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I would love to detail a polished aluminum’ car. I have the tools to do it.

The best part about polishing that car is seeing the handsome guy doing the work in the reflection.

 

No eGo hanging around M/A, not a bit.

 

Can you break aluminum like a mirror ?

 

Hahahaha nope.

 

Even if you dipped aluminum in liquid nitrogen it wouldn't shatter or become embrittled because it doesn't have a ductile to brittle transition no matter how cold it gets. Copper and gold are the same way.

Why do I know that? My brain is full of useless information.

 

Man you have to love a desperate salesman. LOL

Hope your friend can get your HPFP done for you. That would be a heck of a nice Christmas present.

 

Excellent news! MINI will cover the $1300 cost of the new pump! I'll pay about $450-ish for labor, shop fees and the pressure hose. My advisor there really went above and beyond for me. She's not gone in to limp mode since last Friday, but will still be getting a new HPFP tomorrow.

 

Great news it looks like Christmas came early for you.

 

Excellent, how low is your MINI, good news on the HPFP. I thought these units were covered under a 100K negotiated extended warranty due to recalls and issues?

 

Wives can not be taught anything. They are like trying to train cats. Not possible.

 

That's not quite true, Dave. My wife is from Spain and became a naturalized U. S. citizen while retaining her Spanish citizenship. She came to the U.S. as a child and speaks better English than most of my friends. She is a high school graduate and was a successful cosmetologist for many years. I'd say she was taught by very good teachers and learned a lot. Unfortunately for her, she never took a driver's education course and some things she does wrong in driving is because she was never taught how to do them correctly. Still, she has been driving since 1965 and has only one accident that required police and that was in 1966. She will learn from this straight on driving onto and over the driveway curb and use that knowledge to make a better decision in the future...OR, I'll rip up her passports and she won't be going back to see her family in Spain anytime soon!

 

That's funny, Chuck, but almost true. About 4 years ago, the Miami County road crews came into our neighborhood and leveled out nearly all of the driveway curbs before running out of money. Damn the luck..they ran out of money after doing my neighbor's drive...saying they'd be back the following year. they have not returned, but I'm sure as Hell not going to foot the bill myself. Slant angles for entering and leaving the drive have worked for me and my R53, as well as the R50. Hopefully, my wife will catch on, too.

 

Good luck Jeff I wish you all the best. I've been over that curb, it's a doozy.

 

Maybe Ohio needs to raise taxes for the roads to be fixed. I was in Ohio for Teddy service and the roads completely SUCK.

 

I ALWAYS enter the driveway slowly, and back our again, slowly, too. I've had her gal friends mention that they thought my wife was imitating a demolition derby with regard to our driveway. One lady even told her husband to ask me if a lift kit was available for Francie's S. It's no wonder the part broke, but I still maintain it could have been prevented if my wife would only slow down and enter/leave on an angle.

 

County and local roads are even worse, Dave. Our taxes for highway maintenance were just raised this year, but it will take awhile for any monies to be collected and spent.

 

Government does not need money to spend money.