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Took Babs clubster over to the muffler shop for a new flex piece. When asking my favorite MINI tech he said "they all do that". Checked on the price of the part & it's only $1500 +. :eek6: Steven at eMINIparts.com told me what the fix was & even sent me a link to the part I needed. Well the guys at Mad Hatter Muffler had me on my way in 35 minutes at a cost of $95. Skooby is now nice & quiet once again. :smile5:

Please excuse the potato cam pics.....

 

Wow, good potato cam pictures! Did you make the potato cam in science class?

 

My potato cam is really an Apple.

 

Yesterday it was the MINI's turn today it was the German bread vans turn for some TLC. Headed over to Discount tire & had it re-shoe'd, Conti DWS this time. There are some nice rebates to be had this week at Discount Tire. I'm getting $205 dollars back. Now to go out & wear the mold release compound off of them. :ihih:

 

Safety First.... Or OSHA will come a knocking...:eek6:

 

Replaced the plugs and coil packs on the R56. Ran like a champ and I'm glad it wasn't the HPFP. Now has the RF and LR marker bulbs out. I'll pick those up this weekend.

 

Less expensive fixes are always the best fixes !!

 

At 158k you've gotten good value out of the unit.

 

I did NOT try to buy gasoline for my MINI today. :eek6:

The DFW area is in double panic mode, so there are gas lines rivaling the seventies oil embargo. The refineries weren't destroyed by Harvey, just shut down temporarily. They'll be up and running in a few days. :frown2:

CD

 

You wouldn't know it from the way gas prices spiked up here in KC.......

I filled up my Mini, premium was $3.25/gal - fortunately it only took 4 gallons - cause it's a Mini not a MINI! :biggrin5:

 

I was supposed to get my MINI back but the body shopnis still waiting on one part and they don't know when it will be in now.... Uhg.

Also, the gas shortages in Austin are a problem. My wife is working the WEC race at COTA and I had to hunt for an hour to find fuel for her WRX last night. I waited 20 minutes in line to get fuel. It was nuts.

 

Probably gonna get worse before it gets better.

 

I remember the 70's oil embargo clearly, I was living in Wash DC then and had to get up around 4:30 in the morning to get in a gas line to
buy maybe seven gals. max. And that was only on tues., thur., and sat. Thank god it did not last.

 

Brought another one home

the 2005 R53 trifecta is complete... electric blue is the new kid on the block.



The trifecta

had to color code our keys...


color coding keys

 

Yesterday a package arrived - ebay score from last week.


New car cover

 

94k miles on these beauties


Bad front control arm bushings

and tomorrow this whole setup will go back in. Took me 2 weeks to get all the rusty and worn parts replaced. Pretty much only the main steering rack is original.


subframe getting close

 

Drove my MINI, plus an RC mini MINI in a parade today.

Then I backed my car into a pole and scratched the bumper up.. first time in owning the car for 15 years