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

I would love to work closer to home. Currently drive 56 miles, one way. Local company ( about 5 miles away) has a "help wanted" ad for tool and die makers, with a $3000 sign on bonus after 90 days, but their health insurance sucks. Basically just catastrophic event insurance.

 

Checked my oil and found my dipstick had broken. Ordered a new one from Amazon.

 

At least your MINI still has a dip stick and you check the oil. :lol:

 

I completely forgot that the new ones don't have a dip stick. What a foolish idea that is !!

 

If you want to have fun at the dealership while picking up OEM 1st gen oil filters stop by the showroom.

Ask one of the sales guys to show you how to check the oil. :lol::lol::lol::lol: I did it once and it took 3 people 25 minutes.

I was like" Yeah that easier than just using a dipstick" :ihih:

 

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Nothing... left it tucked in the garage while I cleared the driceway. F$÷× YOU OLD MAN WINTER!!! Hit the bricks already.

 

Finally finished all of the things I wanted to do under the bonnet.
Turbo Blanket along with ceramic shielding on the underside of the AEM shield, plus rasing it by 1/2".
Started it up...realize this car only has 6878 miles on it since new and I put almost 2800 miles driving it from Corvallis, Oregon to Phoenix and then back again...here is a video and sound just after startup with the temperature around 55 degrees...I thought the timing chain issue didn't show up until over 40k miles.
I used very long screw driver to try and find the noise...my ole ears aren't what they used to be and I couldn't pin point it although it does seem to come from the front of the engine somewhere. What do you think?

https://youtu.be/2J9cewDrNCg

 

Finally got it out for a decently long drive over to Fort Worth. I drove by Motorsports Ranch, where I used to workout my Track prepped Miata. I had to sell that car to pay for cancer treatment. That was probably the worst part of getting cancer. That car was set up just right.

I have another photoshoot in Fort Worth Thursday, so another decently long drive. Then, I'm of to Kansas, Missouri and Florida, which means the MINI will be in (covered) airport parking, again.

The guy who owns the cars I'm shooting Thursday hands me the keys, and tells me to bring the cars back when I'm done -- Ferrari Daytona spyder, Mercedes Gullwing... whatever. Looks like I have a Pantera, and one of my favorites, a 993 Turbo this time.

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Drove the MINI to Fort Worth again. If anyone is wondering what to get me for my birthday in June, here is what I want. Its a Porsche 993 Turbo. I have actually photographed this car twice. Believe it or not, that actually happens a lot. Auction companies can't re-use photos -- well, without paying me. I own my photos, so they have to pay me to shoot the car again. Re-using photos from a previous auction is a bad move, too. I don't allow it. It is just bad business all around.

I have driven this car significant miles. I've driven several 993 Turbos. They are awesome, manly-man Porsches. This particular 993 Turbo also happens to be really, really pretty. A beautiful deep dark blue.

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Beautiful automobile !!

 

Having rear struts put on, struts that took 6 days to arrive from Texas due to this weather nonsense.
Oh and while it's in there getting an alignment anyway, figured why not throw on some new wheels and tires

I'm mildly nervous about the fitment.... I'm on stock susp - putting on
225/45/17's with 17x8.5 Wheel, offset of 30 :eek6:

 

Great car but do not like the blue wheels. :nonod:

 

Love to have one myself! The wheels look like a different color blue.

 

My MINI is still sitting all nice and warm in the garage waiting for Spring to show up.

 

Last of the air cooled Porsches.

 

Not a big fan of directionally spoked wheels where one side looks backwards
compared to the other side. Other than that it looks fabulous.

 

Finally warm enough to wash the salt off the Justa. I think that ODOT got a good deal on salt this year. I was driving a white MINI with a white roof. :mad5:

 

At least cars don't rust like they used to. I remember our cars in the 60s having holes in them in just a couple of years.

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I normally don't like car-colored wheels, but it IMO it works on this car. The car has a blue interior that kind of slaps you in the face at first, but grows on you. It also still has the Porsche factory mobile phone, with spiral cable. It is something I would probably leave in the car just for grins and as a conversation-starter.

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