Holiday Shopping Parking Tips from MINIUSA

As you head out this weekend to start your holiday shopping MINIUSA has some tips for a carefree MINI experience that they'd like to share. From MINIUSA Press: If everyone in the...

Three new Wheels Coming from MINI

You saw it here first November 24th – almost a full year before their release! R91 17″ Wheel also known as the “5 Star Bullet” – Aprox. 10kg. This will be option...

Tours of the MINI Plant in Oxford England

Someone asked me about this yesterday and I referred him to the search engine on my site not quite knowing when it was originally posted. However I realized that many newer readers...

The MINI Featured on the Simpsons

Get your TIVOs ready! The Simpsons are going to England and the episode will feature a MINI Cooper as transportation through London. I'm told we'll see some questionable driving by Homer in...

New MINI Cabrio Photo at MINI2

MINI2 has a photo of what looks to be a almost fully finished prototype of the MINI Cabrio. It looks like the spy photos we've been seeing are right on the money....

Dealers, Loaners, and Rentals

Ah that old question… can I get an actual MINI loaner when my car is in for service or will I be stuck with the dreaded Toyota Echo again. Here's an interesting...

MINIUSA.com Wins Big at the Webby Awards

This news from comes from Media Life Magazine: For all we have to thank the internet for, somewhere up near the top is the opportunity for businesses to break out of their...

A Stumble Success Story

Here's an interesting email I just received from an estatic MINI owner: Here's the email I sent to several MINI folks (both my dealer and someone at MINI corporate): I can't thank...

My Fourth Windshield

After almost 15 months and 20,000 miles my third windshield finally cracked this morning. Thank God for comprehensive glass coverage from State Farm – otherwise I'd probably have spent around $1200 just...

The Man Behind MINIUSA

JD Powers has a fantastic interview with MINIUSA General Manager Jack Pitney that is a good read for any MINI owner. It's also great for those of you out there that would...