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in the famous last words of Steve Jobs...."and one more thing".


Seeing as I have a new job after a couple years of uncertainty over a former employer (a certain film and imaging equipment company) filing for bankruptcy, then being unemployed for almost a year, I finally have my first paycheck in quite awhile. Being unemployed for so long really kills one's self confidence and the MINI community has been around to kind of keep my life in some semblance of balance. So it's time I upgraded my membership and contribute a bit to keep this great site going. Paypal transaction has been sent. :biggrin5:

 

Today I drove really fast to and from work and had a great time doing it.

 

(Yesterday) met up with a few MINI friends and took them to a private car show to gawk at some lovely classics and what turned out to be an over-abundance of Ford GTs.

 

Yeah Savvy that was a good time and a awesome Garage/house.

I like the fact that everyone had to lay down some rubber in the driveway on the way out and our MINI's surprised a few.:aureola:

 

We picked up our new baby (Sprocket) today. Did the first exterior detail and will take care of the interior tomorrow.

 

Went out and volunteered as road safety and support sweep vehicle for a charity bike ride event called Ride for Refuge on the 50 and 100km route.

The picture set is here

 

I picked up my brand new '14 MCS Roadster from MINI of Sterling today! I'm an official MINI owner. We're under a tornado watch in Fairfax County until 5:00 PM EST, so I'm not motoring anywhere today!

 

If you don't stop rubbing your intercooler you'll go blind.

 

I slayed the Dragon!

I wanted to take some pictures of the Fall colors, but we're not quite there yet in NW Georgia. My buddy wanted to go, so we went to went over the mountain to Elijay. Took a few shots from atop the mountain, but the colors weren't there. We decided to run up to Blue Ridge. Not a lot action there either, so we went up towards Murphy, NC.

Once we were in Murphy, I figured that I'd suggest we come back through Maryville and back down the freeway. As it turns out, US 129 was the right road to take! :biggrin5: (My buddy didn't know anything about the Dragon or it's lore.)

We had a good time up there. Just made one run through, but we picked up some stickers, hat pins, and knick-knacks at the stores. I took a few pix just for fun. I want to go to MOTD in the spring!

Rawhyde

 

Na you just need "Parking tires" since you really don't drive that much. :ihih:

 

Installed (if you can call it that) my Craven dipstick today (thanks Way, for the MA group-buy).

Comments:
A) It's a lot more flippy-floppy than I thought it would be... LOTS more! After 50+ years of cramming fencing rapiers into tubes attached to engine blocks, dropping this wiggly-worm in was a bit disconcerting. Upon reflection, it makes perfect sense, as a stiffer worm that needed forced insertion would be almost impossible to get it in due to its flexibility.

B) I can read my MINI's oil level easily now!!!!

 

Drove into work in time to catch this...

 

Joined Motoring Alliance!

 

Passed 110,000 miles while driving in the snow on my way to work.

 

Got a USB-powered Christmas Tree for the car yesterday (on Day 6 of Christmas). Changes colors just like the MINI's lights!

 

Finished my 3 day detail job .

 

Yep, I went out to the garage and the Helmet was just sitting there enjoying the warm dry environment while is snows like heck outside. He even watched me run the snowblower on the driveway

I love working from home

 

Real MINI's on real roads, real cold & real snowy. Skooby took me 80 miles in the snow today. Snow tires rule!

 

Yep, got the call from Blake down on campus....."my battery is dead". Original battery in an '05 R53 now replaced with a new one.