For those who don’t understand carspeak many cars have what are called a “limp mode.” What this means is that something is wrong with the car, but it still can make it somewhere, but slowly. When Sue’s MINI went into limp mode the top speed was around 30 mph. Why did this happen? (stay tuned)

As for MINI United, it had been scheduled for August of this year for the south of France. With scheduling the way it was Sue & I would not be able to attend (see the post “The of No”) so if details (like real location) had ever been released, I ignored them. Last week they announced that they were postponing it until 2012. Huh? No one saw it coming- a lot of people had made reservations for flights, rental MINIs & lodging- nonrefundable reservations. So while Sue & I were looking at it as “Oh well, maybe we will be able to go now” there were a lot of unhappy MINIacs around the globe. The reasoning for postponing it- they want more time to plan. As U.S. owners have asked- How will this effect MINI Takes the States? and when it comes to the Summer Olympics in London that will create inflated travel costs to Europe.

I still think Cecil had something to do with it… just sayin’