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Took a nice morning drive to and from our monthly retiree breakfast.

 

I gave a wash and shine the trim today

 

Had to make a run down to the Naval Base for some prescriptions. There was a huge traffic jam on the interstate coming home so boo hoo, I had to travel 35 miles on a windy country road to get home.




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Cold in Chicagoland, so a tire pressure check before tomorrow's end of season MINI club drive.
Filled all four corners with fresh winter air.

 

I was going through some old pictures and I was think it use to be a lot different back in the day (2005-2010) when there was a lot more going on with Mini clubs. I use to belong 8 different clubs and now I belong to 4. Along with the club's being gone so has several of the vents. It seems most of the new owners aren't interested in the same thing that I was when I first got my car. At least you guys on the east coast still have the Dragon.

 

You have inspired me to put snow shoes on Skooby the clubster. Done & now resting up, I am getting to old to do this stuff. My son is in Vancouver so it was all on me.

 

I made dealing with the wheels by getting a battery impact gun. For some reason it seems a lot easier. I pull my wheels 3 or 4 times a year. I don't worry about snow ,but with white wheels they need cleaning a lot.

 

Tire change day for my 2002 Cooper..

Since I have to take out all the other stuff that is usually in the garage to have room to work, I have to do it before it gets too cold out.

 

I drove my very dirty MINI to Costco and bought puppy food. It was a nice day (39F) and I got a wave back from another MINI.

 

Went out kart racing with the Chicago MINI Motoring Club and then a stop at a local hot-dog place

Here's a link to more pics and videos
https://www.flickr.com/photos/ernestovumbles/albums/72177720305803474

 

Yes sir, my retirement project


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Changed to summer tires/wheels and
adjusted rear sway bar and front shock
settings for the funner-to-motor months
ahead.

 

Summer wheel/tire change part 1 for me today..

The clubman is getting new tires mounted this week and will swap to them in the next couple weeks.
We sometimes get a late season snow dump in Chicagoland so I usually hold off on the daily driver till mid-month.

 

Took my MINI to a drizzly cold Cars and Coffee, and a cool looking Classic Mini also showed up




Here is a link to more pictures from the morning..

https://www.flickr.com/photos/ernestovumbles/albums/72177720307542231

 

Went to retiree breakfast and a drive as it is great day with the sun shining, a slight breeze and the trees coming into full foliage.

 

I must be a little different than him. When I drive my Mini I go back to being a kid or it least I feel like one.

 

Today I replaced what my friend Eric always referred to as the mustache. All of the clips on the old one had broken off. I guess after 15 years it's not surprising that the plastic got super brittle. Bought a new one from Steven Dennis at MINI of Bedford 1-603-637-2900. Great guy to deal with & E MINI Parts .com used to be a sponsor here. That is before all sponsors disappeared. He always includes some swag with the parts, boy is Babs happy with her new MINI socks & ball cap!

 

As usual I don't know yet because I left early. My wife has a few memory problems so we needed to leave, but we had several people come by and say Checkers looks really good. II even had a guy on the way home riding a chopper give me a thumbs up. I'll find out later if I won anything, but I don't care about this one but the show next is June ( mini meets west) is the one I hope to do good at. Thanks for asking.

 

Attended the 2023 All British Field Meet (ABFM) at Van Dusen Gardens in Vancouver BC. That Lotus Emira seems reasonably priced. Here is a link to my Flickr Album of the event.

There were even a couple of Right hand drive MINIs there. Of note, there were no R56 gen MINIs in the show.

https://www.flickr.com/photos/beken/albums/72177720308460305