Poll for voting on the July 2009 Motoring Alliance MINI of the Month presented by Cooper Flags. Voting Closes on July 22, winner to be announced Aug 1. Campaigning is allowed and encouraged. Please vote early and vote often... Poll # Car Name Image 1 track-toy 2 Molly 3 Black Sapphire 4 Boo 5 orangecrush
Nominations closed on June 10 Midnight Central Time. Those are the choices for July. On July 1 Nominations will open for August.
i know it's a pita, but perhaps some accompanying info would be helpful....mods, stories, what sign is the owner...etc. perhaps limiting this info to 100 characters? just a thought.......opcorn:
I agree on the mod list. Other than that we are basically having a MINI beauty contest. I think I'm not alone in enjoying looking at MINI's :ihih: Is there a link that I am missing to get that info? If I vote for one and then come to find that one of the other owners had done extensive mod's, such as last month's winner, I think we would be selling that owner short
Maybe on this thread the owners of each nominated car could list their mods and possibly one of there "favorite" pictures to go along with it ! I'd be glad to start !
I am the owner of molly. And here is her mod list Alta CAI Alta 15% S/C Pulley Alta 19mm rear sway Alta 2.5" cat-back exhaust M7 DFIC Home-made DFIC air diverter Slotted and drilled rotors with red hubs Hawk pads 15% tint 18" Enkie GF-1 wheels 215/35/18 BF-Goodrich G-Force tires Painted engine bay trim Future mods: RMW Head/Cam RMW Header RMW Tune Megan Coil-overs Kosei K1 17x7.5" Wheels Toyo RA1 235/40-17 Tires Carbon fiber Hood (Painted of course) Pictures:
Hence the Campaigning is allowed and encouraged statement. This is also the first month of open voting (votoing for those that scrutinize my missteps). Lets see what works and what doesn't and we'll adjust on the fly for August. Please share your comments and ideas, good and bad, I want to hear it all please.
Here's the LONG list for Boo ! 05 Mini Cooper S Factory Equipment: Premium -Sport -cold weather -rear fog -LSD -Red tartan cloth/leather seats -HK sound Mods: - 17% pulley -Newman cam -550 injectors -Mynes Straight header -Milltek Exhaust -/Dinan CAI -M7 strut tower -Waylen custom shift knob -Craven speed Short shifter -JCW Leather steering wheel -JCW Alcantara shift boot and ebrake boot -JIC Cross coil over suspension -Powergrid end links H-sport lower rear control arms -H-sport 25mm hollow comp rear sway bar -18" Enkei J10's/ Pirelli Pzero Neros /215/35/18's -16" Konig flat black Feathers/ Nitto Neo Gen / 205/50/16's -Angel eye's - Lagston blacked out headlight rings and Door handles Ruby red tail lights -Paulie "Cal custom" blacked out gas door,side repeaters and Mini emblems -Mini factory Aero kit -Mini Speed knee pad -Paulie "Cal Custom" Rear Seat Delete -Shaved rear hatch, Rear wiper deleted Here's a few radom shots !
Hi all! BlackSapphire here. My car's name is Koda actually..... I've only got 3500 miles on him so far but here are the highlights! 2009 MINI Cooper S Alta Cold Air Intake Alta Rear Sway Bar Alta Rear Lower Control Arms Alta Endlinks Alta Stubby Antenna KW V1 coilovers (love them!) 17" Matte Black Konig Feathers w/ custom center caps from Aesthetic Creations (see pic below) and Bridgestone RE960A Pole Positions Painted Calipers - front red, rear black Whalen Shift Machine 8-ball shifter Garmin Nuvi mounted via Kuda mount on dash. That's it! Thank you for your vote.
I think regardless of the extensive mods...the overall impression of the car is what should count...call it a beauty contest, but that is really what we are voting on here... A Spade is a Spade If the Mods done to it are appropriate and enhance the overall appearance of the car regardless of whether its a 10 second car is a mute point. I'm sure everyone has seen some fugly modified MINI's... With the right Photography even a non-modified car can be made into a prize winner... Let the voting tell what the car of the month will be.
AMEN to that!!!!! I'll second that as well. Some of us might even look at a mod list and think "Ouch, some poor choices there..." (or something similar) and vote for a different car.
Well, there's lots of months to go before the end... I would hope that cars that don't "win" this month will get nominated again in future months and we get a chance to vote again from the group for that month. btw, my car was chosen by Nathan as the first "Featured Mini" which was to become the "Mini of the Month" because it was going to be in the next edition of the Alliance magazine, but that went south along with other things, all to turn north again when Nathan launched this endeavor. I don't know about Granger's car and how it was chosen, but I like the idea of a vote as well as a little, you know, something for the effort. I know some of these cars, especially boo--Pauliekeys has a great car very worthy of being car of the month.
Since you asked ... Aaron's was also chosen by me. While sitting on the porch enjoying a cigar and few fingers of Bourbon one evening I thought about how MetroplexMINI does their Ride of the Month and how it would be both an easier selection and take my predilections of what constitutes a worthy car out of the mix. MM.org is a random drawing of cars owned by members. But with only about 200 to chose from there is good chance a members car will come up in a year. For M/A I felt that would not work as there are just to many people and will only become more of an issue as the site grows. Hence the call for nominations. And yes, MINIs nominated this month that do not win are eligible to be nominated again. August nominations open July 1.
Track-Toy wouldn't be able to list all his mods... his engine is essentially hand-built, and if he's putting out 250bhp that's probably low. Seriously, the best description for that car is "violent"... and that the owner is the nicest guy you'll ever know, and a performance driving instructor, is icing. He's also a huge supporter of the Mini community and Mini in general. That takes NOTHING away from the fine cars above - all excellent in their own rights.
Having seen Molly up close and personal like I'm voting for her. Plus she is a MINI5280 member so again, I'm voting for her. Not that everyone else doesn't have a stellar MINI but I know Molly, Molly is a friend of mine and frankly the rest ain't no Molly. Trust me when I say a vote for Molly can help to save a cheerleader and of course the world. Go Molly!