Fall Foliage Run 2009

Another super event.

MoFC parking lot overflowing

 

Video of run: http://www.youtube.com/profile?user=nymisfit#p/u/0/kHhGqwldGL0

Poster

Flyer

What a great day!

Join Us for a 50th Birthday Party for the MINI Cooper

Sunday, August 9th, 2009 11am – 4 pm

To benefit the Boys & Girls Club of Stamford

At the Chesterfield Inn, 1404 Shippan Avenue, Stamford. Prizes, raffles, food and contests. Win a 2 year lease on a 2009 MINI Cooper – Tickets only $25.

Contact MINI of Fairfield County for further information.

Peter Braun

Peter and GP

 

Peter was the first employee of MINI of Fairfield County, and started working in Feb. of 2002. He has had various positions of the years, in sales, from Motoring Advisor to now Internet Manager. He created the biggest event MoFC has sponsored, over the years, in the renouned “Summer Splash” MINI Motoring Meet. Peter is rather well known in the Mini world, having owned many Minis since 1965, and racing a Mini Cooper in SCCA for 13 years. His personal story can be found at his blog: http://peterbraunblog.wordpress.com

Peter is also the creator and author of this blog. Due to the current economic climate, Peter’s job at MINI of Fairfield County has been eliminated. His last day was Friday, Jan 30th, 2009.

Best wishes to all!

New Convertible Configurator Up

http://miniusa.com

Started the new convertible configurator yesterday! Now we can all go out and build a new R57 Convertible to our hearts content!

MINI Server

MINI Server

Originally uploaded by pbraun

This is it. Small, but powerful.

Toys For Tots Run and Holiday Party

We have a group of MINI owners meeting at our showroom, 1259 East Main Street, Stamford, CT 06902, at 9:30 a.m. on Sunday, Dec. 7th.

They’ll have their MINI all decorated for the holidays, and will be bringing along new, unwrapped toys to be donated to children in need.

We’ll take a little tour all together of some of the local holiday decorations and meet back at the showroom about 12:00 or 12:30. Then, we’ll organize all the toy donations and have a little Holiday Party.

If you’ve never gone on a MINI run or event, this is a good one to do, as it will give you a great feeling inside to be able to help some of our less fortunate neighbors. There is additional information about this event on the local MINI owners forum at:  http://nemini.org/.

If you’d like to attend, either the run or the party, or both, please RSVP to Peter Braun at 203-347-4800 or peter.braun@minifairfieldcounty.com .

MINI E (It’s Electric!)

MINI E Cooper

Originally uploaded by jalopnik from the LA Auto Show

 

 

Sorry, Connecticut – it’s NY / NJ metro area only.

The “Field Trial” application is available today on MINIUSA.com, through the steps: LEARN>MINIMALISM>MINI E, or directly from MINI-E.com The application period closes on Dec. 10th.

Read the FAQs carefully if you are interested.

Our new Loaner Cars for MINI Service are here!

We now have eight brand new 2009 MINIs as loaners for our MINI Service Department.

They’re all automatics, but for the first time ever, we do have a few S models!

Pictures coming soon. OK – here’s one:

Blue S, Silver Cooper

Toys For Tots

MINI of Fairfield County is an official toy drop location for the US Marine Corps Toys For Tots program.

http://www.toysfortots.org/   from November 10th through December 15th. Toys will be distributed to:

Break Through Options for Families, Single Mothers and Children at Risk.

We will be having a “Toys for Tots Run” on Sunday, 12/07/08, when people can drop off new, unwrapped toys at MINI of Fairfield County’s showroom, and then we will have a little tour of the local countryside in our MINIs.

Please call us at (203) 348-4700 if you have any questions, or see the Toys for Tots Run thread on the local MINI owners web forum at http://nemini.org/

Additional information:

MISSION:
The mission of the U.S. Marine Corps Reserve Toys for Tots Program is to collect new, unwrapped toys during October, November and December each year, and distribute those toys as Christmas gifts to needy children in the community in which the campaign is conducted.

GOAL:
The primary goal of Toys for Tots is to deliver, through a shiny new toy at Christmas, a message of hope to needy youngsters that will motivate them to grow into responsible, productive, patriotic citizens and community leaders.

OBJECTIVES:
The objectives of Toys for Tots are to help needy children throughout the United States experience the joy of Christmas; to play an active role in the development of one of our nation’s most valuable natural resources – our children; to unite all members of local communities in a common cause for three months each year during the annual toy collection and distribution campaign; and to contribute to better communities in the future…