MINI Motoring in Southern California Since 2002
It’s our nearest national park, yet it wasn’t until this past Sunday that the MINI Maniacs paid a visit to Joshua Tree National Park. Kudos to SCMM Event Director Craig Williams for planning a fun day of exploring this desert wonderland. Located north of Palm Springs, the Park’s 800,000 acres encompass two desert ecosystems, the […]
Wildflowers and wild sculptures are coming together March 16, in Borrego Springs. Join us for this driving tour of more then 100 life-sized metal sculptures created by artist Ricardo Breceda that roam the area around Anza-Borrego Desert State Park, including a 350-foot long serpent with a head of dragon and tail of a rattlesnake. The […]
The Roosters Foundation Food Drive is set for December 16, however new rules this year have restricted the number of volunteers that will be allowed inside the Second Harvest Food Bank’s warehouse. While these restrictions have impacted the number of us who help fill the food boxes, the financial need to support this effort is […]
WOODCLIFF LAKE, N.J., /PRNewswire/ — MINI TAKES THE STATES 2018 (MTTS), the eagerly anticipated road rally for MINI owners hosted by MINI USA , kicked off from two separate locations on opposite sides of the country. Over the next five days, thousands of MINI owners drove to help raise money for charity partner Feeding America. The two […]
June Lisa Medved passed away on May 25, 2018. She was 47. She fought a courageous battle and beat the odds many times. This time she did not win. She was surrounded by her family; her father, Richard Medved, her mother, Linda Medved and sister, Joy Medved. They have been by her side constantly. Her […]
On Saturday, April 28, 17 SCMM members in 14 cars came together for the backroads run known as the “Rodnoc,” an annual club favorite. The Rodnoc run is a reverse route drive of the “Condor,” another club favorite, so named because it loosely circles the Sespe Condor Sanctuary. After a bracing cold morning meet-up in […]
Los Angeles (Feb. 25, 2018) — The Petersen Automotive Museum celebrated the birthday of Italian carmaker and racing legend Enzo Ferrari today with a Cruise-In and Car Show on the upper level of the museum’s parking structure. A fitting honor considering that more Ferraris are sold in the U.S. than anywhere else in the world. […]
Friday night during SouthWest MINI Fest has been set aside for attendees to explore nearby Old Town San Diego. Leave your MINI at the Crowne Plaza and take the hotel shuttle to Old Town, just 1.2 miles away. Or take the City bus #88. The City bus runs every 30 minutes and cost $2.25 (exact change […]
IRVINE, Dec. 17, 2017 — There are more than 315,000 people in Orange County who are at risk of hunger each month, that according to the Second Harvest Food Bank. Most of the hungry are the working poor who are trying their best to provide food for their families, or seniors on fixed incomes who […]
Members are invited to share their MINI memories! The launch of the new SCMM website also brought with it the club’s new Instagram page, photos4scmm, a collection of MINI and club-related images spanning the past 15 years of club activities. Members are encouraged to follow us on Instagram and submit their own images to be […]