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In addition to all the features "regular" PhillyMINI members receive, PhillyMINI Motoring Members get:
An official PhillyMINI Welcome Kit
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A member cling for your MINI
Access to the Members Only Forums
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Exclusive events for Motoring Members
Exclusive discounts at leading MINI Vendors
All PhillyMINI rallies are FREE for paid members
An event waiver good for the motoring year
and more...

Vendors supporting PhillyMINI Motoring Members with special discounts include:
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Helix Motorsports
Bimmerworks
MC2
...and more vendors are being added all the time!

Joining PhillyMINI as a Motoring Member is simple, secure and speedy! Online payments can be taken in US Dollars ($35) and are handled securely via PayPal.

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Thanks for your support!
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the fine print: all PhillyMINI memberships expire on 3/31/09, no matter when your join date is. Renewals will be available starting 4/1/09.

PhillyMINI 2009 Calendars are Here!

Click here to buy your 2008-2009 PhillyMINI calendars!

Also, back by popular demand is the "one-sheet" calendar of all the PM Event logos from 2008. This is an amazing one of a kind calendar that you won't find anywhere else!

Don't forget to pick up other PhillyMINI logo'd items as holiday gifts for your favorite MINIac! Shop our CafePress Swag Store for all our event items!

PhillyMINI to Join 48th Annual Hatboro Holiday Parade! | 11.23.08

Polish up your MINI and get ready to kick off our annual Marine Toys for Tots drive!

PhillyMINI will participate in the 48^th Annual Hatboro Holiday Parade!

Parade Theme: "The Magic of Toyland"

DATE: Sunday, November 23, 2008
TIME: 10:30AM
WHERE: Mike's York Street Bar & Grill: 544 York Road, Warminster, PA 18974 (215-672-3300)
[click here for a map]
LET'S EAT: After the parade we will return to Mike's for lunch! The cost is $21pp, including tax & tip.

More Parade Info: The Greater Hatboro Chamber of Commerce has invited the Marines of Willow Grove to march as Parade Marshals as part of their Toys for Tots campaign. PhillyMINI will be directly behind the Marines, near the beginning of the parade!

We will be restricted to 10 vehicles, however an unlimited number of passengers and walkers can participate as well. The Marines will bring a 7-ton truck to collect toys, a Humvee, and eight Marines.

Because of the restrictions, we will hold a lottery if more than ten members wish to bring their MINIs. We will advise members before the parade of their status.

Bring a toy to donate to the Marine charity: we'll supply "giveaways" you can throw out to the crowd of kids and parents!

So RSVP today and let's show off our club to Hatboro, PA!

Organizers: Joan Logan & Charlie Beck, Classic MINI

Deck the MINIs VI | SAT 12.6.08

LET'S SHOP! The DTM Holiday store is OPEN!

35 MINIs and 72 people have RSVP'd for this event.

Let's share the holiday spirit.
Let's support a local charity.
Let's decorate our MINIs.
Let's be good-for-somethings.
Let's give Saint Nicky our wish list.

It is that time of year again... when snow, chilly temperatures and holiday festivities fill the air and we come together to enjoy the spirit of the season! It's time for Deck the MINIs!

Here's what's in store for for Deck the MINIs VI!

Deck Your MINI contest - Repeated from last year! Come prepared to decorate your MINI in its best holiday attire! Grand Prizes graciously donated by Otto's MINI!

Best-Dressed MINIac contest- Let's motor in holiday style by wearing our most bright, cheery and garish holiday flair! The PhillyMINI member voted best-dressed will receive a special prize, graciously donated by Otto's MINI

Cut-throat PhillyMINI Pollyanna- Bring a MINI-related item of approximately $25.00 in value, and watch the holiday wrapping paper fly as your friends compete for the best gifts!

A Group Donation to Marine's Toys 4 Tots - Your admission to this year's Deck the MINIs is a NEW UNWRAPPED gift for a boy or girl, ages Infant to 2 years old to donate to Toys 4 Tots. We will be stuffing a designated MINI with the gifts for transport back to the Toys for Tots warehouse to be distributed in time for Christmas.

Please note that we will be collecting toys even if you cannot attend DTM: drop off your new, unwrapped gift at either local dealer:

• MINI Main Line


• Otto's MINI

A visit to Longwood Gardens- Come see the world-famous holiday displays! Let us know you intend to visit the gardens in your RSVP and we will purchase Advance Group Tickets ($12pp and $3 per child (up to 22yo!). Advance sales purchasers must meet at noon to pick up their tickets. Regular admission fee is $16pp.

