Fall Activities for CoastalMINIS

It’s hard to believe that it’s almost fall, considering the heat index is still over 100° here on the coast. We’ve almost made it through a summer of sweltering in parking lots or streets with our iced coffees and ice cream cones. It’s been a great summer, but the coming of fall brings with it a few events just for us Coastal MINI enthusiasts. The Phil Wicks Driving Academy and The Charleston British Car Day are both great local events and to make it all a bit easier, we have whole page of information on these events here.

We will be talking about both of these events in our upcoming Monthly Motoring on Sunday September 2nd. Phil Wicks has expressed an interest in coming to our next meeting to talk to us about his driving school. This is still up in the air, but we will keep you posted. We would like to get an idea of who wants to attend either or both of these events, so if you have more questions or just want to discuss it then we encourage you to come to our next 1st Sunday Motoring meeting on September 2nd. 2007. Usual place: Starbucks in the 12 Oaks Shopping Center on Abercorn Street. Details here.

And so we went to Charleston

Last Sunday the Coastal MINIS motored up to Charleston. 4 cars left Savannah, and 10 joined up with us in Charleston, making a record total of 14 MINIS!!!!! We saw some old friends, and met some new ones. We had one newcomer, Paul from Beaufort drive up with us from Savannah in his brand new 2007 Cooper S.

Our trip was delayed slightly by a truck on fire on the side of I-95 that halted traffic for a little while. By the way, MINI sunroofs are wonderful for observing long lines of stopped traffic. After we finally got going again, we met up with our very patient friends in Charleston. We really appreciate them waiting for us in the hot hot sun! Then we motored over to Davis Island to a very nice restuarant for brunch. Afterwards we headed to a place called Turkey's where they had several imported classic minis. It was so wonderful to see how far our cars have come! For our final stop, Matt and Jimmy took us down the street to Ye Old Fashioned Ice Cream where MINI of Charleston treated us, because it was SO hot. Thanks guys, it was delicious!

Check out Stephanie's slide show!


Our next meet up is going to be on Sunday, September 2nd. Because of Labor Day weekend, we will be staying in Savannah for this one. We're just going to have a low key planning session of sorts. We're going to work on ideas for future trips, logo and sticker designs, etc. We'll still meet at Starbucks, as usual, and probably head somewhere in town for lunch. Anyone is welcome to come! We would love to hear your opinions on what you would like to see happen with Coastal MINIS. :)

Happy Motoring!

Monthly Motoring to Charleston!

We have finally finalized plans for our monthly motoring trip to Charleston this Sunday! (yes this Sunday. Last minute, I know)

The Savannians shall meet at the Starbucks in 12 Oaks at 10am, as usual. We plan on leaving Savannah by (hopefully) 10:45. The Charleston people should meet in the Sears parking lot on Savannah Hwy (across the street from MINI of Charleston and in the strip with KMart) at 12:30. We will probably all leave there together about 1:00 and head over to Daniel Island for late brunch at McCaffrey's Irish Pub & Restaurant. It's an all-you-can-eat thing for like $14. From there we plan to take a drive through downtown Charleston making a stop or two, including one at the port where all the MINI's come-in the US for the South-East. Then we can venture to West Ashley for a look at the 30-or-so classic Mini's at Turkey's.

I'm am SO EXCITED about this month's trip. Sorry for us being so late in planning! I hope lots of people can come because it's going to be awesome! Special thanks to Matt for organizing the itinerary for this one. :)