I’m a little leery of these new MINIon badges. Basically because of the timetable I have given myself I’m not able to get the feedback with each badge as I sometimes like. Some of these are ones that I’ve sketched out ideas, and gotten a basic OK on, and others, like this one- nope. So understand that in 2016 you might run into MINIon #0247 and their badge may look entirely different. For now, this is what I have. The posts will also come later unless I can build up a buffer and go back to 5:00 posts.
As for MINIon #0247, I recall first seeing them in Detroit as they were having stripes put on their solid black Coupe (no the roof doesn’t come off) during White Roof Radio’s celebration of the 400th episode. In 2012 as we drove across country we had the chance for a detour to a little track for some “parade laps” missed meeting the Kool-Aid Guy, but had a great time on the track.