MINI Monday's are a great opportunity to socialize with fellow MINI owners! Each month we pick a local custard stand to gather - we typically have between 15 - 20 MINI's in attendance. Come one and all - no need to RSVP for these gatherings. SUGGESTION: Bring lawn chairs!

The Wisconsin State Fair has asked the Milwaukee MINIS to participate in the Daily Parade right through the festival grounds. Sneak out of work early, drive in the parade, and then enjoyed the rest of the day at the Wisconsin State Fair with 2 complimentary tickets and one parking pass per MINI thanks to the Wisconsin State Fair. We'll be meeting at 2:15 pm outside of the State Fair in the curved road on the south side of LaFollette Park on 92nd Street and Washington Street (just north of Greenfield Avenue) in West Allis. Participants will need to show proof of insurance prior to the parade; limited to first 20 MINIS. THIS EVENT IS FULL!

This will book up quickly, so act fast if you want to drive on the most exclusive track in the Midwest. If you'd like to join us for either the June 2nd or August 18th Autobahn track event on the full 3.56 mile track visit us at: MVPTrackTime

Don't hesitate to contact Feffman@MVPTrackTime.com if you have any questions.

Looking for a bit of track time? Attend the Driver's Education course at Blackhawk Farms Raceway.

To participate in this event, you would first need to become a member of the Badger Bimmers/BMW CCA and then the fee for this event is an additional cost. Learn More

On Saturday, July 26th, the Milwaukee MINIS traveled by caravan to Elkhart Lake, WI to join the larger MINI Takes the States (MTTS) activities at Road America with over 400 fellow owners!

Official Link: Mini Takes The State (MTTS)

Photos of the MINI MANIA: Participant Photos and Official MINIUSA Photos

MINI Monday's are a great opportunity to socialize with fellow MINI owners! Each month we pick a local custard stand to gather - we typically have between 15 - 20 MINI's in attendance. Come one and all - no need to RSVP for these gatherings. SUGGESTION: Bring lawn chairs!

Photos

WE WON FIRST PLACE IN THE NEW BERLIN PARADE - YIPPEE!!! Going forward, we will be known as the "Award Winning Milwaukee MINIS."

New Berlin Parade Photos

Help us promote the Club and show off your red, white & blue by driving with the Milwaukee MINIS in one of TWO Fourth of July Parades! FREE for all to participate in; you may want to supply your own candy to hand out along the parade route.

Whitefish Bay: Participation in the Whitefish Bay parade is limited to the first 8 MINIS to RSVP to theresanemetz@hotmail.com. The Milwaukee MINIS are unit #48 in the Whitefish Bay parade, and should plan to meet between 10:45 am - 11:00 am on the 5500 block of Kent Avenue to decorate the MINIS and prepare for the parade.

New Berlin: There is no limit to the number of MINIS that can participate in the New Berlin parade, however, you still must RSVP to theresanemetz@hotmail.com. The New Berlin parade has over 20,000 attendees and prides itself on starting off the parade with 400+ Harley bikers! Let's make them even more proud in 2008 by gathering the largest group of MINI Coopers too. The Milwaukee MINIS need to meet at the Pick n' Save grocery store at the intersection of National Avenue and Sunny Slope Road by 11:30 am. Please meet in the back of the grocery store, by the loading docks, and we will decorate our MINIS. (Note - National Avenue and Moreland Road will be closed at 11 am.) From there, we will proceed west through 2 checkpoints to our parade staging area - we are unit #55.

Parade Photos - New Berlin

MINI Monday's are a great opportunity to socialize with fellow MINI owners! Each month we pick a local custard stand to gather - we typically have between 15 - 20 MINI's in attendance. Come one and all - no need to RSVP for these gatherings. SUGGESTION: Bring lawn chairs!

Photos

This 26-year old event showcases a variety of British cars and motorcycles and offers special door prizes, dash plaques for the first 300 participants and Participant's Choice Show Awards. Only $10 if you register before June 8th; $15 after that date.

