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Mistress does look like an evil *****. :cornut::beer

 

Me and the Mini just got back home from Asheville, NC. Spotted a lone Countryman and that was it. Saw total of three Mini's on a 500+ mile round trip. They must be all hiding until MOTD.

 

Was the countryman black with red trim?


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My MINI is in the garage, insuring that the latest predicted "stormageddon" probably won't happen here. We are under a Severe Thunderstorm Warning, a Tornado Watch, a "Special Weather Statement" (WTF?) and a "Hydrologic Statement" (double WTF??).

My MINI is in the garage, and I don't live in a mobile home, so we'll probably just get some rain, where I live. :wink:

CD

 

You're doing good if a little rain storm is all you're worried about CD...

5 Days and 12 Hours until I leave for the Dragon, and it's been snowing and crappy all day... Supposed to stay that way all weekend too. [emoji20]


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Red one.

Discovered hail damage to my Suburban when I got back. They had golfball size with the occasional baseball size hail in my local area yesterday. So far I've found several dents in the hood and a broken windshield.

 

Twice this week the weathermen have warned us that really severe weather is coming, and both times Mother Nature has poked them in the eye.

CD

 

Took the 11 out in the snow to retrieve my 47 year old watch from the master watch guy at Galaxy, like new.....

I do hope that grapefruit hail is gone by the time I start driving towards the Dragon on the 9th....

Going to go watch the snow fall. Enjoy your weekend.

Don

 

I had to pop the battery out of my R53 to make ready for a new one. Guess I oughta drive it more often...

 

Drove down to Baltimore to drop off an old guitar that needs refretting.
Then drove up to Lemoyne to check out some Bad Cat amps.
Need some more music stores here that have what I'm looking for,
but then I wouldn't get to drive my MINI as much.

 

Oh hell, found some coolant on the ground under the R53 - tank seams appear OK, but some residue around the cap.

I'm leaning towards replacing the tank preemptively before leaving for the dragon... really don't want to chance that.

 

Dragon prep!

 

Drove about 4 hours into the country with my buddy in his '06 JCW to look at this......it's in pretty good shape actually, a true MK1 Super Deluxe Cooper S.

Needs floors and sills, but other than that it's pretty solid.... not shown in the pic, doors, hood and boot lid......all in good shape.

 

^^^I love barn finds...

 

Base washed / stripped my MINI down for a good long week of detailing. My base wash is a a multi step wash which includes a Honda 3,000 psi pressure washer, a full clay job, basic carwash soap, chemical guys citrus cleaner / degreaser used at full strength straight from bottle not cut with water at all. (VERY STRONG) << I do not recommend any DIY person try this method unless you know what you are doing and are prepared to use a rotary buffer with a wool pad before you even pick up a DA orbital.
My basic wash strips ALL wax and oil from my paint and will leave the cars paint flat as a chalkboard.
(Hipsters a chalkboard is what our teachers used in school before Whiteboards) :lol:

I did the inside which was not that hard since I do not eat in my car. Just a quick dusting and vac. Then I moved to the engine bay and clean and sealed everything. All machnical maintainance has already been done to my car last month so I rolled it into the garage for a week of polishing and sealing.

Rims have already polished and glass sealed so they just needed to be wiped down. I applied a new coating of RainX to all the windows and will leave it on for a few days while I polish the paint. I also put on this years layer of Penetrol on all black trim for that clean and dark trim appearance that looks wet but is completely dry. Penetrol Also repels water and wax will not stain it. It will last a very long time and I only reapplied because I stripped it off with solvent and a 3,000 psi pressure washed while I was base washing my car for this full detail.

I was only able to clean, level and polish the hood and a small part of the roof yesterday so I will down in the garage today wet sanding a few scratches and continue polishing.

 

Hipsters know what chalkboards are, Dave . Haven't you been to a microbrewery or gastropub?


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Lee.... give him an hour or two till he starts crying about knocking over his garbage can again and putting a dent in the hood.[emoji38]

 

Savvy, the trash can is outside now. :ihih::lol: