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  1. Minidave

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    #4 Minidave, Jun 17, 2015
    It's a challenge, I agree......all the more props to him for going for it.

    I can do 500 miles a day @70mph (he claims he can maintain that speed with no issues) as that's only about 7 hours a day of drive time. If you break it up between bathroom and fuel stops, plus a stop for lunch it's not too bad.
     
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    #5 wmwny, Jun 17, 2015
    He's got a lot of guts to make a trip that long and in a car that's older than most of the members in M/A! I wish him well and that he has a safe and uneventful journey! At least he will win the "miles most travelled" award! :Thumbsup:
     
  3. Minidave

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    #6 Minidave, Jun 19, 2015
    Yep, he leaves in 4 days and will be updating his trip on Restoration-Mini's website....

    Restoration-Mini

    I tried to get him to start a Facebook page but he's just not into Facetube......
     
  4. Minidave

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    #7 Minidave, Jun 20, 2015
    Wow, it is going to be HOT for Willie B's drive from Atlanta to Abbotsford - low 100's most of the way. Even Abbotsford Canada will be in the high 90's during the event, and the long range forecast says 100's all the way home till he get's to KC, then only 80's from there on to home.

    In preparation he's added this.....

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    Hope it's enough, but I'm even more concerned about keeping the driver's temp under control. His cool suit thingy should help, but any way you slice it driving in those temps with the windows down for that many miles will wear on a guy.
     
  5. 00Mini

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    #8 00Mini, Jun 20, 2015
    Driving at night becomes a very viable option, as you mentioned 100 degree blowing on you will take its toll. I wish him safe passage.
     
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    #10 Firebro17, Jun 24, 2015
    That's plenty hot enough. I'll follow along on this excursion and wish you good luck.
     
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    #11 DryMartini, Jun 24, 2015
    Great trip for us to follow along. (In spirit, cause I loves my AC!)
     
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    #13 BruceK, Jun 25, 2015
    What did Kipling say? Mad men and English cars? Something like that. Very crazy undertaking. Having driven my classic Mini 8 hours home from Arkansas several months ago (in very mild temperatures) I can't really imagine taking a Mini on a much longer and hotter drive.

    But way back in the late 80s (or early 90s? it's all a blur) some friends (Karl and son Kraig Strauch) from the aptly named M.A.D.M.E.N. Mini club in St. Louis drove a 998 Mini from North Carolina to Alaska, and back! As I remember it, the toughened windscreen (i.e. not laminated) cracked and crazed over completely opaque on the way back, and they were forced to look though a little peephole in the glass to navigate hundreds of miles back home.
     
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    #15 vetsvette, Jun 26, 2015
    Appreciate you keeping us updated Dave. I look forward to the daily updates.
     
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    #16 DryMartini, Jun 27, 2015
    + 1
     
  11. Minidave

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    #17 Minidave, Jun 27, 2015
    One is happy to be of service! :D

    (Obscure movie quote #284653900 - anyone know what it's from?)
     
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    #18 Firebro17, Jun 27, 2015
    Not sure of his intended route of travel after he leaves Larimie, but it's a whole lotta nuth'n with a long ways out there. A Long Ways...

    Thanks for the latest update!
     
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    #20 Nathan, Jun 27, 2015
    "One understands why some animals eat their young."
     
  14. Minidave

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    #21 Minidave, Jun 27, 2015
    Ha! Yep...that's it. A tribute to the late Robin Williams, I thought he was excellent in this movie - Bi-Centennial Man from 1999.
     
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    #30 Firebro17, Jul 7, 2015
    Ahhhh, 7 Ent. to the rescue! Mike and his staff are the best!
     
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    #31 Eric@Helix, Jul 8, 2015
    I love everything about this.
     
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    #33 00Mini, Jul 8, 2015
    Bummer !! What a shame, so close to finishing his quest and to have it end on a sour note. Better luck in your next great adventure!!
     
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    #34 Nathan, Jul 8, 2015
    All in all still a valiant effort. Sure hope it is something simple that was overlooked.

    Looking forward to that final update.
     
  19. Minidave

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    #36 Minidave, Jul 9, 2015
    He's planning to do Minis Take the States, not the one in 2016, but the next one!
     
  20. Firebro17

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    #39 Firebro17, Sep 23, 2015
    Let me guess, the radiator was full of gas... :lol:

    Sure glad it was a simple fix. Hope to meet and talk with you guys at Mini Meet West.
     
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