling form. Also got a twisty treat driving home following matti_the_mini, who seems to know the best backroads in the area. What a great afternoon!

Kudos to Amypen for putting this together. The kids really seemed to enjoy it and it was fun for us as well. I support making this an annual event. It was great seeing everyone.

Thanks Amy for putting this together. It was nice to get out and hang out with other MINIs, since it has been a while for me. The kids were really nice and I think they had a good time, even though the boys won all the prizes in the raffle. I like the idea for this being an annual event.

Thanks again

We loved our first Mini Rally! Look forward to more Mini Fun!! Loved seeing all the MINIs and getting ideas for our first modification. Thanks!

Thank you all for making this event great! Lots of good ideas for next year!

I need to give some huge KUDOS to my friend Bob who was there with his wife's brand new 2011 Pepper White S (car was between my Chili Red S and my wife Judy's BRG R50). His wife, Lisa (luvs2spin), was out of town, so Bob joined us for the show.

For whatever reason, the girls were in love with his car (well, Lisa's car) and there must have been 10 different kids who sat in his car. A couple even crawled into the back seat! Bob was very patient and the consummate gentleman.

I only had 2 girls who were in love with my car and asked to sit in it. They were very polite and very well behaved.

Which leads to a comment...

Some feedback for Amy for future shows...

This aspect of the event was a little unexpected by me and I suspect a few others. Most car shows are 'hands off', just admire and enjoy. When the girls started asking if they could sit in a car, it was an awkward situation. I would imagine they are familiar with the Auto Shows where you can jump in most any car you want (since they are all manufacturer or dealer cars) and maybe aren't familiar with a car show of privately owned cars.

If Baron had a couple cars there, that could have alleviated the awkwardness issue -- we could have pointed them to the Baron cars. These here are the pretty ones to look at. Those over there are the new ones you can sit in.

If we want to grow the show in the future, I suspect this issue will need to be resolved. I would suspect that some people would be very uncomfortable with the awkwardness of saying 'no' to someone asking to sit in their car.