June 21, 2005:

Coast To Coast

Today Robert (known as “RB” with his regular comments here and on MotoringFile) flew in from Southern California to pick up a MINI at MINI Peabody - I happily collected him from the airport & took him to the dealership (we also enjoyed dinner at Legal Seafoods).
Robert & Joel (Sales Advisor for Robert and previously for me) sat down to check out the paperwork on the (pre-owned) MINI Robert was picking up (for his daughter):

Then outside the MINI was checked over one final time … after some last minute “hiccups” were sorted, Robert took the keys and prepared for his long drive back to the other coast:

I have “chatted” with Robert by email multiple times - it was great to enjoy some real chat time with him. I Hope his “coast to coast” journey is easy and uneventful …

Posted by GBMINI at 09:41 pm | GBMINI meets
Comments: 5 (post new comment)

  1. Josh Wardell (2005/06/22 @ 8:41 am)

    Great to finally put a face to all those comments, RB. :) Best of luck with the new mini (and the long trip back). Thats a long way to go for your lucky daughter!

  2. ukpylot (2005/06/22 @ 10:50 am)

    Ok, Josh said exactly what I was going to say - great to see the face behind the remarks! You gonna put stripes on that MINI, RB??

  3. RB (2005/06/25 @ 11:37 am)

    FIRST OFF…….I gotta say thanks to Ian for in picking me up at the airport and for a lovely diner & conversation at Legal Seafood. Nice man very nice MINI. And waiting while we sorted out the “Glitch” at Mini of Peabody. Thanks Ian your a right lad.

    Well I made it home in a little over 3 days. Started for home Tuesday nite, from Jon deMont’s, Mini of Peabody manager, house around 8PM, I think, and got home at 7:30 PM Friday nite. I had one stretch, Wednesday, of 17 hours and 1250+ miles.

    Thanks Dension for the ICE Link-Plus iPod adapter, 950 songs. It took all of 5 minutes to hook up. It made the journey nicer.

    RB

  4. RB (2005/06/25 @ 11:39 am)

    Also Ian, I didn’t notice the MOT ball on the antenna until I woke up in Albany NY.

  5. Ian C. (2005/06/25 @ 1:25 pm)

    Very glad you made it back safely - you aren’t under any obligation to keep the MOT antenna ball installed ;)

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