February 20, 2005:
Drive a MINI for two years - for $50!
Last years MINIsOnTop raised money for the Make A Wish and Whizz Kidz charities, by auctioning a donated poster and raffling a Whalen shift knob.
For MINIsOnTop this year we hope to raise at least $10,000 thanks to the generous donation of a two year MINI Cooper lease from Herb Chambers; money raised will go to the Kennedy-Donovan Center in Massachusetts.
I am pleased to report that raffle tickets are now available and I have bought mine; thanks Steve for allowing me to choose the number 
Only 200 raffle tickets will be available at a price of $50 each; 200:1 is great odds for the chance to lease a MINI Cooper for two years, for just $50.
Contact Steve if you want to buy a ticket.
small print:
The raffle winner will get a MINI Cooper for two years, 10k miles per year. The winner will pay taxes, registration fees, insurance and fuel. The cars spec will be determined by Herb Chambers.
Josh Wardell (2005/02/21 @ 3:08 pm)
I quickly read the headline and thought you had sold GBMINI 2 for $50 less than what you had bought it for!
But really if you think about it our resale value is so high that although it may be more than $50, we all may only paying a thousand or so per year for driving a MINI.
We’ll see how close you get to that figure.
Ian C. (2005/02/21 @ 3:52 pm)
Oh no Josh - I am going to take a MUCH bigger hit than that!
Ian C. (2005/02/23 @ 9:07 pm)
Googled this link to win a MINI Cooper convertible tonight; $100 tickets instead of $50, and 1:900 odds instead of 1:200 - but you would keep the car if you won it!
Curiously, this raffle is backed by MINI Peabody!