If you would like to participate, please email theresanemetz@hotmail.com or jstockinger4@wi.rr.com to have a registration form emailed to you.

"HI TOM" - These two words spelled out with MINI Coopers in the parking lot of a local hospital helped to raise the spirits of Milwaukee and Chicago club member Tom who is going through a difficult recovery following stem cell and bone marrow transplants.

More than 30 MINIs from as far away as Madison and Chicago came out to the hospital in Milwaukee to wish Tom well. THANK YOU TO YOU ALL!

We lined the cars up in the parking lot (okay, you do have to use your imagination when you view the photos), with several left over around the back. When the time was right, Tom was taken for a walk to the visitor lounge and saw the MINIs lined up outside. Tom was very surprised and pleased at the small celebration held in the lounge. After 4 weeks in the hospital, we were a welcome sight.

Photo Set A and Photo Set B

To learn more about Tom and his fight against Multiple Myeloma: Click Here

This will book up quickly, so act fast if you want to drive on the most exclusive track in the Midwest. If you'd like to join us for either the June 2nd or August 18th Autobahn track event on the full 3.56 mile track visit us at: MVPTrackTime

Don't hesitate to contact Feffman@MVPTrackTime.com if you have any questions.

Looking for a bit of track time? Attend the Driver's Education course at Blackhawk Farms Raceway.

To participate in this event, you would first need to become a member of the Badger Bimmers/BMW CCA and then the fee for this event is an additional cost. Learn More

MINI Monday's are a great opportunity to socialize with fellow MINI owners! Each month we pick a local custard stand to gather - we typically have between 15 - 20 MINI's in attendance. Come one and all - no need to RSVP for these gatherings. SUGGESTION: Bring lawn chairs!

Photos from Event

Foyt, Andretti, Allison, Earnhardt, Kulwicki, Kenseth, Musgrave and now YOU can take your turn driving on the historic Milwaukee Mile! Calling all Milwaukee MINI members - and anyone else interested in a unique driving experience!

Join us on Sunday, May 4th for the DRIVE THE MILE event with the opportunity to drive (not race) 3 laps around the Milwaukee Mile! Last year the MINIS had the largest car club contingent there with 26 MINIS – let’s make it even larger this time around!

Registrations postmarked after April 15th cost $15 + 2 cans of food. Please note that you must send in your form before hand (as opposed to doing day-of registration) in order to drive in together in the special "Drive Right In" lane.

ONCE YOU’VE COMPLETED YOUR LAPS... you have 3 options. A. Pay more money to take additional laps. B. Stick around and be a part of the car show. C. Proceed a few miles west to Mo's Irish Pub in Wauwatosa for brunch. Brunch costs $14 for adults, $7 for youths, and free for kids under 3 years of age, and they have a regular menu as well. Mo's Irish Pub Menu

SMALL PRINT: Must be 18 years of age and older to drive. Must present a valid drivers license and must present proof of current vehicle insurance. No exceptions.

2008 Drive the Mile Registration Form

Everyone was GREEN with ENVY when we drove in the Racine, WI 2nd Annual St. Patrick's Day Parade. Check it out at: Caren's Photos

It’s time to replace the Skis with wheels-n-tires on the front of our Cooper’s and Kick off the 2008 Driving Season on Sunday, March 9th.

We will have two meeting options: The first will be at 9:15 am, with us rolling out at 9:30 am from the Park n' Ride at Watertown Plank Road off of Hwy. 45 in Wauwatosa. We will then take a drive to Burlington, WI. Or, the second meeting spot will be at 10:15 am at the intersection of Hwy 142 and Hwy 75 in Brighton, WI (just outside of downtown Burlington, WI.) There is a school in the northwest corner – meet in the parking lot. Here, we will be meeting our friends from south of the border – The Chicago MINI Motoring Club!

After a restroom break and 2nd drivers meeting, we head west on a scenic route to Lake Geneva, where we will then gather to enjoy lunch at Houlihan’s of Lake Geneva with our fellow MINI friends. Houlihan’s offers something for every budget and taste. No fee to participate in the drive, but lunch is pay-as-you-go.

