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  1. Crashton

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    #17974 Crashton, Dec 13, 2019
    If you do a search for curb ramps you will find many solutions. Although they aren't inexpensive.
     
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    #17977 minirab, Dec 13, 2019
    All the above ideas don't work, tell her that the repair costs come out of her paycheck not yours and don't negotiate. It does work.
     
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    #17978 Dave.0, Dec 13, 2019
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    Or tell her she has to drive a MINIVAN.
     
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    #17983 Dave.0, Dec 13, 2019
    ......and that’s why California sucks.
     
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    #17984 00Mini, Dec 13, 2019
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    I was just looking up gasoline taxes and Pennsylvania has the highest in the country. Whoops, one article says Pennsylvania is the most and another says California.
     
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    #17986 Dave.0, Dec 13, 2019

    And our roads are better than Ohio and California.
     
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    #17991 Minidave, Dec 14, 2019
    We're expecting the first significant snow of this year over the weekend, my poor MINI lives outside, along with the wife's Allroad. I keep telling her we need to build a 20X25 annex on the back of the garage so I can move all my car stuff in there and she can put her car back in the garage, but so far she's not having it. :)
     
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    #17997 wmwny, Dec 17, 2019
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    Actually, the tires were 8.4 years old but had nearly new tread since, with 3 MINIs, I don't drive the S in winter much anymore. Even so, that said, the guy who installs my tires was pretty leery about installing them and told me they might last thru a snowless Winter. Fat chance, with our on and off OH winters, so I was on the lookout for decent snows, bought them and had them installed yesterday.
     
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    #18000 MCS02, Dec 17, 2019
    When I was rebuilding my Indian my stepdad brought me some brand new tires from the stock he still had. Of course this was stock from the 50's but hay they are new! Needless to say they are sitting in the garage. Not only are they hard as a rock but they are old bias ply!
     
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    #18001 DneprDave, Dec 17, 2019
    An old Russian trick to improve the longevity of tire tread is to put the tires on the roof for a year before mounting them.
     
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    #18002 Crashton, Dec 18, 2019
    Nyet! ;)
     
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    #18003 beken, Dec 20, 2019
    Me and a couple of other MINI drivers got up at the gawdawful hour of 5:00am and met up someplace in the outskirts of town, then motored in together to downtown Vancouver BC to deliver some toys to the annual Christmas Wish toy drive. We had breakfast together and then went our separate ways.
     

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    #18005 Skidmarks, Dec 21, 2019
    Does he have those for sale?

     
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    #18007 minsanity, Dec 22, 2019
    He got them from RoadieDesigns.

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    #18013 Crashton, Jan 9, 2020
    Take the MINI oil & dump it in the truck. I'm sure it's good enough. ;)
     
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    #18017 wmwny, Jan 9, 2020
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    Looks really sharp! Was it hard to do?
     
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    #18019 Dave.0, Jan 9, 2020
    what is up with those non-GP taillights????
     
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    #18020 MCS02, Jan 9, 2020
    Why kill the brand? Just do a redesign. The BMW faithful pitched a fit over the Bangel Butt. BMW finally listened and starting making nice cars agin. All they have to do is make one car true to mini heritage. Then make all the other modules you want.
     
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    #18022 MCS02, Jan 9, 2020
    Well it is disappointing, I believe there is still a market here if done correctly.
     
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    #18029 MCS02, Jan 10, 2020
    I believe BMW originally bought Mini for a quick way to comply with the CAFE standards. Perhaps now that they share engines with BMW they don't need Mini any more.
     
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