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Went to a car show yesterday. It was a little different it was a low rider show, but I went anyway. There was no charge so why not . It surprised we how many real liked my car. I'll try to post some pic later.

 

All fun and games till someone loses a finger.. ;-)
It was my second brake job and the 1 day turnaround was faster than my first one so it is a win..

Still need to do rear swingarm bushings and end links and the exhaust flex pipe, but that will be another time.

 

This weekend is our club's 2nd annual Midwest MINI Meet..
We have about 25 MINIs from Chicagoland, Milwaukee and Madison areas to explore some fun roads in the Wisconsin Driftless area.

Yesterday was driving up to my wife's family cottage for a short visit and then on to the host hotel in Baraboo.
After a short meet and greet we headed off for a 20 or so mile group drive for dinner.

Today will be a long drive thru western Wisconsin.



Here is a link to more pictures.
I'll be adding more thru the rest of the weekend

https://www.flickr.com/photos/ernestovumbles/albums/72177720326153765

 

Today's drive was about 225 miles of backroad fun..

25 MINIs participated including one classic on it's first higher speed/longer distance drive

Click on the picture to view the video

Midwest MINI Meet by Ernesto Vumbles, on Flickr

 

Clean clean again I’m still waiting to put my new Miltek exhaust non resonated on and mean time I’m also looking into new engine mods.

 

Today was part 3 of Clubman maintenance..

I replaced the rear swaybar bushings and end links.
It was a bunch of work because the bushings bolts are hard to get to and hard to line up afterwards.
The end links werent too bad, but I needed a super skinny wrench (which I fortunately had) to keep the part from spinning as I was loosening and tightening the nuts

Hopefully that is the end of the maintenance till winter when I need to replace the aged-out snow tires.

 

Today was a Chicago MINI Motoring Club drive up Sheridan Road, which is a nice twisty (for Chicagoland) road along Lake Michigan and past some of the most expensive houses in the area.

We had about 22 cars participating.. a large pothole damaged one participants tire on the way to the event and bent a rim of another participant (but it still held air pressure)
Because we started at one of the local dealerships, they were able to get him a new tire and he was able to meet us at our final lunch stop.

Here is a link to more pictures
https://www.flickr.com/photos/ernestovumbles/albums/72177720326862732

 

So been doing rear brakes all weekend because waiting on new parts had a frozen piston on rear passenger side for I don’t know how long lol! Should be done Monday because tomorrow is a rest! Lol

 

New rim on and the other will be repaired for $75 from a guy that bends them back in shape perfectly

 

Getting ready for MINIs on the Mack.. departing Thursday night.

Checked Tire pressures, fixed a missing tooth on my mirror cap face, and cleaned up the plastic trim

 

Gave it a quick wash. Now it's only dirty.

 

Ms Maggie got new "shoes"!

Loving these wheels! I'm so amazed at the difference they make in the whole look!

 

Road trip to Lebanon Ohio. Had dinner at the Golden Lamb.



Gazebo next to the Golden Lamb


City Hall





Filler Up and Check the Oil.

 

Slippery MINI's are faster, get better gas mileage, and look good too:.....

 

Took mine backwards through the finish at autoX today. :crazy: Then J did the same thing right after me with Gromie. We are now dubbed the spinnin' MINIs :lol: It was a good day! (J took top time in class and I got 3rd THAT'S never happened before).

 

Well, today Poco and I blew the doors off a beater modded Honda. Silly kid tried to keep up :lol:

Mark