The first thing to mention is a new Clubman that I spotted a couple weeks ago. Noteworthy in that it belongs to Bland Landscaping. I don't know anything about Bland Landscaping except for the fact that I had seen an R53 Cooper on I-85/I-40 three or four times while I've been traveling up and down the road that is "decorated" as a Bland Landscaping vehicles. It is(was?) a white Cooper with graphics on the sides and back advertising Bland Landscaping. Always thought it was interesting in being a Mini placed in commercial service. On the way to work a couple weeks ago I thought I spotted it, but something seemed different. Indeed it was different as it was a new white Clubman with the Bland Landscaping graphics on it. I should say already as it still had the 20-day tag on it.
Speaking of the daily trip to work, on August 7th there was a tanker truck that overturned on I-85 right where it splits (or joins depending on your direction of travel). It spilled a bunch of latex paint and several lanes of the Interstate were closed most of the day. It must have happened only shortly before I got to that point. Several emergency vehicles were already on the scene, but traffic had not backed up too terribly much.
That night I took my family to dinner at a new Japanese steakhouse in Mebane. Normally, I rarely see other Minis. Until spotting the Bland Landscaping Clubman earlier the same week, it had probably been 3 weeks since I had seen another Mini during my commute. So what happens as soon as we get on the Interstate? We spot three Minis headed east (where were y'all going?). And I'm stuck in the minivan. Then when we get off the Interstate we see another Mini, a nice Chile Red and Black (looked to be pretty new). Just my luck.

Of course, rotating the tires was pretty basic. I made it a little more of a major project when I decided I want to clean the insides of the rims. This meant getting all of the brake dust off of them and applying

Finally, today on the way to Meet the Pack Day, I spotted the Red Bull Mini on I-40. It was heading west on I-40 between Raleigh and Chapel Hill.
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