We have also confirmed that visitors will be allowed to reenter the gardens later that day! Enjoy a magical evening with the lighted trees and fountain light show! Be sure to get your hand stamped at the exit gate before leaving!

A complimentary catered dinner donated by Otto's MINI! - Once again Otto's will generously sponsor DTM! Enjoy a hot meal to ward off the chill, then stop upstairs at the lifestyle boutique to shop for next year's motoring season!

Start Point: Longwood Gardens
End Point: Otto's MINI, West Chester

Suggested Time Line (subject to change):
12:00 PM - Meet at Longwood Gardens (click here for map) - $12pp ($3 child)
2:00PM - Leave for Starbucks in Kennett Square (click here for map)
2:30 PM - Depart Starbucks for Otto's
3:30 PM- Arrive at Otto's MINI
3:30 - 4:00 PM- DECKING OF MINIS! STUFFING OF TOYS!
NOTE: If you want to participate in the Deck your MINI contest, you will have 30 minutes to decorate your MINI, as the voting begins at 4:00PM sharp!
While the Decking of the MINIs is happening, you'll stuff your donated toy in the designated MINI for the Toys 4 Tots donation!
4:00 PM- Deck the MINIs Costume Contest and Most Festive MINIac Costume Contest Winners Announced
4:30 PM- Dinner provided by Otto's MINI
5:00 PM- Cut-throat Pollyana (Hand your gift to Saint Nicky and he'll give you a number for the Pollyanna drawing!)

FEES: The cost associated with Longwood Gardens is payable in cash on the day of the event.
If you are a member of PhillyMINI, this event is free: please bring your lanyard as proof. Not a member? There will be a $5 charge for this event. All participants should bring a Toys for Tots gift to donate. See above for guidelines.

IMPORTANT NOTES:
Arrive with a full tank of gas!
Wear your loudest, brightest holiday garb!
Remember to bring your two-way radios!
Credit Cards for shopping at the Lifestyle Boutique at Otto's MINI
Remember your MINI costume!
Remember your charitable toy contribution!
Remember your Pollyanna!
Remember your cameras!

RSVPs have closed for this event.

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EVENT ORGANIZERS: Alan, o3 CR/b MCS... and numerous behind the scenes elves
EVENT SPONSOR: Otto's MINI, West Chester

PhillyMINI International Night - Italy! 12|17|08

As of 12.01, 1 MINIs & 2 people have RSVPd.

Let's all go International AGAIN! Let's get together with old friends and new at exciting new places! If you enjoyed (or missed) the last International Dinner, then you won't want to miss the next one.

Save the date for PhillyMINI International Night: Italy!
When: Wednesday, December 17
Time: 6:30pm Meet 7:00 Stamp Passports
Place: Buca de Beppo 258 South 15th Street Philadelphia, PA 19102
Phone: 215.545.2818
Reservations are under PhillyMINI
click here for a map

Due to the popularity of last year's Pope Room shenanigans, we'll once again, be gathering at Buca di Beppo in Center City, Philadelphia, right around the corner from The Academy of Music/Kimmel Center, for a tasty evening of Italian cuisine.

The first 18 people registered will “see the white smoke” and be “ordained” into the Pope Room. Those who don't make it to the Pope room will dine together close by in the Cardinal room.

A parking garage is conveniently located right next door to the restaurant. The parking garage is called "Central Parking System's Avenue of the Arts Parking Garage" at the corner of 15th and Spruce. Entrances are on 15th, just south of Starbucks or on Spruce, just west of the Fox and Hound. The cost to park is $18 with a $7 discount from the restaurant making the total cost to park $11.

Street parking in the city is also available or give your MINI a rest and "let SEPTA do the driving"!

PLEASE NOTE: The cost of dinner will be $30pp, tax and tip included. The menu will include salad, and entree and pasta dish, and dessert. More on the menu as it becomes available! All entrees at Buca di Beppo are served family style. Please come prepared with cash to pay for dinner.

Bring your passport (or pick one up if you don't have one!) and a get it "stamped" with a sticker representing the country of your meal!

More countries will be represented at future PhillyMINI International Night Dinners.

Click here to email your RSVP.

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EVENT ORGANIZER: The Italian Joe, 04 MCS EB/W and Union Jacks