What did you do with your MINI today?

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  1. Crashton

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    Wow that's really something Lee....
     
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    Dammmmm~
     
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    Girth nation!
     

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  4. Metalman

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    Was out and about today and the brake service indicator lit on the tachy o meter.....
    Placed an order for EBC "Red Stuff" brake pads... Fronts and rears...
    These pads come highly recommended by David.0, who was seen coming in hot, from a trip down through Deals Gap, with smoking discs, finally cooling off in the parking lot at Fontana Village....:cool:
     
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    Got my hood repainted:

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  6. 00Mini

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    The shop did a fantastic job.
    I’m going to do the top surface
    of the front bumper myself later.
    The whole rest of the (2009)
    MINI’s paint is still in great shape.
     
  8. Ernesto

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    Post MINI Takes the States oil change is now complete

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    Added a little extra horsepower..
    I've been to parts of all of the MTTS events.. All in the same MINI

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    Impressive !!
     
  11. checkers

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    You know you're getting old when you go back on mini websites and look up old events. I kinda miss those days. I go to a few car shows each year, but there doesn't seem to be very many two or three day events anymore. At least not where I live.. Looking at the event pictures brings back some great memories.
     
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    This morning the MINI got some maintenance work done...
    Cleared out the "Red Brake" idiot light in the takie-o-meter...
    Replace the front brakes (RedStuff), rears still had plenty of stoppage left..
    Did a brake flush and rotated the tires (front to back then back to front).... No criss crossin...
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    Used my pressure pot brake flusher... No need for another body to pump the brakes... Worked great...
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    The brake wear sensor is a bit premature... There's probably another 5,000 miles on the pads...
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  13. Ernesto

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    Yesterday was a Chicago MINI Club event.. a drive from one of the dealerships to a forest preserves/bog (with a 1/2 mile long floating walkway thru the bog area).. We had a few periods of brief showers on the ride, but it was nice when we got there.

    Unfortunately I developed a bad wheel bearing on the way, which will need to be fixed soon. Better now than on MINI Takes the States trip last month.

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    Here is a link to more pictures

    https://www.flickr.com/photos/ernestovumbles/albums/72177720319607238
     
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    You’re absolutely correct in being relieved that having the wheel bearing going bad at home is a whole lot better than on your MTTS trip. As always your photos were great.
     
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    Sounds like a great day! Well except the baring. At least now you can get the complete hub so you don’t have to press them in and out
     
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    Wheel bearing is all fixed now..

    The car is much quieter at 45mph and above,
    and perhaps a little bit faster due to my wallet being lighter.
     
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  18. Crashton

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    Got a recall notice for my sweetie's MINI yesterday. Sounds like the sunroof drains could leak and cause corrosion in an electrizicle thingy-bob. May cause a thermal event. :eek:

    Seems the fix is in, they will do a colonoscopy on the sunroof drain and look at the electrizicle part to see if it is corroded enough for replacement.
     
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    What year is her clubman?
     
  20. Crashton

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    It's a 2008, first year for that long roofed MINI.
     

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