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Ha! I thought the same thing. Maybe it caught some MINI cooties from Babs clubster. Should have used a car candom, stupid GTI....

Truth be told I did nothing to it, not my fault. No issues with the car until Monday morning when I got in to run some errands & the brake pedal was rock hard. Pulled out of the drive & no brakes. Drove slowly around the block using the e-brake to stop. Hmmm not so good. I figured it was the brake booster or something associated with it.

What was wrong??? Well it was the Vacuum line & check valve that goes between the Vacuum pump & the brake booster. The tech said the line was damaged in 3 places due to heat from the glowing snail that lives nearby. I noticed the new hose has an aluminized cover while the old one did not. Hopefully that will keep the snail from frying it. Could it be I'm on boost too much? :biggrin5:

I figure I was very lucky that part did not fail on a drive in SE Ohio. Could have lost the car. Yikes!

All is well & no cost thanks to the CPO warranty.

 

Joined a MINI invasion at the Drive In Movie at Lansdowne Mall in Richmond BC last night.

 

Looks like your car is doing Nathan GNAT impression. :lol::lol::lol::lol::lol:

That's how I remember his car going home from the Dragon several times.

 

I always managed to drive home from the dragon. My MINI rode the flat bed a few times. This is a first for the German bread van. I'm hoping it's the last. :fingerscrossed:

 

Well, I noticed last week my front right tire was down a good bit. Started watching more closely. Turns out there was a double puncture (side-by-side) in the tread. No point in trying to fix it. Ended up ordering new Continental ExtremeContact Sports to replace the almost cooked Bridgestones I had on. Drove out to TireRack's warehouse in New Castle to pick them up in my sister's Escape and had them mounted and balanced at the local PepBoys.

I liked the ExtremeContact DWs in the past and these are supposed to be the latest and greatest version of those. So, we'll see how they hold up. I saved the two best tires of the Bridgestones I had on, just in case I pick up another "something" on the road before these are cooked from driving.

 

Worked all week detailing and patching up my wife's Pepper White '06 MCSa [it has an aero kit and she has cracked the front lower bumper in places as she seems to NOT be able to judge how close to a curb she really is!]. :mad2:

Anyway, today I took the car to the big British Car Day in Dayton, OH, and it won first place in its class!
I guess some hard work now and then DOES pay off in the end. Next year, I have to compete with the car in Winners Row, against the really spiffy cars...:fingerscrossed: :lol:

She's visiting her family in Spain right now. I "think" she will be happily surprised when she gets back home next month....:ihih:

 

Got the email from my MINI salesman. My car is at the distribution center in Galveston. Working out the tint and clear bra install details and getting the cash gathered. SOON....

 

Well, I'm sad to report that I sold one MINI today. I said goodbye to my 03 R53, BUT, it went to an exceptional home, I know the new owner well and know it will be loved and will be very well cared for.

Me and Wolfgang, the 06 JCW will motor on, and motor on with the old r53 as a buddy.

 

Finished prepping my '70 for a little excursion to The Little Car Show in Pacific Grove in a couple weeks.

 

The new Contis are GREAT tires! I just got a set in April to replace my DW summer tires and I'm very impressed with the improvement in feel and
response and improved dry performance without any loss of the outstanding wet performance that the DW had.

 

Contis are great, going on the 16 Countryman in about 5K miles soon as the runflat noise become more unbearable.

Nice picture of the Helmut and Runt, nice house too. QVALE S is a sweet classic. Keep this one, eh!



Don

 

At Carmax to get an offer on the WRX as negotiating leverage at the dealer.

My MINI will arrive at the dealer tomorrow and I am scheduled to pick it up Friday in the afternoon after they get it tinted.

 

Bitsy comes home today! I've missed that b*tch

 

Feels good to be back in a MINI
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Looks like they did a good job. Glad you got your baby back. I should be back in mine by the 18th.

 

It's at the dealer. I should be picking it up tomorrow.... Is it Friday yet?

 

Drove to work and home again in the 90* heat, temp stayed perfect, right where is should on the gauge!

89 Racing Green Classic Mini.