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Old 06-24-2008, 08:51 PM
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Spotted today:

AB/B MCS - wb Golf Rd b4 Milwaukee Ave @ 6:30pm - wasn't sure if you saw me cuz your windows were tinted... Thanks for the thumbs up
 
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Old 06-24-2008, 11:31 PM
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EB/W MCS heading WB on Tower Rd around 3pm -- thanks for the wave...
SS/B Clubman heading WB on Tower Rd around Green Bay -- thanks for the acknowledgment...
 
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Old 06-26-2008, 04:12 AM
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DS/B MCS westbound Ogden Ave @ Main St. on 6/25 @ 7pm or so.

Mom, dad, & two kids in the back seat. The WHOLE FAMILY smiled & waved!!!!



Thank you kindly!
 
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Old 06-26-2008, 01:55 PM
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Yesterday -
Spotted Taylor in Deerfield on Waukegan at 7:15 pm
Today -
Dustin in Northbrook/Deerfield on Waukegan at 2 pm
 
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Some funky cream-tan type color, Cooper graphic and mud flaps over at Woodfield Mall

BRG/W Cooper, also at the mall

Yes, I do work!
 
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Old 06-26-2008, 10:39 PM
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06.26.08 Spottings Only

8:30am MCS HB/B eastbound on Lawrence by Oketo in Harwood Heights

9:30am MCS CR/W in the NBC Tower underground parking

4:00pm MCS AB/AB northbound on LaSalle by Illinois
Hard to get a wave when you're not in your own MINI, let alone a pedestrian!

6:00pm MCS PW/B parked in a surface lot on the SW corner of LaSalle and Illinois

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Old 06-27-2008, 11:47 AM
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Spotted chequedmini's old CR/B MC with checkered stripes heading north on Edens today.. Shot her an e-mail letting her know I saw her old car and it turns out she also saw it today in Highland park
 
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Old 06-30-2008, 11:27 AM
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7:15 AM Spotted a nice CR/B 08 MCS "MiniMite" on Upper Wacker at State, Hellas and optional wing. Looked good!
 
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6/21 - CR MCS at Home Depot in Round Lake Beach - Two guys attaching a 4'x8' sheet of dry wall to the roof, broken in half.

Today
1:45pm on 22(Half Day Road) West of 94
DS/B MCS with Black S-Lites and an SCCA emblem - thanks for the wave
JB/B MCS ended up turning off of 22 and then got back on 22 by the Comfort Inn
Spotted 2 others but did not get a good look. One turned south on to 21 from 22 and the other turned from 22 onto Old Half Day road.
 
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If that DS MCS was white instead of black it would have been me. wheels and all. i need to find this person...they obviously have great taste!
 
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Old 06-30-2008, 03:17 PM
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Do you have an R53 logo on the boot? If you were on 22 at that time it could have been you, I tend to forget what the roof color is...
 
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Spotted a few coming home from Six Flags yesterday... all between 3-4pm along Rte 21:
  • MY/MY MC - sb rte 21 turning eb to 137
  • JB/W MCS - nb Rte 21 b4 176
  • PW/B MCS - nb Rte 21 after 176
  • PW/PW MC - sb Rte 21.. you were behind me approaching Euclid
 
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Old 06-30-2008, 08:05 PM
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Originally Posted by Jughead
Do you have an R53 logo on the boot? If you were on 22 at that time it could have been you, I tend to forget what the roof color is...

nope, not me...i have yet to be spotted. i think its because i blend in with the pavement stealth mode style!

i do have a grille badge though...slow traffic, move right....if only people could see it in their rvm.
 
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Old 06-30-2008, 08:17 PM
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Originally Posted by Jughead
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1:45pm on 22(Half Day Road) West of 94
DS/B MCS with Black S-Lites and an SCCA emblem - thanks for the wave
That was me! I looked over the first time I passed you on the right, but you didn't look over, but glad I got a chance to exchange the wave. I have waved so many times to no avail... glad it was a reciprocated one!

We did have a nice 3 MINI convoy going there for a bit. Makes you feel all warm and fuzzy on the inside.
 
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Old 07-01-2008, 08:15 AM
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I think we just mistimed our looks. The return wave was nice, thanks. There are too many times where waves are not returned. Perhaps a course in MINI etiquette should be required prior to taking delivery.

I think the guy in front of me forgot where he was going. He turned in by the hotel and then made a u-turn back to 22. I work in one of the office buildings back there.
 
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Old 07-01-2008, 08:18 AM
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Originally Posted by Jughead
I think we just mistimed our looks. The return wave was nice, thanks. There are too many times where waves are not returned. Perhaps a course in MINI etiquette should be required prior to taking delivery.

I think the guy in front of me forgot where he was going. He turned in by the hotel and then made a u-turn back to 22. I work in one of the office buildings back there.
He was probably too busy staring at your MINI and turned prematurely...
 

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Old 07-01-2008, 09:31 PM
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Spotted 7/1:
  • HO/B MCSC w/checkered mirrorcaps - 90/Arlington Hts Rd @ 9:15am. Thanks for the wave
 
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Old 07-01-2008, 10:59 PM
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Tailed by a CR MCSC for a mile or two in Evanston today around 1-ish. Pulled up alongside at a light but the driver was engaged in social activity with her passengers, so no pleasantries exchanged.
 
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Old 07-02-2008, 06:29 PM
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Spotted today:

BRG/B MCSC - Sidewalk. Parked near 83/Landmeier Rd @ 12:45pm. Very nice
 
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Old 07-04-2008, 12:37 PM
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get ready to see a foreign MINI on the streets... July 12-14
 
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Old 07-04-2008, 04:32 PM
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lookin forward to spottin ya Xiek, shouldn't be too hard in that mini
 
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Old 07-04-2008, 06:12 PM
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Originally Posted by Xiek
get ready to see a foreign MINI on the streets... July 12-14
Excellent.
 
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Old 07-05-2008, 11:01 AM
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I just had to post this- something you don't see very often. I took this with my camera phone- mine's the one on the left.... This was in Naperville.

 
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Old 07-05-2008, 03:49 PM
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Are you sure that you didn't Photoshop the other car in there????

A rare sighting indeed. Finding ONE Oxy Blue on the street is tough enough, but two in the same place?!?!?!?!?

They look great, though!
 
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Originally Posted by dhoosee
Are you sure that you didn't Photoshop the other car in there????

A rare sighting indeed. Finding ONE Oxy Blue on the street is tough enough, but two in the same place?!?!?!?!?

They look great, though!

Cross my heart!

You're right though....besides mine, I've only seen 2 other oxy blue ones on the road!!
 


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