Check it out at: Erik's Photos and Caren's Photos

Approximately 45 of us gathered for the Milwaukee MINIS Holiday Party in MINI fashion at a British restaurant that gets great reviews in town - John Hawk's Pub in downtown Milwaukee, complete with parking on the 5th Floor of the Wells Fargo building!

Last year so many of you were so generous with our Toys for Tots collection - THANK YOU - we barely had room in the MINI to turn in the toys! This year we collected items for the holidays to Adopt a Family for Sojourner Truth House.

For more information about the Sojourner Truth House, please visit: Sojourner Truth House

We met at the I-94 and College Avenue Park-and-Ride, then caravan'd to Cracker Barrel in Kenosha for breakfast. Following breakfast we drove to Gurnee Mills Mall, where we raced slot cars at MC Speedway, and then broke up for shopping/ice skating/etc.

Slot Car Photos

We met at International Autos for their Motor-tober rally, first to enjoy lunch at the dealership together, and then to motor down to Apple Holler to pick pumpkins. The first 50 MINI’s to RSVP even got to pick a pumpkin for free!

We have to carry the pumpkins how far?

Several MINIS from Wisconsin, Illinois and even Iowa took part in the Horribly Hilly Hundred. This route is an infamous bike route in the Madison area with about 40% of the roads either up or down hills but has now been altered for the MINIS to enjoy too.

The meeting point was in the parking lot of Star Cinema at 2:00 pm at 6901 McKee Road, Madison WI. From there everyone drove together to a second meeting spot in Blue Mounds, and the drive officially began from that location around 2:30 pm.

Horribly Hilly Hundred

MINI Monday's are a great opportunity to socialize with fellow MINI owners! Each month we pick a local custard stand to gather - we typically have between 15 - 20 MINI's in attendance. Come one and all - no need to RSVP for these gatherings. SUGGESTION: Bring lawn chairs!

What do you think of when you think of Milwaukee? Beer, Cheese, Brats, Bowling. We celebrated our MINI fun with a Taste of Milwaukee/Oddities of Milwaukee tour! This was not a scavenger hunt or twisty curvy drive, but rather a great event for anyone with kids, anyone who loves Milwaukee, and anyone who loves their MINI. Plus there were many opportunities to be in several unique photos along the way, and chances to sample various tastes and activities of Milwaukee on this adventure.

We met at 9:45am for a pre-drive meeting and then cars left PROMPTLY at 10:00 am. We were scrambled in different directions as we discovered things even Milwaukee natives have only dreamt of, ending at the Finish Line of Miller Park together. All finisher MINIS earned a commemorative Brew City MINI Tour decal.

If you missed this event - sorry - but it was truly talk of the MINI town! Even if you missed out, check out these amazing photos from our official club photographers here:

Anthony's Photos

Bessie's Photos

Bill's Photos

Our first poor weather of the MINI season, but still a delight for those of us who braved the rain:

Rain, rain equals indoor fun

The Wisconsin State Fair asked the Milwaukee MINIS to participate in the Daily Parade right through the festival grounds. There were 16 MINIS were snuck out of work early, drove in the parade, then enjoyed the rest of the day at the Wisconsin State Fair. And of course, to be fun, how could we resist dressing up the MINIS as cows to fit right in at the Fair?

Caren's Photos

Anthony's Photos

What a great turn-out at a true treasure in the Milwaukee area. Car Hop Please!

Did you make it to the end? We can tell you the fist clue... Turn in the direction that geese fly in the winter on a road named for the home of Summerfest. (South on Milwaukee Street). The fun only began there! This gimmick rallye was a unique adventure filled with many clues and corners. The 63-mile drive began in Johnson Creek, WI and concluded at the Delafield Brewhouse in Delafield, WI. This event is open to all MINIS and Minis and a join event with the Milwaukee MINIS and Chicago MINI Motoring Club.

