Psst: Minispygear.com

Sections: Best of the Web Sep 12th, 2006 37 Comments

Go, click, have fun: Minispygear.com

Written By: MF Staff

MiniLifeCrisis

Grab your VIN #, more free stuff!!!
TSizemore3

BAH! The net nanny filters here at work won’t let me see the site properly! Guess I’ll have to wait till I get home to see it.
minijcwgp

Super! Thanks Gabe. I like the concept the ad agency came up with, but I just do not have the time to chase around looking for the Mags to find the ads.
bellemerlord

What is a VIN #?
Craig

I never received my secret decoder glasses. Is there any way to get them? I bought my new MINI in the begining of January 2006.
WingNut

Woohoo! Thanks Gabe, good buddy!
R50

That site is a hoot: old yellowed newsprint, funky drawings and unexpected videos. Good job BSSP
lTZMTOR

Reminds me of Charles S Anderson & Joe Duffy’s work from back in the ’80′s. Fun Stuff.
Z4MINI

The dinosaur easter egg is the best. No…the snapping gum… No…the aliens. No the Dinosaurs….I’ve got that tune in my head now.
http://www.dickdavid.com dickdavid

Very nice. I’ll be getting my toggle switch cover in 4-6 weeks.
http://www.dickdavid.com dickdavid

What is a VIN #?

Vehicle Identification Number

It’s on your driver’s side dash, on one of your strut mounts, (I think) inside the driver door panel and on your Roadside Assistance Card.
gmini

I got the toggle switch plate without having recieved the decoder still! Thanks, GABE!
http://www.jwardell.com/mini/ Josh Wardell

Just like the last time REMEMBER TO YELL LOUDLY AND TYPE YOUR VIN IN ALL CAPS
JD7

What is a VIN #? Vehicle Identification Number ItÃƒÂ¢Ã¢â€šÂ¬Ã¢â€žÂ¢s on your driverÃƒÂ¢Ã¢â€šÂ¬Ã¢â€žÂ¢s side dash, on one of your strut mounts, (I think) inside the driver door panel and on your Roadside Assistance Card.

I just logged into the Owner’s Lounge to get my VIN.
http://mini.mdsbrain.com mdsbrain

This is awesome! I have my adventure toggle switch set on its way.
http://www.gbmini.net Ian C.

You blew this “secret” very quickly! :(
http://mini.patrickturner.net Patrick

That dinosaur tune sure is catchy!
AJ

Any other links via the whole decoder thing? I have the decoder package, but none of the magazines we have to look for
robble

Here is one. I think it was from MC^2: http://aswec-fit.org/
minijcwgp

Since you can only access these MINI easter eggs with your MINI’s VIN number, I don’t see this as Gabe blowing any secrets to anyone other than the MINI owners who are the end targets of all of these anyway.
robble

Yup! Every MINI owner already has their super hard to break password.

You may find the house without it, but you won’t get in.
MINI Fireman

I don’t think Ian meant Gabe blew the secret. I think that was directed to those making the comments spilling the beans.
O(=^=)O Capn

I was too lazy to go to the car, so I just went to autotrader and looked up a mini for sale, wha-la!
alpinamike

I thought we had to figure this out on our own, now watch out for people looking for a Vin # on your MINI(so they can get one). If BSSP was smart their campagin would have included a sticker to cover up your MINI’s Vin under the window, follows the spy theme. I have the copywright on that idea.. so don’t take it:)
O(=^=)O Capn

Reminds me of the secretfunspot
YuccaPatrol

Gabe,

I think the secret black box stuff is really fun, but it gets ruined if you spill the beans.

I know motoringfile is all about spilling the beans, but I wish it was not the case with this ad campaign.

I’m glad I already decoded this before I found it here. . .
karlInSanDiego

I guess I’ll have to wait and see if this is still active in Feb(?) when we take delivery of our ’07.
EricR

I’m with Yucca on this one – there are some things that just shouldn’t be spilt. At least make us decode something to find it. ;)
http://www.motoringfile.com/ Gabe

I think the secret black box stuff is really fun, but it gets ruined if you spill the beans.

I cannot go into details but it was not my idea to post this. It came from someone a little higher-up.

In the past I’ve always been the first to stay far away from ruining any surprise associated with the new campaign. However this was different.
YuccaPatrol

You are forgiven, Gabe. . . .

but I do hope that this won’t happen for each and every future ad.

At least I can bask in my own smug-ness knowing that I was the first to post on NAM that I had cracked the second ad but DIDN’T spill the beans. . . :)
bluzeke

OH NO Gabe! There actually IS “someone a little higher up”?

To me, that is the REAL surprise of this whole affair -now please, tell us or we’ll have to start guessing?!?!?
alpinamike

His wife..lol
http://bravo5.org/blog blalor

The “Real UFO” video is a little … creepy.

Todd, time to fire up the printer; if these are the same quality as the ones included with the welcome kit, we’re gonna have to go vinyl!
Art Nerheim

It really bothers me that they came out with this nice ad campaign and some VIN# do not work.
Kathy Vosberg

I to have had trouble with both the insect site and now this one, not excepting my VIN #. So how do we solve that one?
http://www.plusminus.com.au Russell

So yeah… how come just because I’m in Australia, my VIN doesn’t work?
Lola

So WHAT EXACTLY is SUPPOSED to happen after you’ve entered your VIN# and clicked enter? When I do this, the box disappears and nothing else happens. Is this normal? Or should something else happen?

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