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My MINI United Road Trip - 3000+ miles

PostPosted: Mon Nov 19, 2012 11:30 pm
by Sportspack-Mark
I had a bit of an epic road trip in May in the MINI,I thought I would share it with you guys it behaved perfectly with no glitches at all
Ok so from the beginning

It involved driving to Dublin from just south of Belfast. Ferry to Holyhead. Then a drive to Folkestone

Getting onto Euro Tunnel
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At the old Reims Gueux Circuit
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A few dead flies collected along the way
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This was down past Grenoble up in the mountains
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The views were amazing!
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Along Route Napoloen on the way to Castellane
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Then from Castellane, I made it to THE south of france, I couldn't go any further!
Along the way
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Water!
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Then along the coast to Monaco, they were getting all prepped for the F1 which was a shame, I wanted a picture of my car outside the casino
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A few small vessels in the harbour
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So before I left I had a message from Gerard asking if I wanted to put my car at their club tent, why not I thought. I had the best time with the crew, Chris, Sinead, Ger, Oliver and Julian!! Class craic and very welcoming to me!! Next time theres an MTI I'm there!!!
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The event is called MINI United, its held every 2/3 years and is a 3 day festival with live music, events, and you can take your car around the circuit. MINI challenge racing is also on during the weekend. I saw Iggy Pop and the Stooges, Gossip, The Ting Tings and Martin Solveig at the concerts.
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MINI always do something special for their fans, so on the Saturday we got the first glimpse of the new GP in the metal, the press release was later that evening
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I also met Paddy Hopkirk and Rauno Aaltonen
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Back up through France via Millau, our convoy group
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And Paris
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Then a MINI factory tour in Oxford - my 7th tour
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Heres the stats from the car for the trip
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39.3 wasnt bad considering the car was fully loaded and in france was sitting at 80 :lol: :roll: cough with the cruise control on

For those in km
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Whens the next one? I'm going!! I hope you enjoyed reading this. Thank you

PostPosted: Tue Nov 20, 2012 10:58 am
by MiniMpi
Great post Mark !!

Epic trip indeed. Love all the photos and the comments.