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I dusted off my car in the garage today because on Saturday she will sleep outside while I am detailing and coating a brand new Red 2017 Honda Civic Type R.

 

Had to use the horn on my wife's MCSa yesterday and it emits a real low, muted honk [sounds like a ruptured duck]. I guess it's time for a new horn. Are they 2-tone or what? What can I expect to pay for one? Are they hard to install? Questions abound....:confused5:

 

When I worked for a car magazine, this manufacturer sent me a demo kit to test out...

https://hornblasters.com

CD

 

Our F150 SuperCrew gets 25+ on the highway! It's a pretty decent Georgia economy car too :cornut: Also, love me some ecoboost with the locking rear diff! :beer I don't believe country music has ever been played in this one.... Nothing new with the MINI. She continues to shred traffic with the best of em'

 

Hope you don't get sick looking at that thing. It's a real dogs breakfast. Great performance:arf:, but looks not so much. :eek6:

 

Like I said, Texas "economy" car. Any self-respecting man with a big... carbon footprint, drives at least an F250 Super Duty. :biggrin5:

I've gotten so used to my MINI that, when I do drive a full-sized truck or SUV around, I feel like I am maneuvering a houseboat through a crowded marina. I don't know how you go back and forth.

CD

 

Have you seen the beak on that thing he makes his wife drive? Jimmy Durante on wheels.

CD :biggrin5::wink:

 

Hey it’s not my car but I don’t think it looks that bad for a 4 door.

 

We do all like different things, but Dave it may be time to head to the optometrist. If I was behind the wheel on OH SR 536 doing a circuit of the salamander I'd be liking it too as long as I didn't have to see the outside.

 

Spot on! Going from the MINI to that is exactly like you say. I feel like it's too big for a lane on the highway, driving in the city and parking in the city is a nightmare with that thing. No way could I daily drive it.

 

That Type R is one ugly mother.

 

I know what you mean. I go back and forth between my Mini and my Suburban 2500HD Galactic Cruiser. 12mpg in that sucker.

Oh yeah, almost forgot. The mail lady brought two of these today. I'll get them installed after I get all the road crud cleaned off from two 150 mile trips in the rain this week. Normally I would have driven the Suburban, but it seems all the parking slots at the VA hospital are the size of a Smart Car. :mad5:

 

People that own an F56 can’t say that. :lol::lol::lol::lol::lol:

 

Sure we can. I can also say that it's too big to be a "hot hatch". It's a "hot sedan" now.

 

My other vehicle is a '97 F-350 Power stroke diesel 4X4. The roof of the MINI doesn't even come up to the bottoms of the windows of the truck.
I have no problem switching from one to the other.

 

I cursed the coil packs on my N18, which are even MORE difficult to pull than the ones in my old N14 car.

 

Oh Dave, the F56 is a beauty queen in comparison. As time goes by the shock value of the new MINI has worn off. I go to see the eye doc in February so I can tell if it's my eyes or my taste in cars.

 

same for my (recently sold) Tundra Limited Crewmax. When I towed the red Mini from Florida, I could only see the fenders of the U-Haul dolly, nothing of the car, all hidden below the tailgate, even with the nose on the trailer thing. No issues going back and forth. Totally different worlds of driving. Loved my Tundra, just had absolutely no reason to own it any longer.

 

I drove the electric blue car for the first time after weeks of work on it. Getting ready for winter here and I need the car all sorted. Up next this afternoon is a trip to two muffler shops to talk about fixing a crack in the (Megan Racing) resonator. We'll see how that goes. Snow coming in tonight for the first time...

 

Well, good news and bad news. Good, I fly home to my MINI in the morning. Good, I got to drive the Saleen S7TT. Bad, I didn't get to really DRIVE it, because it had three year old gasoline in it. It was a chore just to keep it running. More good, I got some nice photos.

CD

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