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Rufus has had a pretty quiet year in 2024... My wife and I booked a big European trip during MOTD this year (I've got my calendar blocked for MOTD...
Rufus has been running like a top and passing annual inspections for the past few years... just being the perfect garage queen, fun-only car that...
That GP is in surprisingly good shape for 180k miles!
Annual inspection passed! Woo! I've had an intermittent CEL popping up for a while (I think I had a bad tank of gas), so I was very happy that...
Thanks! That particular photo was just after I had about 1/2 of the body panels PDR'd, de-rusted and repainted, plus about 5-6 hours of polishing...
I've now got a pretty good version of Rufus and I've built out a Porsche Cayman that looks a lot like my previous car, so I'm good! :D I'm sure...
Now I can drive Rufus (well... not the right model or year, but it's pretty close in terms of styling) in the virtual world as well (GTA V online)...
A newer Gen 2 or 3 Countryman was released in GTA V on-line last week... I bought one and had some fun with it in the custom mod shop, getting a...
I've got one of those NoCo gadgets set up as a trickle charger for Rufus, my R53. I've got the hard-wired adapter connected to the battery and...
FYI: The concealed permit process in North Carolina is taking about 6 months. It's been a while, but I believe that there are 6 different places...
It took me a week longer than anticipated due to a dead battery, but I took Rufus out for a spin last night. I've been craving a White Russian...
I was sorting through pictures from a recent trip to the UK. When I saw this little shop in Bath, England, I thought of MA!
Not so much about Rufus, but the GPS that usually resides on his dash... I bought the latest/greatest Garmin unit about 3-4 years back and this...
I've been checking the MINI factory tour website regularly for the last few months. In the last week or so, MINI has re-opened their factory...
Holy crap. My Facebook feed just reminded me: It was 5 years ago that I bought Rufus and started driving him home!
Generally no. I sometimes add some Lucas engine-treatment to the tank, but I haven't been driving the MINI (or even my daily driver) much since...
I've been having this issue intermittently for the past year or two. I know that a good highway run in 5th gear solves the problem (higher revs...
It was time for the annual state inspection, so I took Rufus in at lunch today. Everything was OK on my way there, but when they started the car...
6 days to go and already over $6k. Woo!
Thank you to my friend Mike McGill, who took this interesting drone photo of Rufus at MOTD 2022.