MotoringFile 2005 Holiday Gift Guide

Sections: MF Feature Nov 28th, 2005 19 Comments

Despite a few delays, The Gift Guide is indeed back just in time for the holidays. The 2005 MotoringFile Holiday MINI Gift Guide packs all of our old favorites plus a few new ones. From apparel to armrests, we’ve tried to include a cross section of accessories available for the MINI and the MINI enthusiast. Like last year we’ve created the gift guide as a downloadable PDF for easy off-line viewing and printing. It’s also easier this way to print out slip to someone for gift ideas.

As usual the gift guide is a free download. All that we ask is that you try to only download it once. You can download the file (compressed as a ZIP file) by clicking on the image above or the link below. Enjoy!

[ MotoringFile 2005 Holiday Gift Guide ] Zipped

Alternatively you can download the unzipped PDF file below. Please note that this will open within Internet Explorer and Safari. To save to your computer you’ll want to right click on the link.

[ MotoringFile 2005 Holiday Gift Guide ] PDF

Note: to view the gift guide PDF you must either have a Apple Computer with OSX or Adobe Acrobat installed (Preview is installed by default on Macs w/OSX) or a Windows PC with Adobe Acrobat. You can download Adobe Acrobat here.

Written By: Gabe

http://dale.us Dale

Gabe,

The PDF does not open here on linux, file tells me that it is: AppleDouble encoded Macintosh file.

Also the zip contains a weird __MACOSX folder with the PDF in it.
scatpack

Nice cover design!
http://www.dbmini.us DB

The PDF does not open here on linux, file tells me that it is: AppleDouble encoded Macintosh file.

Not sure what distro you are using, but it opened fine for me in Ubuntu. Don’t use the zip file (all mac zips include that OSX folder), instead just click the pdf link and see what happens. Again, on Ubuntu, it opens right up with evince.
http://dale.us Dale

To clarify, only the PDF in the ZIP doesn’t open for me. The standalone PDF opens just fine.
http://dbmini.us db

Oh, well I have corrected that as well, just in case :)
Giacomo

Nice design work.
http://miniblog.guapacha.com ukpylot

Great guide as usual!! Though there aren’t really that many items on there that you could truly ask for as ‘gifts’ – unless perhaps you’re related to the Rockerfellers :)
http://www.outmotoring.com Aaron

Gabe, once again, you’ve proven to be the leader in MINI news and all things good revolving around the MINI.

Happy Holidays!

Thanks to all who have made http://www.OutMotoring.com a success in 2005!
Ed

I’m just curious – is there a reason to buy from Knauz (promoted in the gift guide) rather than, say, Crevier (who maintains the Roadfly MINI Parts Counter)?
stephen

hey gabe…. what program did you use to make that gift guide… by chance was it pages?

steve
http://www.motoringfile.com/ Gabe

IÃƒÂ¢Ã¢â€šÂ¬Ã¢â€žÂ¢m just curious – is there a reason to buy from Knauz (promoted in the gift guide) rather than, say, Crevier (who maintains the Roadfly MINI Parts Counter)?

Knauz supports MotoringFile through advertising on the site. Therefore they are our preferred vendor for some specific items within the gift guide.

On a side note, if you’d like to order parts through them but have found a cheaper price elsewhere, just mention the specifics over the phone and they may be able to match that.

hey gabeÃƒÂ¢Ã¢â€šÂ¬Ã‚Â¦. what program did you use to make that gift guideÃƒÂ¢Ã¢â€šÂ¬Ã‚Â¦ by chance was it pages?

Adobe InDesign
Sean

The guide looks great!
polygrah

Hey Gabe,

Why would I want to get the 2005 Calendar over the 2006 Calendar? Besides the typo great guide man. I’ve been trying to convince my parents into getting a Mini for years(ever since I first saw Mr. Bean’s), and now they are thinking about getting me one!!!

Happy Holidays
Steve

Gabe:

Thanks so much for putting the guide together. It must have been a lot of work, especially with your recent hard drive failure. Much appreciated!

ps – Just listened to Woofcast 23. Try to check out some Slowdive and Cocteau Twins, bands that got me through many a Chicago winter!
http://www.motoringfile.com/ Gabe

Thanks Steve!
tsukiji

Nice work!

note to self: get off butt & dust off InDesign CS
JD

Nice work again this year!!! Thanks!!!

One question: Any reason for recommending the TomTom GPS instead of the Garmin or Magellans??? I have been looking for a GPS for my MINI and have also considered the TomTom, but wasn’t sure how the newcomer would stack up against the old-timers. Any thoughts on this???
http://www.motoringfile.com/ Gabe

One question: Any reason for recommending the TomTom GPS instead of the Garmin or Magellans??? I have been looking for a GPS for my MINI and have also considered the TomTom, but wasnÃƒÂ¢Ã¢â€šÂ¬Ã¢â€žÂ¢t sure how the newcomer would stack up against the old-timers. Any thoughts on this???

JD – I came to my conclusion based on some hands on time with the TomTom and a high-end Magellen unit and reviews. The TomTom had the coolest features and most importantly was the easiest to use and set-up. That said I would recommend giving each some testing at your local electronics store if you can.
Aleks

vey nicely done, looks incredibly professional

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