Comments on: MotoringFile Top 10 Stories of 2007 http://www.motoringfile.com/2007/12/31/motoringfile-top-10-stories-of-2007/ MINI Cooper news, reviews and opinion. Wed, 17 Mar 2010 00:21:11 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: MotoringFile » Archive » White Roof Radio #212 http://www.motoringfile.com/2007/12/31/motoringfile-top-10-stories-of-2007/comment-page-1/#comment-195618 MotoringFile » Archive » White Roof Radio #212 Tue, 08 Jan 2008 06:01:37 +0000 http://www.motoringfile.com/2007/12/31/motoringfile-top-10-stories-of-2007/#comment-195618 <p>[...] Gifford at his place. We spent about 1/2 hour talking about MINI stuff, including going through the top 10 Motoringfile stories of 2007. It was great fun and we think you’ll enjoy this [...]</p> [...] Gifford at his place. We spent about 1/2 hour talking about MINI stuff, including going through the top 10 Motoringfile stories of 2007. It was great fun and we think you’ll enjoy this [...]

]]> By: YuccaPatrol http://www.motoringfile.com/2007/12/31/motoringfile-top-10-stories-of-2007/comment-page-1/#comment-194267 YuccaPatrol Wed, 02 Jan 2008 07:10:24 +0000 http://www.motoringfile.com/2007/12/31/motoringfile-top-10-stories-of-2007/#comment-194267 <p>I'll offer up my factory JCW car for you as soon as they build it for me. . . . ;)</p> I’ll offer up my factory JCW car for you as soon as they build it for me. . . . ;)

]]> By: lavardera http://www.motoringfile.com/2007/12/31/motoringfile-top-10-stories-of-2007/comment-page-1/#comment-194128 lavardera Tue, 01 Jan 2008 15:38:44 +0000 http://www.motoringfile.com/2007/12/31/motoringfile-top-10-stories-of-2007/#comment-194128 <p>Darn, too bad MF doesn't know somebody that has a GP... cough..cough..todd...cough..</p> Darn, too bad MF doesn’t know somebody that has a GP… cough..cough..todd…cough..

]]> By: Gabe http://www.motoringfile.com/2007/12/31/motoringfile-top-10-stories-of-2007/comment-page-1/#comment-194120 Gabe Tue, 01 Jan 2008 14:21:33 +0000 http://www.motoringfile.com/2007/12/31/motoringfile-top-10-stories-of-2007/#comment-194120 <blockquote> <p>OMG! Has this year gone by THAT FAST!!!</p> </blockquote> <p>No worries. We will be trying to get a GP to test along side the new factory JCW car next year.</p>

OMG! Has this year gone by THAT FAST!!!

No worries. We will be trying to get a GP to test along side the new factory JCW car next year.

]]> By: bluzeke http://www.motoringfile.com/2007/12/31/motoringfile-top-10-stories-of-2007/comment-page-1/#comment-194053 bluzeke Tue, 01 Jan 2008 07:38:14 +0000 http://www.motoringfile.com/2007/12/31/motoringfile-top-10-stories-of-2007/#comment-194053 <p>. . . sniff - choke - ahem. ;-)</p> <p>Happy New Year to you and yours Gabe. Keep it coming.</p> . . . sniff – choke – ahem. ;-)

Happy New Year to you and yours Gabe. Keep it coming.

]]> By: msh441 http://www.motoringfile.com/2007/12/31/motoringfile-top-10-stories-of-2007/comment-page-1/#comment-194006 msh441 Tue, 01 Jan 2008 02:08:49 +0000 http://www.motoringfile.com/2007/12/31/motoringfile-top-10-stories-of-2007/#comment-194006 <p>2006!?!</p> <p>OMG! Has this year gone by THAT FAST!!!</p> <p>Sorry!</p> 2006!?!

OMG! Has this year gone by THAT FAST!!!

Sorry!

]]> By: dickdavid http://www.motoringfile.com/2007/12/31/motoringfile-top-10-stories-of-2007/comment-page-1/#comment-194001 dickdavid Tue, 01 Jan 2008 01:13:19 +0000 http://www.motoringfile.com/2007/12/31/motoringfile-top-10-stories-of-2007/#comment-194001 <p>Thanks Gabe and MF crew for keeping my daily, online MINI fix going.</p> <p>Happy New Year!</p> Thanks Gabe and MF crew for keeping my daily, online MINI fix going.

Happy New Year!

]]> By: Gabe http://www.motoringfile.com/2007/12/31/motoringfile-top-10-stories-of-2007/comment-page-1/#comment-193963 Gabe Mon, 31 Dec 2007 22:03:23 +0000 http://www.motoringfile.com/2007/12/31/motoringfile-top-10-stories-of-2007/#comment-193963 <blockquote> <p>Not even an honerable mention of the GP? A limited edition car signifying the last of the series? I would have assumed it would at least get a mention during the MINI Takes The States listing… but thats not there, either! I guess the R50/53 buyers guide will have to do. Too bad.</p> </blockquote> <p>The GP was released in 2006 and our review was posted in December of 2006. You can find it here: <a href="http://www.motoringfile.com/2006/12/18/motoringfile-review-jcw-gp/" rel="nofollow">MF Review: JCW GP</a>. There were no stories relating to the GP in 2007 much less major ones.</p> <p>MINI Takes the States happened in 2006 as well. You can find our coverage of that event here: <a href="http://www.motoringfile.com/section/mtts/" rel="nofollow">MotoringFile Section: MTTS</a>. There were no stories relating to MTTS 2006 in 2007 much less major ones.</p>

Not even an honerable mention of the GP? A limited edition car signifying the last of the series? I would have assumed it would at least get a mention during the MINI Takes The States listing… but thats not there, either! I guess the R50/53 buyers guide will have to do. Too bad.

