Showing posts with label MINI Cooper. Show all posts
Showing posts with label MINI Cooper. Show all posts

04 July 2008

Give it more gas

Today I'm thankful for ...

... B not destroying my car's transmission. He learned how to drive my stickshift MINI today. We did a full hour's worth of lessons in the morning where I taught him about my "coasting" technique. He picked up the shifting thing really quickly and even got to do some extended highway/city driving. He only stalled out a few times, too.

Before he got in my car he had told me that he would never really consider driving a manual. I'm hoping this will change his mind!

03 January 2008

Watching the scenery fly by

Today I'm thankful for ...

... having a great-handling little car. 6 of us are taking a little road trip to Southern California in our MINIs and we've decided to take PCH! There's nothing like 3 peppy little cars zooming down the stunning California coastline. Oh, and we've made it a point to stop for ice cream and frozen yogurt as much as possible. (May we recommend McConnell's Ice Cream in Solvang?