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

Wow

 

That looks horrible. Hope you didn't suffer too much damage.

 

Maybe the new FTR1200 due after the first of the year?

 

Hey VV, your weather situation was certainly worse than mine, but at least neither one of us lives (lived?) in Mexico Beach, Florida.

CD

 

Also that bike has a HUGE sunroof.

 

You know it chrips because the battery is low right? If you replace the battery the wrong way it will still chirp. If you put in a low charge battery it will still chirp. If you remove the battery and still leave it hard wired it’s still going to chirp.

If you disconnect it completely , remove the battery and set it down until morning it would not have chirped anymore. .... have fun buying a new one.

 

Ummmm that would absolutely fail an electrical/ fire code inspection, but I completely understand why you do it.

 

Code here requires a smoke alarm inside every bedroom, and one outside every bedroom door. They don't put them in or near kitchens, for the reasons you mentioned already.

CD

 

I started the car this morning, and I heard a squeaking sound. Once warmed up, the sound goes away. I looked inside and think it is coming out of the idler pulley on the belt tensioner. The belt looks good. With the cooler and damper overnight weather here, I suspect moisture has gotten into the bearing. Time for a new tensioner? This is my second one. They seem to be lasting around 7 or 8 years.

 

Moi aussi

 

As a building inspector I can assure you we all would have seen this little mod.........

And I always suggest getting the CO/smoke combo's.

 

So how much is that going to cost you?

 

I called Best Auto Werks in Columbus as it is closer than Detroit; however, the person I talked to quoted me a very high price and when asked how they changed fluids, he didn't seem to know anything about the procedure. When I told him that I had an R52 S he said I had a CVT transmission. Didn't inspire much confidence.

 

I ran a few errands in my dry, but dirty MINI. No wash, today. Another inch or two coming tomorrow. I need to install those new blades.

Dave.0, the Bosch ICON blades were on sale for a good price, and here in North Texas, they dry out before they get used up.

CD

 

I need a TX inspection, and a new registration. 25 bucks for the Inspection, and about 60 bucks for the registration. We don't get an inspection sticker here, anymore. They alert the State so we can get the registration renewed. One sticker in the windshield.

But, they can't do a State inspection in the rain, because the brake test has to be done on dry ground. We've had about five partial days of that all month.

CD

 

Many failed Pa cars end up being sold in Ohio. We have no state inspections. I few counties have emission testing, but that's it.