Week 32 Support Group
#2626
#2627
Custom license plates
RaceTripper & RoadTrip2:
Nice plates! I'm curious... how much extra does it cost in your state to get a custom plate? In Ohio, regular annual auto registration costs just over $50, and if one wants a custom plate of any kind, it's an extra $25. I just refuse to pay that much year after year. I used to have a special plate, but a few years ago the state increased the cost of registration significantly, so I just decided enough was enough. I think in Virginia for example, the cost of a special plate is minimal, so you see a lot more special plates there.
Anyway, nice job both of you!
Nice plates! I'm curious... how much extra does it cost in your state to get a custom plate? In Ohio, regular annual auto registration costs just over $50, and if one wants a custom plate of any kind, it's an extra $25. I just refuse to pay that much year after year. I used to have a special plate, but a few years ago the state increased the cost of registration significantly, so I just decided enough was enough. I think in Virginia for example, the cost of a special plate is minimal, so you see a lot more special plates there.
Anyway, nice job both of you!
#2628
RaceTripper & RoadTrip2:
Nice plates! I'm curious... how much extra does it cost in your state to get a custom plate? In Ohio, regular annual auto registration costs just over $50, and if one wants a custom plate of any kind, it's an extra $25. I just refuse to pay that much year after year. I used to have a special plate, but a few years ago the state increased the cost of registration significantly, so I just decided enough was enough. I think in Virginia for example, the cost of a special plate is minimal, so you see a lot more special plates there.
Anyway, nice job both of you!
Nice plates! I'm curious... how much extra does it cost in your state to get a custom plate? In Ohio, regular annual auto registration costs just over $50, and if one wants a custom plate of any kind, it's an extra $25. I just refuse to pay that much year after year. I used to have a special plate, but a few years ago the state increased the cost of registration significantly, so I just decided enough was enough. I think in Virginia for example, the cost of a special plate is minimal, so you see a lot more special plates there.
Anyway, nice job both of you!
#2629
#2630
RaceTripper -
Did you see that the Steve McQueen movie was on the AMC channel last night? I have never seen it on TV. Like you, we are big Le Mans and ALMS fans. I got hooked on Le Mans back in the 60's when the GT40s were running. We followed the Camel GT for years, attending races in the late '70's up through the GTP races in the 80's & 90's. We have been to Sebring, Daytona, Mid-Ohio, Road America, Road Atlanta, etc. We still follow the ALMS, but don't attend as many races.
Every year we celebrate Le Mans week by watching the McQueen Le Mans movie, following Radio Le Mans on the internet, and watching/listening to the race. I have a Le Mans towel from 2001 when the C5-R's won the GT1 class, plus we have several other Le Mans memorabilia items. Sadly, we have never attended the actual race - but we're still fans.
Did you see that the Steve McQueen movie was on the AMC channel last night? I have never seen it on TV. Like you, we are big Le Mans and ALMS fans. I got hooked on Le Mans back in the 60's when the GT40s were running. We followed the Camel GT for years, attending races in the late '70's up through the GTP races in the 80's & 90's. We have been to Sebring, Daytona, Mid-Ohio, Road America, Road Atlanta, etc. We still follow the ALMS, but don't attend as many races.
Every year we celebrate Le Mans week by watching the McQueen Le Mans movie, following Radio Le Mans on the internet, and watching/listening to the race. I have a Le Mans towel from 2001 when the C5-R's won the GT1 class, plus we have several other Le Mans memorabilia items. Sadly, we have never attended the actual race - but we're still fans.
#2631
RaceTripper -
Did you see that the Steve McQueen movie was on the AMC channel last night? I have never seen it on TV. Like you, we are big Le Mans and ALMS fans. I got hooked on Le Mans back in the 60's when the GT40s were running. We followed the Camel GT for years, attending races in the late '70's up through the GTP races in the 80's & 90's. We have been to Sebring, Daytona, Mid-Ohio, Road America, Road Atlanta, etc. We still follow the ALMS, but don't attend as many races.
Every year we celebrate Le Mans week by watching the McQueen Le Mans movie, following Radio Le Mans on the internet, and watching/listening to the race. I have a Le Mans towel from 2001 when the C5-R's won the GT1 class, plus we have several other Le Mans memorabilia items. Sadly, we have never attended the actual race - but we're still fans.
Did you see that the Steve McQueen movie was on the AMC channel last night? I have never seen it on TV. Like you, we are big Le Mans and ALMS fans. I got hooked on Le Mans back in the 60's when the GT40s were running. We followed the Camel GT for years, attending races in the late '70's up through the GTP races in the 80's & 90's. We have been to Sebring, Daytona, Mid-Ohio, Road America, Road Atlanta, etc. We still follow the ALMS, but don't attend as many races.
Every year we celebrate Le Mans week by watching the McQueen Le Mans movie, following Radio Le Mans on the internet, and watching/listening to the race. I have a Le Mans towel from 2001 when the C5-R's won the GT1 class, plus we have several other Le Mans memorabilia items. Sadly, we have never attended the actual race - but we're still fans.
We're planning to attend the 24 Hours. Our target is 2011, depending on a lot of other factors. This year we will go to Sebring, Petit Le Mans, and the Brian Redman Historics at Road America.
Can't wait for Sebring. Rahal-Letterman is debuting the new M3 GTR (two cars) in the GT2 class.
