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Thanks, looks bare at the moment but I'll fix that next month. Ah yes the Old Fart sticker is a favourite!

 

Just got the passenger door lock unit thanks to MA Gen1 classified! Final drive is delayed yet again for another 3 weeks! Looks like June before I get the damn thing. What can I do? nowt...no worrries I've got plenty of other things to do to keep me busy.

My decals are stuck too! the decals guy now has a girlfriend so the decals are low priority...LOL

 

The driving standards in CR are pretty bad with Thursdays drive home from work proving that. I had to stop quickly as a moron coming the other way passed a parked truck on his side a the last minute. The Mini brakes are awesome so stopping was not a problem, not so for the day dreaming BMW 5 series behind me. I heard this tyre squealing, looked in the rear view mirror to see the BMW covered in white tyre smoke getting very very close. I had no where to go so I braced myself for impact. Lucky the turd stopped just in time. The Mini was saved! so I quickly pulled off once the road was clear with the BMW on my bumper flashing his lights in anger. go figure...anyway just down the road is a huge pot hole on the other side of the road, so just as I get near the pot hole a truck coming the other way came straight at to avoid the hole forcing me off the road onto grass and the BMW nearly rear ending me again! OMG I thought screw this, I dropped down a gear, floored it and passed several cars to be rid of the jinxed BMW. He tried to chase me but I was gone.

Friday I flew out at noon so I spent the morning sorting out the state type window sticker. Go to the license office, then to a lawyer, then license office, waiting in line etc but finally got the sticker ordered for when I get back.

 

I thought the very same thing! The problem I have with the Mini is it turns nearly everyone into a wanna be racer. LOL

 

I'm working on it. Got a few ideas but so far nothing confirmed but the way things are going I won't have the parts to catch the only 2 events I can do. The final drive is delayed yet again. So everthing is going to happen next month fingers crossed

 

At least they still keep using our photos! They planned a rally day when I'm not there! duh!

Rally Day será el 9 de mayo - Puro Motor | Noticias Deportes de Motor e Industria Automotriz Costa Rica

 

oh forgot a funny story. The last visit I brought in the gear set and some used gears. I thought the customs would give me a hard tiime but in my carry on bag was a bath bomb from Lush. Shaped like an apple. So I put my bags through the scanner and the customs giy says I have fruit, I say no, because I forgot about the bath bomb. so after some searching they found the bath bomb and completely forgot about the gear set! LOL. So this visit I did the same thing and they completely missed the 50 bottles of lotions I had in the checked bag to sell...hahahahaha Now I'm buying more bath bombs for each visit.

 

I stick to the speed limit in the US...In Costa Rica there are some rules but not that many. Actually 80mph was a slow day.hahaha I think driving in CR is like a PS4 game with no reset button.

This weekend I fitted the decals and moved the heavy spare wheel around 10" further forward which seemed help the handling a little. Yesterday I was at Parque Vive (local race track) to show the Mini with some other rally cars. There was a drifting and drag racing event and some really strange groups of cars. Plus 1 original Mini spoilt by some oversized wheels. Photos to follow