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Avenue of the Giants Weekend Run - Sat. March 23, 2024

Saturday will be a very full day of cruising from Novato up through the Avenue of the Giants and ending at Eel River Brewing in Fortuna. Sun...

CarAdvice Spends A Week With The 2015 MINI JCW

After a week with the 2015 MINI JCW CarAdvice gives the car a 7.5 out of 10 Lifestyle Rating and discouragingly exclaims, in part:
. . . As a fan of Mini cars and the Mini brand, I can’t help but attach some level of disappointment to the new JCW. It’s not a bad car by any stretch of the imagination but after a week with the car, getting a taste of what life would be like to live with it long-term, it doesn’t feel ‘Mini’ enough – falling short of the genuine character and flair of past models. . .