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Old 01-23-2008, 07:17 AM
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1st Clubman spotted

Spotted it last night south bound on GSP and then again this morning going north! No manufacturer or dealer plates, regular NJ tags!
 
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Old 01-23-2008, 07:24 AM
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Woo Hoo! Now I've gotta keep my eyes peeled and maybe go to my next club meeting to check one out.
 
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Old 01-23-2008, 07:40 AM
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The New Jersey tags mean thats its a reps car.

BMW and Mini reps that get cars to either drive till they are out of "break in" period for journalist test drives, or their personal "company" cars all have NJ plates. At least on the East Coast

Our Finance guy this weekend tooka ride in a brand new 4 door M3, they haven't even released the 2 door officially yet. let alone the 4 door. It's not even supposed to be in the country. He has pics and took a ride in it. His neighbor had it cause he's a rep for the performance center and they wanted him to put 1200 miles on it so they could hand it off to jounalists. It had NJ plates as well

So if you see a Clubman or not released BMW/MINI with NJ plates, wave, they are someone important in the Company
 
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Old 01-23-2008, 07:56 AM
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Good shot - next time, get a pic of the driver! safely, of course!
 
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Old 01-23-2008, 08:08 AM
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Jealous! I want MINE NOWWWWWW!!!!!
 
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Old 01-23-2008, 08:36 AM
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So what'd you think after seeing it in a natural environment?
 
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Old 01-23-2008, 08:38 AM
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Nice! Lucky devil who gets to drive it around and say to themselves - "Na na - I've got one and you don't".

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Old 01-23-2008, 08:19 PM
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That's IT! I'm going to change career directions and go work for MINI so they have to give me what I want when I want it!!! Do you think they have room for someone with an almost completed Ed.D in educational leadership?
 
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ive seen one over christmas in hong kong

i can't say after seeing it i am such a big fan of it anymore, if its a black roof then its fine, the one i saw was dark silver and silver, that silver pillar just looks plain cheap
 
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Old 01-24-2008, 05:44 AM
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It looks great on the road. I saw one in the showroom in England when we were there last month. But one the road it looked even better.
I know MINI is in Woodcliff Lake, but when my ex worked at Mercedes, all the cars she brought home had the manufactuer tags on them, not regular plates. But I agree it is definanatily a MINI bigwig.
 
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Havent spotted one yet but I'll let you guys know since I'm in the Washington DC Metro area. Can't wait!!!!
 
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Our east coast rep used to pull up in a mellow yellow black top 18inch black JCW wheels, fully loaded, JCW aero kit car with jersey plates. He also was given a x3 with jersey plates too
 
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