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I stood staring out the garage door, at all the rain pouring down...
The MINI in my peripheral vision, and freshly detailed, I decided not to take that drive after all.

 

Went to the dealer for the scheduled service and they were VERY nice to me. Even reminded me to use my 15% discount card they sent me. I was going to anyway, but it was nice of them to remind me.

So, I'm sitting in the waiting area with all the normal owners, typing away on their lap tops, iPads, iPhones and not talking. I am properly clad in my M/A Racing Shirt, so I blurt out, "ANYBODY GOING TO MOTD AT THE END OF APRIL"? Everyone looks at me with this blank stare, then they go right back to what they had been doing. I guess nobody was. :lol:

Jim

 

:useless

Jim

 

Well, I got up early this morning and had breakfast with a couple of my bud's at Tommy's Diner on West Broad street. What I'm saying is I got "Carbo'd Up"....



Headed back to my shop and started on the rear suspension replacing the OEM springs with Swift Spec-R springs.... The fronts were done last weekend...

Here are the OEM on the left and the Swift on the right...


Here is one of the dampers switched out with the Swift... Ready to install...


Here is a shot of my MINI sitting with Swifts front and rear.... So far at a mild 1" drop...


I'm "Tard" and going home...
Tomorrow I'll be back at it setting up the rear Camber and Toe using my DIY Toe Plates....

 

...Crossed 61k miles.

 

Twisty back roads & a MINI does it get any better?

 

Didn't do anything with the Coupe. what I did was fly back from Charlotte to Columbus (corporate plane) and we routed directly over the Dragon and Fontana Dam. The water looked a little muddy but even so, I got a cold chill just thinking about being down there running the roads and hanging with my MINI friends in less than a month!!

 

WOOHOO ! ! !

No rain OR snow on the forecast! Got the car out, washed and quick detailed, changed out my old rusty wheel studs, installed new WMW studs, R&R'd the brake caliper bushings and greased them up good, AND PUT ON THE SUMMER WHEELS/TIRES ! ! !

 

The bubble is small enough that I'm betting the summer sun will shrink the vinyl enough to make it just go away. Sometimes they do, sometimes they don't. We'll see. With a quilter for a co-pilot I'll not have any trouble finding a needle if needs be.

 

I just installed a new battery. There was nothing wrong with the battery that was in it, but I was still running the original battery in a 2005 model. Seven years is probably a record for an OEM battery!

 

Well, this was yesterday... er... Sunday, but I chased down a Lotus and an E60 M5 in my little 118hp JustaCooper at Roebling Road Raceway. (And yes, I realize they SHOULD be faster than me)


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BTW, congrats RedBeard!

 

You had 105,000 miles worth of bird carp on your windshield?! :eek6:

Dave

 

Had mine out in that rain today and I can assure you it WON'T MELT, my friend. :lol:

Jim

 

I got the A/C refilled and put the header heat shield back on.

Drove it more too.

Even went out twice in the same day, very odd for me.

 

Nathan, I was trying to sleep on the couch here in Columbus..... I heard you entering Robbinsville.....

 

It is a beautiful day here in Columbus....
Fungo got a nice Prima wash and had the wheels Sonax'd..... That's magical stuff Richard.... Glad I got the 5L container....

 

Hey Monica....
The tape goes on the black trim....
The polish goes on the paint......

 

Done the same m'seff. Can't spell any better either. Went back to the ol' alma mater for a few hours of what seemed interesting at the time. Even raised my GPA. Co-eds don't respond well to gray beards.

...but one did respond to my sexy BRG XKE roadster back in the day and she makes a he!! of a great MINI co-pilot.

 

Drove from Fontana back to Jersey :-(
14 hours in the MINI and cleaned all the bugs off the road, so if your headed back to Jersey the roads clear!