Drove it like I stole it.. ha ha

 

washed, waxed, tires shined. 70 and sunny

today is a good day

-B

 

Had nitrogen put in the tires.

 

Took delivery of my new summers from tirerack.com

 

I purchased the convertible top clean kit and the new stubby antenna for my 05 mcs cabrio

 

Installed a Thule Roof Rack with bike attachment! 15mm h&r wheel spacers all around go on tomorrow morning, I will post more pictures once i get them on

See if you can spot my gf....

 

Just drove the heck out of it today. Really falling in love with it so far.

 

The detailers just left a little while ago. I had a new car detail done with Swissvax
Concorso, oh she looks sweet!

 

And you've only just begun.

Said good bye to duct tape and my checkered side scuttles. Went to the JCW scuttles.

 

Good choice, you'll love those! I know I love mine!

 

Installed grimmspeed license plate relocation kit

 

New to the thread / forum. Have a '13 cooper non - S .. Mods so far Stubby Antenna, clear side scuttles, HiDs, LEDs in the DRLs, LEDs in the boot, 20% tints, subwoofer. & today installed license plate relocation kit

Koopa Europlate hence it being the nickname to my mini

Coils & Wheels coming soon, my budget is tight as of now. I really love stancee can't wait.

Love my mini. Thanks guys motor on

 

Thanks! Ever since the accident, the Kid's been moving in a whole new direction.

Paulinooo - sounds like you're having fun. You should see if you can come out east and play.

MINIS to the Point 5

Pulled together some good raffle prizes to raise money for the Wounded Warrior Project, too.

 

Hey. Thanks again for the info. I may be following in your "makeover" footsteps very soon. In addition to the cosmetic damages, I now having some horrible scraping noise when I hit a bump in the road. I shed a tear every time I see a pothole :-(

When is MTTP by the way?

 

^^^ Anytime. MTTP is on Saturday, May 18th. Defenders of Speed just came through with five $25 gift certificates. Here are the rest of the raffle prizes:

Vendor Donations for MTTP 5

 

New summer shoes!

 

Finished my 1800 mile 3 day journey from FL to South Dakota! The mini handled the drive great. Bit of wobble and pulling, but I think the guys at the tire place did a crap job on my rotate and balance this time :(

Managed to get an avg of 30 mpg most of the way! Until these upper states, where I noticed there is NO 93 octane gas! Wtf! It's 60 cents more then 85, but it's not even full premium! Saw a drop from cruising at 30+mpg to around 25 or less.

Also still have the strange rattle sound from somewhere in the engine bay (I think anyway). Case of beer to whomever fixes that problem!

 

Blacked out both grills, the taillights and the front mini logo and the wheels. It's getting there!

 

Higher altitudes mean lower air pressure, and the octane requirement goes down. That's why you'll find 85 octane up in CO, but no less than 87 in most coastal states.

Many places don't have anything over 91 octane, even at lower altitude. In CA, for instance, the highest grade of street-legal fuel is 91 octane. (You can get 100+ race gas at some outlets, but it is technically not street-legal.)


Not today, but yesterday: Found a good clear stretch of commute and was able to hit a 270-degree junction ramp at speed. Got the tires singing nicely the whole way around, and had to slow down a bit to cruise speed at the end of it. (Then again, my "cruise speed" is a wee bit lower than many people's.)

 

Baron just got the works today. Totally clean now...........

 

Smoked the Dragon. I spent the last 6 months building my JCW Cabrio for this week at MOTD. Jan at RMW tweaked my tune to account for my Dominator cam and 450 injectors then I took it for a Dragon run. My wife is a sooper trooper because I really had the hammer down and she was rock solid in the copilot seat.

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Wish I woulda went this year!

 

Busted open the bottle of MINI Shampoo the dealer gave me for making me wait so long when I went to pickup the car.

Gave it a quick wash since we hit a lot of bugs today, a lot. Might be a placebo effect but the Shampoo did a really nice job and it chamois-ed off nicely as well.

 

Installed some PIAA Extreme White city lights the other day. Looks awesome!

 

Pics?