RedlineGoods.com has graciously agreed to extend a 10% discount for all Club members who wish to buy one of Redline?s hand-crafted leather shift boot kits (they carry e-brake boots and armrest covers as well).

Add that special personal touch to your car or get that special holiday gift for a fellow Mini enthusiast. Made from buttery Italian leather these shift and brake boots are fantastic looking, as you?ll see from their web site's MINI page.

This discount will run through 2006 and you need to use the following discount code on the order form: 4L2W9XA69X3. Just punch it in to receive 10% off immediately!

Steve Shrader from RearSeatDelete.com has offered Chicago Mini Club members a 10% discount for those of you who want to take some weight off (your car) and have it look great at the same time.

Steve says they will have a new web site in January but they do not currently have a system for taking the discount at check-out, so please e-mail him at questions@rearseatdelete.com and he will take care of you in processing your order. Steve has some great pictures at the site if you?re interested in what the finished product looks like. Many thanks to Steve and www.rearseatdelete.com !

Here is a cool site to show where our Chicago MINI Motoring Club members are from..

If you choose, you can register(free) and mark your name, location by zipcode, and a callout to everyone!

Visit Frappr and add yourself!

Barry Brazier, publisher of the new MC-Squared Mini Magazine is sending us some great samples for distribution at the Club Holiday Party on December 18.

Barry wants those of you who subscribed in November to know that their issues are in the mail! Barry is going to be talking with us to see if he can make some special offers for our Club. In the meantime, he wants us to enjoy the Samples he has sent at the Holiday Party.

Please check out Barry's new MC2 Magazine at www.mc2magazine.com.

Loren Morse of DLT has graciously offered to help Club members by offering a standing 5% discount on parts that are not already pre-discounted on their site, www.cravenspeed.com.

Check out their products, they have some interesting aftermarket performance parts for fellow Mini enthusiasts.

DLT will also be offering up some items for us to distribute to a few lucky members at the Holiday party on the 18th. This is yet another great reason to come to the Holiday party! We have about 20 people confirmed so RSVP now if you haven?t already.

December is the perfect time to get together and spend some quality time hanging out with your MINI Club friends.

Vendor Liason Taylor has graciously offered the use of his home as meeting spot.

Details are below:

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UPDATE: 12/01/2005 After the get together, anyone that wants can pile out and take a short cruise to view the holiday lights at the Lincolnwood Towers. This area, bounded by Devon, Pratt, Central and Edens expressway is known for putting on a spectacular light show.

The plan is for everyone to just drive around randomly and explore the area. Beeps, waves and flashing headlights are expected when crossing the path of other MINIs!

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