Most liked posts in thread: What did you do with your MINI today?

Yesterday got her on the lift and installed a new set of Koni FSD struts all around with NSM springs. Today took her in for a full alignment.

 

Nice, is VARA doing any street type races this year, what cities if so. They stopped doing Palm Springs a number of years ago, I liked that race.

As for today, I washed off a pound or so of road sand and mag. chloride from last Thursday small snow (11 inches of wet), it is still around but it is 55 today.

The Earl Grey on the Countryman looks much, much nicer clean with some Hydro to bring up the shine.

 

Not sure that there are any street races at all any more. We've never done any in the ten years we've been running...

 

Street races just happen, I'm sure they happen all the time.

It's the only kind of racing I've ever done.

 

Looks great!

I took mine out for photos yesterday:

 

Well that sucks, guess it has been a few years since I raced and spectated with VARA. Like 15-20....

Sure wish RMVR had Steamboat. Now that was a fun race to work and to drive.



Putting new brakes on the front of the 11 Countryman on Tuesday, Zimmerman rotors with Acebono pads (sp)..... Per the shop, we shall see how they work out.

 

Got my new summer wheels and tires

 

Looking good. Which contis are those?


I loaded mine up with 550 sqft of wood flooring...

 

Woke my MINI up from hibernation... Unwrapped the cocoon... Brought it home....
Felt sooo good driving it...

 

Continental DW in 215/45-17

I hope you didn't the flooring at lumber liquidators. I'm not talking about the formaldehyde stuff. Their warranty is worthless. Anything that happens is your fault. Ours scratched in the first week and now it coming apart at the width section. We've through their claims, BBB, and now state attorney general. We got back some money on what wasn't installed. The rest is sol.

 

Very nice. I just put a set of DWS on mine. Couldn't be happier.


The flooring I got from Home Depot. They've been pretty good to me in the past. I think this one has either a 12 or 15 year warranty. The sad thing is it's going over beautiful real wood floors that some jerk off painted. Twice. I tried to sand it and it gummed up a piece of paper on the drum sander in two passes.

 

May your trip home have been all fast left hand turns...

 

Today I made the mistake of going thru one of those car washes that has brushes. N'er again. I figured the stubby antenna would be ok. Lesson learned. Car wash $20.00, Satellite radio antenna $165.00. Today has been esspensive.

 

That blows. But you should have known better than to ever go through one of those damn things.

 

Today was the first and last time. I'm currently sifting thru site sponsors trying to find a replacement.

 

See if you had an R53, I've got one in a box somewhere... [emoji848]

 

Yesterday I took my MINI out for a drive to go for a year check up at the Dentist. On the way home I cleared some carbon with 100+MPH run on a long clear stretch of road.

Today I cleaned the windshield on my MINI to remove 100 mph bug splatter.

 

Remember the good ol' days, when you'd get banned from the Sewing Site for posting this? :devil: :lol:

 

I too have some 100 MPH bug splatter I need to address.

Thanks Helix!

 

I ordered some black "Aero" side scuttles, a replacement sat. antenna base, and some sun screen's for the roof windows