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General MINI TalkShared experiences, motoring minutes, and other general MINI-related discussion that applies to all MINIs, regardless of model, year or trim.
I knew I would never feel comfortable with putting a full size tag on the front of my Mini. Fortunately my son does graphic art design and so I applied my version of a tag to my front bumper and headed for the airport.
Gave her a bath today... Its been a while! Prolly be just as dirty tomorrow but o well. Cleaned the interior as well. I have a new exhaust leak to. Thinking maybe the downpipe clamp came undone when I drove over a raised up pothole. Damn lowered car .
Cold and icy today. I left her home and took the 4x4. Question for you cold weather people. How do Minis do with very cold weather? We're suffering from the arctic blast for several days.
Great in the snow due the weight distribution and traction control. Where I live we get the blasts off the Great Lakes and Finger Lakes. I have had no issues at all with reliability. I wish that I had heated seats though. Leatherette gets cold.
its been in the high teens to 30's in the mornings up here in CT. for a split second she ticks until the oil moves around. but i let her warm up for 3-4 minutes then off I go.
Cold and icy today. I left her home and took the 4x4. Question for you cold weather people. How do Minis do with very cold weather? We're suffering from the arctic blast for several days.
No issues here in the snow we just had, almost a foot. But the plows do keep the road fairly clean. As has been said before, buy some good winter tires and you will be fine. I actually enjoy driving in weather like this . However, don't try to plow snow with your mini, it will be pretty hard . As long as the snow is not much higher than your bumper you will be fine.
Ooops! Where did it go? I love the wreath thing! Where did you get it? There's my mod of the season other than a Rudolf nose on the grill! ha ha! (Not really!)
Ooops! Where did it go? I love the wreath thing! Where did you get it? There's my mod of the season other than a Rudolf nose on the grill! ha ha! (Not really!)
I got it on Amazon GoBadges did not have it in stock.
seeing as it was 75 here in Charleston today, someone got a well deserved bath... even after living here for 8 years, it still feels very wrong to be washing my car just before Christmas...
Installed my Invidia on my R53 thanks Outmotoring great service!!!! Love the quality and the sound. Not today but over the las few days/weeks plastidipped my wheels blacked out the belt line tint my windows 35% all around.
Lookin' good! Can't wait to see it (and hear it) in person!!!
stopped by the dealer today to ask about the USB/IPod adapter (my car was spec'd with it, but the wire was long gone at purchase)... decided to pick it up, as I use a Belkin FM tuner device that can get tempermental... hooked up easy, but couldn't get any volume... so off to that board for me...
and as a curiousity, I asked them to price out upgrades to the JCW engine tuning and suspension... got a number that was higher for the parts than what's listed on Mini USA for the engine side... and labor quotes of 3.5 hours for the engine work and 12.5(!) for the suspension... guess if I ever go the suspension route, I'm going after-market...
I put new wipers on front and back. After last storm, my wipers left black rubber all over front windshield. Yuk! Thank goodness for tar and bug remover.
I put new wipers on front and back. After last storm, my wipers left black rubber all over front windshield. Yuk! Thank goodness for tar and bug remover.
New ones work much better.
I'm curious - do you use Invisible Glass to clean your window? This happened to me too once and i never did figure out why.