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Keep in mind that none of this is really first principles design stuff. Yes, there are preferred units for reporting data out of the OBD port,...

Damnnn now I wish my wife's clubbie was a turbo. But it's not... Oh well. BTW, I'm not a fan of "approach" measurements or anything like that,...

you are a perfect example of the customer that used to be a lock. And that $6k saved can go a long way to improve the handling to be anything you...

So.... If she gives away give away samples to officers in the cars to give away at the office, it's a violation of the gift policy. If she takes...

First step... assume that WOT is WOT. Log throttle body position, and see what % you get at maximum. Define this as all the way open. Scale the...

I havent looked at the scaling on this... but a couple of points... On a drive by wire system, there are a couple things to look at. Driver...

I don't buy it.... these cars are at the same price point or lower than Subaru, and Subies had good growth. While recession surely has some...

without a doubt the MINI market space is getting nipped at and shrunk from many a side. And the basic platform isn't really that different since...

Ian Cull posts the numbers for the US.... click here. I did a monthly sales change year on year. Since Dec 08 the numbers have pretty much...

another interesting tidbit is that Porsche, MB and BMW are all up in sales. So the very well off are feeling confident. But that hasn't...

I've looked at a bunch of numbers and what is at play for MINI is three things: Cash for clunkers is over, so sales year on year overall for...

Just OK+ The Ferrari bit was OK, but a bit too much dumping on May... The British car bit was good, but could have been edited down, and all the...

My neighbor... just went BACK to stock struts/shocks/springs but kept the stiffer bars front and rear. Wanted a softer ride with little lean....

China bashing aside.. the steering knuckles are just big hunks of iron, so you may want to source them from a wrecking yard. Might save a bit of...

So it's Sunday.... what turned up yesterday? Matt

Man... you mean I can't just add one more shiney part and expect to have an F1 car? Damn.... Matt

A friend sent this to me... so thank Stephan McKeown for the laughs. He's a former Mini owner. Went on to a Porsche Cayman S. I think he...

I've thought about that too... but I haven't been hearing about blown motors cause of lean on the limiter. Also, I don't know but it's possible...

Count me in! ;) Matt

I need to be in a group... where I can run all out! Priceless! Matt