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The F Bomb is from a sticker that is on a dent on the rear hatch, it was just a play on that. Sorry if that offends your sensibilities.

 

I've been looking for the aero kit for my JCW, and I love the flared fenders. I'd like to see that wing from the back.

Have a great time at the Dragon!

 

Okay...my mistake. I was thinking it was just another of Dave's misspelled words.

 

Here ya go.

http://www.sneed4speed.com/r56-mini-s-and-jcw-aero-kit/

 

New SC installed

 

Sprintex? I'm jealous!

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Sprintex..........lots of issues with those.

 

As an FYI, be very careful threading the two lower W/P bolts into the intake tube, just make sure they are aligned and started properly, they can cross thread easily.

 

Smashed in the front of my car when another car turned left from the oncoming lane RIGHT in front of me.
Slammed on the brakes but not enough time or distance to stop.
Looks repairable, unless there's something bad going on inside behind the bumper, but the NADA value of a 2003 R50 will probably result in it being declared totaled.
If so, I'll have to think about buying it back as a wreck and fixing it anyway or looking for something else.
It's in great shape with 6 speed conversion, Quaife LSD, Koni Sports, great summer and winter wheels/tires, etc., so I'd like to hold on to it for a while yet if possible.
Other thoughts while I'm waiting to hear an estimate . . .
I don't like the F56s, maybe I could find a nice low mileage 2013 R56 MCS if necessary.
I probably can't find a nice low mileage 2006 R53, but that's also on the maybe list.


Yes, that's my antifreeze in front of the car on the road.

 

Dang. That sucks man!

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Real bummer. Let us know how that insurance thing plays out. I am about to visit an agent to negotiate a better deal than I am getting with my current insurance that has become complacent about my business and is raising rates again.

Nothing done to my Minis in a week, other than Dark Silver rolled out of storage to get ready for the summer. Oh, I did buy a steam cleaner, something I always wanted to use on hard to clean spots under the hood and inside the car. And a shop vac, since I am about to make a mess again when dropping the subframe on the daily driver.

 

This actually happened yesterday afternoon.
Couldn't find a rental car locally today (except a Silverado pickup which I passed on) but have something lined up first thing tomorrow morning.
Adjuster looks at my Bliksem tomorrow and will get back to me then or Friday.

 

Good luck

 

Sooo000 last night was driving home in super heavy stop start traffic, and after about an hour of this was finally able to get to a turn that would free me of it.

Being somewhat frustrated, I pu the car in Sport Mode, and as soon as the light turned green, launched the car through the intersection.... and suddenly was running on two cylinders.

I stopped the car, turned it off and on again, did a quick ODB check and 1 and 3 were not firing.

I got the car home (it was less than a mile at this point) and decided to deal with it this morning. I started pulling the coils and checking the plugs, and was able to get three of four removed. I spent an hour trying to remove the coil on Number 2 out, and it wouldn’t budge. I fought and fought, and finally gave up. I decided then to start the car again to see what’s up, and Lo And Behold!

1 and 3 are firing, and now 2 isn’t.

I have an old but mostly good set of coils and plugs that I could use for troubleshooting, but since 2 is apparently broken, and won’t come out, I’ve taken the car to the closest Euro garage (again about a mile away).

So yeah.

Good Morning!

 

So yeah, your day was worse than mine by a long shot.

Best of luck!

 

If it is the other guy's fault, I hope you got out of the car holding your neck. Im not suggesting "fraud to get rich," but having some bargaining power with the other guy's insurance company is good to have. You deserve to have your car replaced by one like it. The other guy's insurance company wants to give you what the lowest value R53 is worth.

The other guy's insurance company just wants to settle the claim for as little as possible. They don't care about all the upgrades you did to your car. They do care if you go to your doctor with neck and/or back pain.

If all you want to do is replace what you lost, I don't see anything wrong with using any leverage you can get to achieve that.

CD