Although there wasn't much time to snap a photo between answering clues and turning the right (or wrong!) way, there were a few photos to share. Gimmick Rallye Photos and More Gimmick Rallye Photos

We promoted the Milwaukee MINIS and showed off our red, white & blue spirit by driving with the Milwaukee MINIS in the Wauwatosa Fourth of July Parade! The parade stepped off at 9 am with many bags of candy to be tossed. The parade route was 2 miles, and one of the most attended and most patriotic communities in Wisconsin.

Photos from the Parade

Photos from along the Parade Route

MINI Monday's are a great opportunity to socialize with your fellow MINI members! This month we went back to Leon's as last season's event at Leon's was nearly rained out. Although the weather was a bit chilly, we still screamed for ice cream.

Ice Cream Photos with Group Photo

Ice Cream Photos

More Ice Cream Photos

Road America Vintage Weekend Website

Last year several Milwaukee MINI members took part in the Car Control Clinic presented by the Badger Bimmers, and we highly recommended this opportunity this year. Those who took the class got to spin their MINI out of control and more importantly, learning to bring it back into control! Take the class if you want to learn accident avoidance!

Exercises included: Braking, Skidding, Slalom, P-Curve and Accident Avoidance. The event concluded with the Autocross - combination of all the exercises.

Rick's Photos of Car Control Clinic

Chicago Dustin's Photos of Car Control Clinic

Although the Milwaukee Mile was a bit disorganized, that didn't stop the Milwaukee MINIS from coming out in full force! Nearly 30 MINIS attended, making the Milwaukee MINIS the largest car club on the track for this unique driving experience and opportunity to drive 3 laps around the Milwaukee Mile!

Drive the Mile Photos

If you missed this event, we're sad to say that you missed out on seeing 75 MINIS and 115 enthusiasts gather for a great first event of the 2007 season.

Everyone thought that it would simply be a family-oriented, fun-filled adventure with a warehouse tour of Jelly Belly (complete with free samples nonetheless) in Pleasant Prairie. But the big news was that the Chicago MINI Motoring Club just happened to have their Spring Drive the same day, and they just happened to drive north to meet us at Jelly Belly. We met in the parking lot, and after the Jelly Belly tour and free samples, we took a scenic route to Kenosha to enjoy lunch at The Boathouse.

As this was the first day of day-light savings, we were impressed that so many didn't forget to set their clocks ahead - THANK YOU to everyone for joining us!

Photos from the Chicago vantage point

Photos from the Milwaukee vantage point

Video of the Adventure

We gathered among friends, we celebrated a great first year of the Milwaukee MINIS and we collected an entire MINI filled with Toys for Tots - thank you to all who attended and who helped to bring smiles to many children with their Toys for Tots donation!

The first MINI event with not-so-perfect weather elements, but fun all the same. Thank you to the 12 MINI owners and their families who braved the rain to sample custard!

Crazed MINI owners eating custard in the rain

The Michigan MINI Motor Club held an event named the MINI's Great Lakes Crossing. This event was a scenic tour of Lake Michigan, with special stops along the route in northern Wisconsin, Michigan Upper Peninsular and Northern Lower Peninsular. The fall colors were spectacular.

After breakfast in Michigan, the group headed to the Lake Express Ferry, taking the ferry to Milwaukee. We met the Michigan Minis at 11:45 AM at the unloading dock of the Lake Ferry Express just south of Downtown Milwaukee. Then we caravan'd with the 31 MINIS to International Autos for lunch at 1:00 PM. After lunch, some of us joined the Michigan MINIS on the rest of their journey.

Michigan Ferry Photos

The Fall Foliage Poker Run was held recently, with a pre-drive meeting at American TV in Waukesha, and then a 65-mile adventure including rustic roads in the Holy Hill area and the Kettle Moraine Scenic Drive in the Lake Country area. Afterwards, we ate lunch at Water Street Brewery. The drive included a number of stops along the way where each driver collected a playing card. The driver with the best poker hand at the end of the drive won a "brand new MINI, some assembly required!"

Richard's Photos: Wild turkeys and more...
Caren's Photos: And some more photos!