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Took my car out for a ride today with my Winter tires on. UGH
:mad2:Michelin Pilot A/S plus tires are so soft and squeaky it's like driving on balloons that always break loose. rrr:

I miss warm weather and my stiff Summer Dunlop ZII Star Specs with TONS of grip.

Come on Spring and Dragon season.....:biggrin5:

 

Nice car. I had an old long wheelbase FJ55 when I lived in Okinawa.

 

Yesterday my Lovely Bride and I washed off the crud & grime from our road trip earlier in the week. Degreased it, then Hoovered out the dirt from our hiking stint and put in the foul weather mats. We did such a good job, we waxed it. Now it's got it's fall/winter protective coat and really shines. So, we went out and had a sensible salad for lunch.

Since it was such a great day, went for a back roads ride on the Harley, then to the pool for some sun & swim. Back home in time to imbibe my 5:30 Martini (dry, of course.) Finished up with a home made anchovy pizza, bottle of champagne (brut) and screened a 1950's radioactive bug movie.

For me, life doesn't get much better than that. At least while on dry land or obeying the law of gravity. :cornut:

 

Gave the MINI the day off & took a nice long country drive in my little roadster.

 

Drove the Blu one to the dentist for my 6 month teeth sharpening. The verdict is, see you in 6 months.
I win!

 

Drove the Mini home from Asheville, NC today. Odometer ticked over 124K en route.

 

Edit: Yep, I'm quoting mine own self.
I forgot one thing about my trip. I'm not a paid spokesman, but I did stay in a Holiday Inn Express. Also got a nice discount for being a member of the THMMC. :cornut:

Last wednesday I headed out to Asheville for a few days. On the way I stopped by Sneeds to have one of their new "Billy Club" shift knobs installed. I have a Cravenspeed short shifter installed and set at it's shortest position. This makes for a nice short throw, but a little stiffer shift. With the new, taller knob you still have the shorter throw and now the effort required to up or downshift is minimal. In the few days I spent riding around in the mountains and the drive home I got a chance to test the new knob fairly extensively (approx 400 miles worth).
and I am a big fan. It's not a pretty as the Whalen I was running, but it is a lot nicer/smoother/easier to use. On an odd note, we found that the Mini specific knob will not fit the Craven shifter because the shifter shaft on the Craven is a smaller diameter. Ended up with a knob made for a Mustang. This was somewhat disconcerting with me being a lifelong Bowtie man. :frown2:

 

I actually like the look. It's not blingy, but it looks very functional in a don't-make-me-bust-your-kneecaps kind of way.

 

That's what the backup is for.
Made this one for my Dad in woodshop circa 1964.

 

Ordered a new arch to replace the one that decided it no longer liked being a part of my MINI. All new clips too.

The best part, called Steven at eMINIParts and let him know what I needed. Thought the clips were extra. They are not, they are included with the part. It's going to be shipped today too. Cool.

 

False. They are losing - grip tires.

 

Just did an oil change on the Justa. Not used a drop since the last change. Is it just me, but is that dipstick the crappiest thing ever "designed"?

 

He is at an age where even though they don't know everything, they think they do. Hang in there Dad!

 

Gave the MINI another day off since it was so darned nice. Took a nice country drive in the roadster for BBQ & then some ice cream. Swell drive with Mrs Honey.

All you folks already switching from summer rubber. I guess you know something I don't know. Thanksgiving is my traditional swap tires date.

 

Parked between a TR3 & a TR4, nice place to be.

Very nice looking Mini.

 

Nice Dave... You finally traded up to a sweet R56...

 

06 R52 with 63,500 Miles. This weekend:
1. New Michelin 215x40x18 Pilot Sport A/S 3 tires. Wow! the grip is amazing. Replaced Continental Extreme Contact DWS, which were quite worn. I got about 35K miles from the Continentals. And, due to good alignment, were worn evenly and ran smoothly.

2. Replaced both O2 sensors, before and after the CAT due to ESS code.

3. Replaced MSD coil, you know that red-colored after-market coil that is heavily advertised to be better than OEM? Well, #3 was misfiring, and had gotten worse until it misfired continually. So, I replaced it with the OEM. So, much for China-made; (it says so on the bottom). So, right now, I am mad at MSD! $200 (worse than) wasted on bad performance.

Bottom line: car runs unbelievably smooth and really handles. Of course it is also RMW dyno-tuned with all the usual mods, FSD shocks and poly bushings etc.

 

You're lucky the MSD coil didn't fry the ECU and harness... A lot of problems with that over the years.

 

$$$ from price markup = greed.
Its the same with the Screamin Demon coil.

The OEM coil and Wire are good up to 400 WHP.