Agreed, that's how I felt in the end with my MINI. Glad everything worked out, right?!

Probably similar to yours, plan wise. Maybe finish my mods or add some minor things to him.

 

Bought some Seafoam engine treatment and some Permatex old-school petroleum/lanolin hand cleaner at TRACTOR SUPPLY.

Will do the Seafoam deed (and clean my hands) this weekend.

 

Man, sorry to see that.

 

Congrats to the both of you!!

I took delivery of Molly 5yrs. ago this coming Friday, April 19th, still can't wipe the silly grin off my face!!

 

Thank you

Make sure you drive a ton on Friday and have a great anniversary, both of you deserve it

 

and they said the mini was too small....





Yesterday I plasti dipped my roof racks so when I got home today I installed them



what do you guys think?

Also.. The nut on the rear one was stripped when I bought it. I tightened it the best I could, but does anyone know what kind of nut that is? I'm thinking of going to home depot and buying one to put behind it so it doesnt unscrew itself. (the nut tightens, clicks, and retightens)

 

Looks great!

 

Way to prove them wrong!

Nice rack! Lol

 

hey all. I fixed the stripped nut problem... put a locking nut behind it and said "haha! try to get lose now!"

for anyone wondering why so much junk food... I'm helping host an overnight event lol..

and DTH2CHRM I see what you did there

 

Hey, it's a Cloobbie! ("Clubbie" with my bad attempt at a Northern English accent.)

I've put more than that in my Hardtop, just last weekend! Filled up the passenger's seat, put the rear seats down, and filled the back to where I couldn't see out of it!

I've got this storage space that I'm going to lose fairly soon, so I am slowly moving my stuff out of it... I got some more stuff today at lunch, but not as much because I wasn't sure if I was going to have a passenger or not this evening.

 

They do fit a lot in the,.. assuming you can drop the seats. I love it. sadly after my rack install I now am considering a hitch. I'll see. Installing and uninstalling these is probably going to be terrible for me.

 

Added the stone guards

 

Thanks all for the sentiments. Looks like its only around $2500 of damage, just outer metal, nothing of any real consequence ( no frame damage or anything serious like that) . So it will be back on the road and good as new shortly!

 

here's what i did in my mini coupe today.. got to use my DTC in a nice mid of april snowstorm.. glad i got it, zero slippage.

 

a little DIY floor mat!
took my old busted one, that had carpet rubbed off, and got some of this cool plastic diamond pattern rubber stuff from harbor freight... a few rivets later, whalah!

 

Today I installed my new red leather shift and ebrake boots. Still need to install the red dash line. Love the look with the red steering wheel inserts.

 

Wiped the bug guts off the windshield, bumper and headlights. Now I can see clearly again!

 

Looks awesome!!


-Paul

 

Had to buy some new tires today because the roads in nj suck and i hit a pot hole on the parkway and got a weird vibration. afterwards when i got to were i was going i got out and was looking at my front tires and they had a bubble in them. I got the cheap tires goodride sv308. I havent had a chance to drive on them to much but i can say its a night and day difference between the old run flats and these there softer so its a much better ride, quieter and they seem to be quite sticky.

 

Goodride.. I've sold those before (own a shop in Newark).. They are quite sticky and soft indeed. It's weird how they stick. I did find that they wore quickly though. Enjoy them. What part of parkway did you hit?

 

I'm thinking about roof top box for those long trip instead of a hitch and trailer.

 

"I can see clearly now the bugs are gone
I can see all obstacles in my way...."

Everybody sing along!

That's a weekly ritual here in Mordor. We have very sticky bugs, and the dry heat bakes 'em on....

C ya,
Dutch

 

What Exit?

I'm a former Exit 88/83 area resident....

C ya,
Dutch

 

I motored in him and hit up the FedEx office - they had some Koni yellows there waiting.

 

Only to work and back, get gas, then Friday Night Date Night...the FUN begins tomorrow!! Our Club is having a 2-Day Wash/Wax & Tech Day. Molly is getting NGK Plugs, an Oil Change, a MiniMania Intake Air Cleaner, and a MiniMania Snorkel!!
Can't wait to hear how she'll sound!!