w here should I start? Well, launched many people in the first-generation MINI community have probably already had direct or indirect contact with me: I am Dries, 26 years old, co-founder of the biggest European R53 owners club, CluB53. Sneakerhead. Social media guy and everything around it. But most of all a new MINI and classic Mini lover.
At home, we always had a soft spot for BMW/MINI – Iremember having a miniature of a 2001 MINI Cooper when it first came out. In 2007, MINI the Sidewalk cabrio with the most beautiful seats I had ever seen in a car; the Malt Brown English leather interior with white edges immediately draws your attention, pumped up with chrome accents for luxury. It was a special edition, with 4,000 units produced, and the Cooper S version is even rarer.
This car has been in our family that little bit more since delivery; a few years later I
