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Well... I still haven't unpacked the MINI from MOTD, but I did get my Killboy photos!

Here's my favorite.

 

A group from Vancouver MINI Cooper Club gathered for doughnuts at Krispy Kreme.

 

Oil change last night in the 2012 Clubman, plus fixing the repeat offender broken temperature sender wiring..

 

Another oil change.. this time on my 2002 Cooper.

Ready for a weekend club event and MINI Takes the States later in the year.

 

Yeah..... That's the one...
I also have a Whalen, but he was kind enough to make a custom "Moom Eyes" for me... He does very hi quality work....

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An FYI, I will be letting go of my 2020 JCW Clubman Friday, got a good trade value and will be a family car guy driving the 2nd most popular Colorado mascot. Audi Q5, it is dark blue with beige leather inside, a bit more room and easier for this old guy to get in and out. Sad to see the JCW go with only 2950 miles, not even a fun trip to the Dragon or Rockies except for some local drives. This car will be used by both of us as dear wife thought the JCW was to powerful, it is but fun.

Don

 

Turned it in at Flatirons Audi in Boulder County if anyone is looking for a steal with 2971 miles, a couple back and forth trips to the dealer. Pictures later, if anone is interested. I will update my garage here, still have that nice low mileage 2011 Countryman that the dealers are trying to steal. Wonder why!

Have a great weekend, had a moment where I thought the Audi was not going fit in the garage, but it does tightly.

Don

 

Last weekend was cleaning out all of the stuff left in the car from MOTD. This weekend was a good wash, to peel away the bugs and dust from the outside. Oh yeah... some gas! Next time, the interior needs a good cleaning and I need to figure out what's going on w/ the driver's side floor mat. It's shuffling around all over the place. I think that the Velcro anchor pads on the bottom are coming unglued.

 

On Sunday, I replaced my timing chain tensioner. Seems to run better now.

 

I got my new coolant tank in so it's off to the chrome's.

 

I started Checkers today. It started just fine after not running for around 30 days. On June 11 & 12 it's American graffiti time here. I live in Modesto , Ca where they filed it. They have it every year. I was thinking of seeing if I could show Checkers but I'm not sure with all the classic & hot rods it might kind of stand out.

 

I was going to take Checkers out for a run today but believe it or not it might rain a little later so no drive today. Weather report says next weekend it's going to be in the100's so I'll wait till then.

 

That makes sense, but in my case I'm a little nuts about keep it clean. Most of the time I wash it every time I drive it and then cover it. I also have it ceramic coated every year if needed. So no swirls or rub marks.

 

Thanks! We bought our house about 6 years back and I was going to paint/epoxy the floor, but the previous owner had a car that leaked oil like crazy. I was worried about adhesion in the oil spot, so decided to try the tiles instead. I think it took me 2-3 hours to put the tiles down (most of the time was spent cutting the perimeter tiles) and it was super handy as we used the garage to store boxes as we moved in to the house and I never had to worry about boxes on a damp concrete floor as the tiles had them elevated and had air-flow underneath. I think I paid about $1.5k for the tiles and did all of the work myself on a Saturday morning.

I have a couple of dented spots where I tried to lift my daily-driver SUV with a floor jack, but I bought 10+ spare tiles in each color, so I just popped out the dented tile and snapped in a new one (5 min fix). If I worked on a car heavier than the MINI often, I'd probably not choose the draining tiles that I put directly under each car. Those draining tiles also make it a PITA when you drop a screw or nut as they drop into the drainage slots. I've had to lift a few tiles to find a lost screw before... Not a problem on the standard tiles.

https://www.garageflooringllc.com/garage-floor-tiles/

 

Took Checkers out for a drink of water today. Checked with the tire shop for an alignment check ,but I'll have to wait until Monday. That's a good excuse to drive it again and test the new alignment. Fun fun.

 

I'm a little bored today so I was going through some of my old repairs on my car. I was wondering how many miles my engine has on it since I blow it up. My car has 44k but it blow up when it had 20,534k back in 2007. That got expensive. I did have a good excuse the wife was driving it ( the only time) when it blow. I was going to blame her, but she felt so bad I told her the real reason. It's kind of interesting going over what I've done to it.

 

I was tolled that it was running very lean and over heated blow a hole through the head ( it was a brand new head from RMW) . I had been making a few changes ( head , cam, injector's and a few other things) and was going to get it tuned, but before I could BOOM. That is why I now have a full set of gauges (boost, oil pressure & temp water temp and AFR)

 

Yes in both cases. While I was at it I added a few more things. What the hell you can't take it with you. It's only money. I've had it tuned 3 times since then. Twice by Jan and once by ( I forgot their name ). As far as rebuild. New pistons and head (RMW)header, cat back exhaust and had everything balanced.

 

I have always told myself I would never sell GIR. That being said GIR is not original and has some miles on him and with the car market the way it is, I am curious to see what they would offer. I am just not willing to spend the time or the gas for a 20 minute conversation.


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I drove to my retiree breakfast this morning on brand new asphalt for part of the way and what a joy that was.