#2634
Wow its been a long time since ive posted here. Glad to see all is well since i just caught up on a lot of what ive missed the past few months. My Luigi is doing great and i keep him very nicely cleaned and waxed with all the zaino products i ordered. I constantly get compliments on the car by people surprised by how spacious it is on the inside and on the shine as well Well glad to see all is well here and Happy Holidays to all. Ill be checking in a little more often for the next few weeks
#2636
#2637
I've had a couple of intermittent rattles/squeeks, but they seem to go away and are fairly rare. A couple were related to the seat belts and one to the sun/moonroof. The seat belt went away when I adjusted the height of the belt clip and the roof issue is intermittent. I may look into it myself if it starts to occur more often. Just from what I've briefly looked at it, a piece of double stick insulation tape at the cassette clips would probably cure the squeek. When it has occurred, I've put my hand on the cassette trim and the noise has gone away. I let my tire pressure slip into the low 30's and that had an increase in the occurance rate, and filling the tires seemed to reduce the rate.
Performance is great, but I'm still on the learning track!! I hadn't really driven a standard for decades so I'm still on the re-learning curve, but slowly the old skills are returning!! Anyone know any books on driving skills and techniques? I'm kinda curious as to what I don't know, I used to experiment more years ago, now I prefer to read it first and experiment later!!
#2640
#2642
Hope everyone made it through the feasting!! The year is winding down, we just had a little 370 mile trip and Hilla performed perfectly. I had one close call with a driver coming onto the freeway. I changed to the right lane to give him a free lane and he continued to change into my lane instead of remaining in the left lane. I had to break, swerve and give him the horn to wake him up. He was sitting so low, his vision may have been impared, at any rate I was pleased how little movement kept us away from him!
#2643
Hola again!
Thought I'd share my current mileage... about 8,300. Yes. I want to see all your reactions! I always say I bought this car to DRIVE it! And we do! It's going skiing to Colorado in January, too. Also - check out my new wound:
Yes - BIG ROCK. Probably the size of a tennis ball and the diameter of the crack is a bit smaller than a tennis ball. I'm very glad it didn't bounce off the top, hood, or bumper. I'm getting all new glass on Friday, and the insurance authorized OEM glass based on the age of the car.
Thought I'd share my current mileage... about 8,300. Yes. I want to see all your reactions! I always say I bought this car to DRIVE it! And we do! It's going skiing to Colorado in January, too. Also - check out my new wound:
Yes - BIG ROCK. Probably the size of a tennis ball and the diameter of the crack is a bit smaller than a tennis ball. I'm very glad it didn't bounce off the top, hood, or bumper. I'm getting all new glass on Friday, and the insurance authorized OEM glass based on the age of the car.
#2644
Hola again!
Thought I'd share my current mileage... about 8,300. Yes. I want to see all your reactions! I always say I bought this car to DRIVE it! And we do! It's going skiing to Colorado in January, too. Also - check out my new wound:
Yes - BIG ROCK. Probably the size of a tennis ball and the diameter of the crack is a bit smaller than a tennis ball. I'm very glad it didn't bounce off the top, hood, or bumper. I'm getting all new glass on Friday, and the insurance authorized OEM glass based on the age of the car.
Thought I'd share my current mileage... about 8,300. Yes. I want to see all your reactions! I always say I bought this car to DRIVE it! And we do! It's going skiing to Colorado in January, too. Also - check out my new wound:
Yes - BIG ROCK. Probably the size of a tennis ball and the diameter of the crack is a bit smaller than a tennis ball. I'm very glad it didn't bounce off the top, hood, or bumper. I'm getting all new glass on Friday, and the insurance authorized OEM glass based on the age of the car.
Did you get that chip on the Metroplex Waco run?
Last edited by sikamini; 12-31-2008 at 11:10 AM.
#2645
No - we went to hubby's parent's house for the holidays (near Fredericksburg) and we got the chip on the trip back (via 67 through Alvarado/Midlothian). I drive it back and forth to work daily, it's been to the Fredericksburg area twice and Midland/Odessa area once. I've always racked up miles on my cars, it's really no biggie.
#2646
No - we went to hubby's parent's house for the holidays (near Fredericksburg) and we got the chip on the trip back (via 67 through Alvarado/Midlothian). I drive it back and forth to work daily, it's been to the Fredericksburg area twice and Midland/Odessa area once. I've always racked up miles on my cars, it's really no biggie.
Your daily commute sounds a lot longer than mine. It's been a while since I've been any where near the hill country, it's been really long since I've been to Midland/Odessa!
I'll have to get up pretty early in the morning to make a day trip out to Fredericksburg and Midland is just wayyy.... out there! We took the trip to Waco, and it was a nice run, our Houston group was a bit small only three MINIs! We'll have to do better next year!
#2648
#2649
#2650
Hello All,
Not much happening here. The Saturday after Christmas it was about 60 degrees here, so Phantom got a hand washing and Hydro drying. He's looked pretty good for a week now, but then I've driven very little, so he's mostly looked good in the garage. I expect that all to change this week, as rain, or worse, is in the forecast.
Oh, and I wish all the Week 32ers and their MINIs a Happy New Year!
Not much happening here. The Saturday after Christmas it was about 60 degrees here, so Phantom got a hand washing and Hydro drying. He's looked pretty good for a week now, but then I've driven very little, so he's mostly looked good in the garage. I expect that all to change this week, as rain, or worse, is in the forecast.
Oh, and I wish all the Week 32ers and their MINIs a Happy New Year!