IMM Info

[The Marcos Graveyard]

Just to let you all know, the IMM in 2007 will now be held in Germany from 26th - 28th May, the venue is provisionally Rodenkirchen and run by Mini Clique Wessermarsh. IMM 2008 will be held in Holland possibly at the TT Circuit at Assen. Date TBA. IMM 2009 in Birmingham at Longbridge for the 50th Birthday of the Mini.

All this hot from your reporters in Poland, TMG and BlackSe7en.

[DaveC]

Did they have one on the village green in Rodenkirchen before? IMMs have grown a bit in the meantime! 1990? Everyone in your Sprite?

[kerryminigringo]

i thought it was denmark next year,ah well germany it is for my first imm

[woody]

Can I book my place in the sprite now?

Some people have grown since '90 will we still fit in the cooler box in. We could bring the turbo elf and see how far the engine gets!!. Don't forget the tarpaulin for Paul. Is zag still around?
Is there somewhere blackseven can land nearby?

Hope u enjoyed Poland

[The Marcos Graveyard]

Sprite still on the go, 17 years later, even got us to the airport for Poland, so I'll count that as having driven to another IMM :), it now has an official IMM 2007 sticker anyhow.

While I agree that some people have more mass that they did in 1990, I feel that the overall increase in size of potential rear seat passenger will be compromised by the reduction in the size of the modern cooler box .

Zag is around somewhere but is a bit of a recluse these days since his TV career took a bit of a nose dive.

Wouldn't trust the Turbo Elf to make it past Birmingham TBH.

Hopefully Paul has got a waterproof tent with a proper groundsheet by now.

As for BlackSe7en landing nearby, I would be much more interested in the advances of tent ventilation than North German landing sites.

[The Marcos Graveyard]

[quote="DaveC"]Did they have one on the village green in Rodenkirchen before? IMMs have grown a bit in the meantime! 1990? Everyone in your Sprite?[/quote]

Rodenkirchen has hosted the IMM in 1990 and 1996, in 96 the used the same site as 1990 but with another adjoining camp site. At this stage Rodenkirchen is only the provisional site, the preferred venue is at Kaunitz which is farther south, but it is not known as yet if it will be available for the dates 25th-28th May2007.

[The Marcos Graveyard]

[quote="kerryminigringo"]i thought it was denmark next year,ah well germany it is for my first imm[/quote]

There were problems with the proposed event in Denmark, mainly the site and the dates, the fact that no one from the Danish club that was to hold the event, turned up to the IMM in Poland was also a worrying issue.

At a special Presidents Meeting of all those clubs in attendance, it was decided to award the IMM to Mini Clique Wessermarsh, as they have the experience of having organised two previous IMMs and they (MCW) were sure, 100%, that they could organise the event in under 1 year.

For the previous trips to Germany, Rodenkirchen 1990, Hagen 1991, Offenburg 1993, Rodenkirchen 1996, we have gone via the Hook of Holland and Hamburg, for next year the shortest trip is likely to be through Hull and the Hook of Holland, it would mean that the continental leg of the journey would only involve 700km of driving on the wrong side of the road. :)

[woody]

Driving on the wrong side with a car in tow even!!

[wzd345]

DAS IS VERBOTTEN, MEIN HERR.!!!!!