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Meet-n-Eat at the Wig and Pen Pub, Iowa City — Jan 28th
Posted by Gil-galad on January 3rd, 2012
*Updated*
Our traditional first-of-the-year Meet-n-Eat will be held at the Wig and Pen Pub on the Coralville Strip in Iowa City on Saturday, January 28th. We’ll congregate between 10:30 – 10:45 am at the restaurant (in the larger parking lot to the west of the building) with lunch planned for 11:00 am. Looking forward to kicking off the 2012 MINI motoring year!
[Update: Following lunch, Bill and Alyce S. have invited everyone over to their place for cookies and to discuss alternative lodging plans for the HPMS "MINIs Occupy Branson" event in May. Directions to be provided at the meet.]
All interested MINI enthusiasts are welcome to join us! In order to give the restaurant a proper count, we’d appreciate your RSVP. Instructions are available by clicking on the **Read More** button below.
Think you’re familiar with the variety of paint colors marketed by MINI since 2002? That knowledge could prove fruitful on the 28th.
Hope to see you there!
MINI WRC Team 2011
Posted by Gil-galad on December 14th, 2011
For those who’d like to take a nostalgic look back at 2011 and the season that was MINI’s maiden return to the World Rally Championship. Enjoy!
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Merry MINI Holidays from EIM!
Posted by Gil-galad on December 10th, 2011
(c) Ryan Connors. Used with permission.
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Your MINI neighbors in Eastern Iowa MINIs send along our sincere wishes to everyone for a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!
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See more Ryan Connors Cat Folk Art at KilkennycatArt
Meeting, Eating, and Recalling the Joys of MINI Motoring in 2011
Posted by Gil-galad on November 19th, 2011
Eastern Iowa MINIs gathered this past Saturday at The Country Junction in Dyersville for a rousing round of food, fun, and MINI fellowship. Thanks to all who came out and joined us. As we do every November, we presented our annual EIM Recognition Awards as a great way to reflect back on all of the fun times together over the past year and to appropriately recognize the folks who facilitate that fun. We enjoyed a lot of “LOL” moments!
We also enjoyed meeting Ron and Loretta S. from Iowa City, the newest members of our EIM family!
Pictures from this event are in our Photo Gallery, and are directly accessible using the following link:
Photos from the EIM Meet-n-Eat at the Country Junction, Dyersville, 11-19-11
A complete list of the 2011 EIM Recognition Awards and their recipients may be viewed by clicking on the Read More button below.
See you at Wig and Pen in January!
Meet-n-Eat at the Country Junction, Dyersville — Saturday, Nov 19th
Posted by Gil-galad on November 9th, 2011
Our final event for the 2011 season is the EIM Meet-n-Eat at the Country Junction in Dyersville on Saturday, November 19th. Plan on arriving around 11:15 am in the parking lot. Lunch will be at 11:30 am. We’ll have our own banquet room and will be ordering off of the regular menu; separate checks with 15% gratuity added.
This will be a great opportunity to reminisce about the fun times we’ve had together over the past year. We’ll present the now-traditional 2011 EIM Recognition Awards, a chance to recognize folks who deserve our sincere thanks (or a bit of friendly jesting).
After lunch, we’ve scheduled a visit to the National Farm Toy Museum for those interested in checking out some “mini” farm implements and the like. Admission for adults is $5.
We’re collecting an advance headcount for the restaurant, so please RSVP. Instructions for doing so are available by clicking on the Read More button below. There are also links to the restaurant and the museum after the jump.
Hope you can join us.
Recap of the 9th Annual Iowa Fall Tour
Posted by Gil-galad on November 7th, 2011
A record number of Iowa MINIs — 26 in all — enjoyed a great day of motoring together at the 9th Annual MINICooperIowa Fall Tour held on October 29th. The various caravans converged in Pella for lunch followed by country roads, covered bridges, and photo opportunities and culminating in food, refreshment, and fun at the Willis Auto Campus MINI of Des Moines facility. A special treat was the two brand new MINI Coupes that came along for the ride! It was nice to have the opportunity to see and greet our fellow central Iowa MINI brethren.
Pictures from this event can be located in our Photo Gallery, directly accessible using the following link:
Photos from the 9th Annual MINICooperIowa Fall Tour, 10-29-11
EIM at MINIs in the Ozarks 2011
Posted by Gil-galad on October 25th, 2011
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A contingent from EIM recently returned from Eureka Springs, Arkansas where they represented our group at MINIs in the Ozarks 2011. A total of 131 MINIs and 228 people from all over the U.S. participated in this event. The rugged Ozark mountains with their twisty, steep, and well-maintained roads, the cooperative weather, the palette of Autumn colors, the smorgasbord of MINIs in all shapes, sizes, and colors, and the memorable experiences with good friends were all fantastic!
A full album of pictures from this amazing event can be found in the EIM Photo Gallery and can be accessed directly using the following link:
Photos from MINIs in the Ozarks 2011, 20-23 October 2011
Edit: The group photo is now in the Gallery. See if you can find us!
GRR SCCA 2011 Soloist of the Year
Posted by Gil-galad on October 25th, 2011
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Congratulations to EIM’s very own Steve S. for winning the Sports Car Club of America (SCCA) Great River Region (GRR) 2011 Soloist of the Year competition in his 2009 MINI Cooper S. Point totals for the year and for each of the contributing events can be viewed here:
http://www.sccagrr.com/results/2011/season/grr2011pax_yep.html
Chalk up another dominating MINI performance. Well done Steve!
9th Annual MINICooperIowa Fall Tour
Posted by Gil-galad on October 10th, 2011
Seems like just yesterday when the first sprinkling of local MINI Cooper enthusiasts assembled to enjoy each other’s company and the fall colors — yet here we are in the ninth year of this event! It’s the 9th Annual MINICooperIowa Fall Tour which will be conducted on Saturday, October 29th. Organized this year by our friends to the west in the Des Moines -based Central Iowa MINI Club (CIMC) the drive begins with a lunch stop in Pella at 11:00 am and finishes at the Willis Auto Campus MINI of Des Moines dealership around 4:30 pm, with lots of fun and interesting stops along the way. Specific details of the itinerary are available after the jump below. This is typically the largest gathering of Iowa MINI Coopers throughout the year and we’re always looking for expanded participation by anyone with an interest — and a MINI!
Please let us know you’re coming by one of the listed options using the Read More button below. The CIMC folks need an accurate head count to pass on to the MINI dealership so they can plan for refreshments. More details on the day’s events are also available there. Hope you can join us!
