Hector has made it across the border

As some of you know, I will soon be taking delivery of a new Mini Cooper. His name is Hector and he was born on March 6th, 2006 in Oxford, England. (He's a Pisces.) My car was hit from behind in October and I ended up with a Mini Cooper as a rental car for 2 days. Before that, I had never been in nor driven one. I had such a great weekend with that car!

Fast forward to this year and I was starting to think about selling my Integra while the resale value is still decent. I looked into a few new car models, but in the end the gas mileage and the fun of the Cooper won out. Thanks to the internet and some bloggers with way too much time on their hands, I was able to track Hector through the shipping company and see his journey day by day. He boarded his ship on March 8th in Southampton, England. (Didn't the Titanic leave from Southampton?) His first port of call was Brunswick, GA, but I don't think he liked the scenery in Georgia too much. So he then transited the Panama Canal and arrived in Los Angeles, CA on April 1st. He has cleared immigration and is now being checked for seasickness and being given a clean bill of health before proceeding northward. If all goes well, I should be seeing Hector within the next week. He is Chili Red with silver stripes on his hood and a silver roof. Mini Coopers have so many different options and paint color combinations that most are unique to the owner's specifications. In my case Bay Area dealers have plenty of convertibles in stock, but not too many of the regular Coopers.

I will, of course, be posting many a photo of Hector when he arrives. (For those of you that knew the original Hector "The Injector" Deleon, yes the car is named after him.) As a shameless promotion, if anyone wants to buy my Integra I'm sellin' it! 2001 Acura Integra LS in good shape.

Cuidate all!