The GP was released in 2006 and our review was posted in December of 2006. You can find it here: MF Review: JCW GP. There were no stories relating to the GP in 2007 much less major ones.

MINI Takes the States happened in 2006 as well. You can find our coverage of that event here: MotoringFile Section: MTTS. There were no stories relating to MTTS 2006 in 2007 much less major ones.

]]> By: MeanMrMstrd http://www.motoringfile.com/2007/12/31/motoringfile-top-10-stories-of-2007/comment-page-1/#comment-193954 MeanMrMstrd Mon, 31 Dec 2007 21:06:13 +0000 http://www.motoringfile.com/2007/12/31/motoringfile-top-10-stories-of-2007/#comment-193954 <p>Gabe, over the years, way back to BRIDGER.US, I have found groundbreaking info here, good and bad discourse and wonderful fellowship with people in the MINI community like GBMINI, MURMINI, BLUIGUANA, JCWGP and others. THANX!</p> <p>Seems that more and more things have become less about the debate and more about other things. My hope for the coming year is that we can all agree to disagree in a creative and less distasteful way.</p> <p>Happy New Year to all. RB</p> Gabe, over the years, way back to BRIDGER.US, I have found groundbreaking info here, good and bad discourse and wonderful fellowship with people in the MINI community like GBMINI, MURMINI, BLUIGUANA, JCWGP and others. THANX!

Seems that more and more things have become less about the debate and more about other things. My hope for the coming year is that we can all agree to disagree in a creative and less distasteful way.

Happy New Year to all. RB

]]> By: msh441 http://www.motoringfile.com/2007/12/31/motoringfile-top-10-stories-of-2007/comment-page-1/#comment-193951 msh441 Mon, 31 Dec 2007 20:55:55 +0000 http://www.motoringfile.com/2007/12/31/motoringfile-top-10-stories-of-2007/#comment-193951 <p>Not even an honerable mention of the GP? A limited edition car signifying the last of the series? I would have assumed it would at least get a mention during the MINI Takes The States listing... but thats not there, either! I guess the R50/53 buyers guide will have to do. Too bad.</p> Not even an honerable mention of the GP? A limited edition car signifying the last of the series? I would have assumed it would at least get a mention during the MINI Takes The States listing… but thats not there, either! I guess the R50/53 buyers guide will have to do. Too bad.

]]> By: Gabe http://www.motoringfile.com/2007/12/31/motoringfile-top-10-stories-of-2007/comment-page-1/#comment-193927 Gabe Mon, 31 Dec 2007 18:32:00 +0000 http://www.motoringfile.com/2007/12/31/motoringfile-top-10-stories-of-2007/#comment-193927 <blockquote> <p>Do believe that the Mini diesel debate would have earned a honorable mention lol.</p> </blockquote> <p>It did - it's above in the second list.</p>

Do believe that the Mini diesel debate would have earned a honorable mention lol.

It did – it’s above in the second list.

]]> By: Jon http://www.motoringfile.com/2007/12/31/motoringfile-top-10-stories-of-2007/comment-page-1/#comment-193906 Jon Mon, 31 Dec 2007 17:16:27 +0000 http://www.motoringfile.com/2007/12/31/motoringfile-top-10-stories-of-2007/#comment-193906 <p>A fun year in review Gabe. Many of my favorite stories during the year are mentioned. Do believe that the Mini diesel debate would have earned a honorable mention lol.</p> <p>Thanks to you and everybody that has put in the time and effort to bring these articles to us.</p> A fun year in review Gabe. Many of my favorite stories during the year are mentioned. Do believe that the Mini diesel debate would have earned a honorable mention lol.

Thanks to you and everybody that has put in the time and effort to bring these articles to us.

]]> By: Gabe http://www.motoringfile.com/2007/12/31/motoringfile-top-10-stories-of-2007/comment-page-1/#comment-193885 Gabe Mon, 31 Dec 2007 15:11:23 +0000 http://www.motoringfile.com/2007/12/31/motoringfile-top-10-stories-of-2007/#comment-193885 <blockquote> <p>Why did you call the factory JCW car a "2009″ above? Are you hinting that I am not going to be able to drive my new MINI this summer?</p> </blockquote> <p>Sorry - that wasn't meant to be there. When I was writing the piece originally I had info that the car would be called a 2009. Since that time (literally minutes after it was posted) I heard from other sources that it may still be technically an '08. Regardless the release date hasn't changed (yet). It'll start production and sales in June of 2008.</p>

Why did you call the factory JCW car a “2009″ above? Are you hinting that I am not going to be able to drive my new MINI this summer?

Sorry – that wasn’t meant to be there. When I was writing the piece originally I had info that the car would be called a 2009. Since that time (literally minutes after it was posted) I heard from other sources that it may still be technically an ‘08. Regardless the release date hasn’t changed (yet). It’ll start production and sales in June of 2008.

]]> By: YuccaPatrol http://www.motoringfile.com/2007/12/31/motoringfile-top-10-stories-of-2007/comment-page-1/#comment-193876 YuccaPatrol Mon, 31 Dec 2007 14:51:16 +0000 http://www.motoringfile.com/2007/12/31/motoringfile-top-10-stories-of-2007/#comment-193876 <p>Gabe,</p> <p>Why did you call the factory JCW car a "2009" above? Are you hinting that I am not going to be able to drive my new MINI this summer?</p> Gabe,

Why did you call the factory JCW car a “2009″ above? Are you hinting that I am not going to be able to drive my new MINI this summer?

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