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Drove my wife to the local shopping mall'ish place so she can get her new Spring wardrobe.

Perhaps it will lighten her mood while I try to convince her I REALLY need a new Mustang GT with the track pack...

 

I put some of those Prima products I got at the Dragon to good use.

 

Installed the GP Bumper, Aero Grill, JCW Intake and fixed the sidemarker tint...

 

Double WTF!!!

 

Added my PCV blocking cap to the firewall side PCV port and added a second to the port on the intake manifold... And added lightness (removed the interconnecting PCV hose)....

Man.... what a bear it was to get the PCV hose off the intake manifold side....

I had to remove the OEM air cleaner, disconnect the cold air tube going to the air cleaner, remove the hard pipe going to the turbo, and disconnect the noise maker....

Got it put back together with no extra mysterious fasteners left over....

One interesting observation I was happy to find.... The PCV hose leading to the cold side on the turbo has absolutely no sign of oil film inside the tube coming from the OCC.... It must be very efficient....

 

Dark Helmet is like a vortex, sucking all the color out of a picture...

 

I figure if an asteroid ever gets close to town Dark Helmet will just absorb it into the back hole where its parked.

 

Ordered some stuff from Outmotoring! Need to get my pre MOTD mod on.

 

When the passenger in your McMini goes from McGrin to McPukin it's time to take the switchbacks a liitle slower or it's St Patty's day . . . Hope yours was blast :biggrin5:

 

Saturday, took Rocketdog down to SE Denver for a MITM meeting, what should have been 45 min. was 1hr 45min. in the worst Denver traffic I have been in for years. Plus it rained, RD was washed all pretty on Friday!

Today, club had our annual Leprechaun run, Mexican St Paddy's Brunch in WonderVU, then a nice twisty run to the North via Peak to Peak.

A little snow, dry starting point, we had 19 MINIs and a sweet Classic come along for the fun.

Don

Teaser, see my Picasa/G+ for more.

 

Motored topless for the first time in a while.... And hit another milestone...

 

Got the MINI away from the wife today so I could have some fun:ihih:...I mean...drive it to work.:wink:

 

Ahh, CraftSquare mirrors. I like mine, I hate mine. People love to fondle them for some reason and knock them out of alignment. I've even used red loctite to prevent them being moved. No dice, after a week at MOTD they are fondled so much I saw one having a smoke afterwards.

 

Drove it and enjoyed it...Supercharger Whine FTW!!

 

Put a little butt wHoopin on my friends Honda SI after he asked me to race. Don't really like to do that in a straight line but a challenge is a challenge. Once out of 1st gear I was gone.

I don't always race. But when I do, I beat your a... :cornut:

 

Don't try & use a Fram filter in your MINI. Best to stick with an oem filter.

 

Took a ride with 29 other MINI's on our last Drive n Eat in Jersey.

 

2 new Continental Extreme Contact DW tires to replace 2 balding ones. A nice feeling when you drive and don't have to worry if a tires going to go. Been sweating it for the past couple weeks.

 

Took the ferry to Vancouver Island and drove the Pacific Marine Circle.

The Pacific Marine Circle Route. A driving tour on BC's Vancouver Island coast. Sights along the Route. Beaches. Parks and Trails. Natural Wonders. Swimming Lakes. Museums.

All I can say is WoW!!! Narrow highway that has single lane bridge crossings over rivers and streams. Lots of twists, turns, switchback combinations and changes in elevation, mid-turn. Incredible scenery including views of the pacific ocean and snow covered mountain peaks with canyons in between.

The most incredible thing I saw was logging trucks take switchback turns as fast or faster than my MINI. and they did it safely too. They let me pass when I was going faster and when they were faster than me, I pulled over a bit to let them pass and they would flash their taillights, wave, and blow their horns in thanks just like a good MINI motorer would. I gained huge respect for those guys. Okay, there were parts where I went slow to take on the views. I will post a link to my Flickr page on this post when I get pictures up on Flickr.

If you can stomach the $100 return ferry trip (which in itself is fun), I would recommend this to any MINI motorer out there.



Views from the Pacific Marine Circle Tour

 

Too nice of a day outside...
Gonna fire up the MINI and head out to "Der Dutchman" for some Amish grub at noon today... Their chickin is calling me... Big time...