What did you do with your MINI today?

Discussion in 'MINI' started by KittyMini, Jun 17, 2011.

Tags:
  1. wmwny

    wmwny Well-Known Member

    May 29, 2009
    4,048
    2,246
    113
    Male
    Retired
    Piqua, Ohio
    Ratings:
    +2,810 / 10 / -0
    I drove my MCS to my eye doctor today to pick up the glasses I REALLY needed for MOTD. WOW...what a difference...I CAN SEE single cars again! No more double/triple vision! Wooohoooo...life is good!:Thumbsup:
     
  2. Jason Montague

    Jason Montague New Member
    Lifetime Supporter

    Jan 5, 2010
    6,134
    1,588
    0
    Physician Assitant (retired)
    Sherman,Tx
    Ratings:
    +1,588 / 0 / -0
    Well tomorrow MINI Margi gets a new battery. I'm averaging 4 yrs. on batteries which is okay by me. What do y'all think?

    Jason
     
  3. wmwny

    wmwny Well-Known Member

    May 29, 2009
    4,048
    2,246
    113
    Male
    Retired
    Piqua, Ohio
    Ratings:
    +2,810 / 10 / -0
    I'm thinking that that sounds about right.
     
  4. teresa wood

    teresa wood Well-Known Member
    Lifetime Supporter

    Aug 21, 2012
    1,237
    761
    113
    Broker Associate Coldwell Banker, North Metro offi
    Arvada, Colorado
    Ratings:
    +761 / 0 / -0
    Enjoying Columbia tonight, we stopped in at a Brew Pub on our way home from MOTD. Great Garlic Pizza! And no critters to avoid on the road.....
     
  5. mrntd

    mrntd Well-Known Member
    Supporting Member

    Sep 30, 2011
    5,083
    1,762
    113
    Male
    Sales and Marketing manager
    Hilliard, Ohio
    Ratings:
    +1,763 / 0 / -0
    Took it to see the Avengers movie. Yes it's worth seeing. James Spader as Ultron is great. They used his expressions and mannerisms as well as his voice.
     
  6. ljmattox

    ljmattox Active Member

    Dec 28, 2011
    223
    123
    43
    Male
    IT consultant
    St Louis metro USA
    Ratings:
    +123 / 0 / -0
    Just routine, but turned over to 68,000 miles since new in late March, 2012.
    Averaged 34 mpg overall since new.

    Oil change in my garage again, I'm using 7,500 mile intervals, and it doesn't consume oil between changes, pleased about that. It had plugs and a new engine air filter at 60k, per the JCW tuning kit maintenance schedule. I used a carbon-fused cabin air filter again, I need plenty of help with the pipe-smoking habit.

    Looking forward to MINI on the Mac in August!
     
  7. ScottinBend

    ScottinBend Space Cowboy
    Supporting Member

    May 4, 2009
    8,767
    2,547
    113
    Bend, OR USA
    Ratings:
    +2,678 / 1 / -0
    .....cabin air filter will only be used for indoor air if set to recirculate.

    :D
     
  8. DryMartini

    DryMartini New Member

    Dec 6, 2012
    1,048
    479
    0
    Ratings:
    +479 / 0 / -0
    4 years with TX heat sounds real good. After having car and cycle batteries die without any symptoms, I now replace them on a preventative basis when they get 4 candles on their cake. (Or earlier if I have a big road trip coming up.)
     
  9. DneprDave

    DneprDave Well-Known Member
    Supporting Member

    Oct 23, 2010
    2,959
    1,505
    113
    Engineer
    Pacific NW
    Ratings:
    +1,731 / 0 / -0
    I don't replace batteries until they are thoroughly dead and I get towed home. Gotta get every last amp outa those suckers!
     
  10. cristo

    cristo Well-Known Member

    Jan 4, 2015
    5,651
    912
    113
    Male
    physician
    York, Pa
    Ratings:
    +1,146 / 0 / -1
    Starting about 4-5 years old I start checking the resting voltage now and then (fully charged
    with surface charge removed by a couple minutes with the headlights on).
    If it's less than about 12.4 V (warm outside) or 12.3 V (cold outside) and winter is approaching,
    it's time to replace.
     
  11. cct1

    cct1 Well-Known Member
    Lifetime Supporter

    May 5, 2009
    3,378
    3,368
    113
    Ratings:
    +3,369 / 0 / -0
    Last part sent to Kevin/Jan (Left brake pipe)...There is nothing else to replace or buy. Just needs everything put together!
     
  12. Goldsmithy

    Goldsmithy MINI Alliance Ambassador
    Articles Moderator Supporting Member

    Jan 30, 2015
    1,748
    982
    113
    Male
    TCB
    Main Street in the land of Oz
    Ratings:
    +1,151 / 0 / -0
    I am still recuperating from the Dragon...more to follow.
     
  13. Nathan

    Nathan Founder

    Mar 30, 2009
    25,144
    10,052
    113
    Writer
    Short North
    Ratings:
    +10,069 / 0 / -0
    MINI??

    I have a MINI??

    Oh yeah, it's in Detroit. Wonder if it off the trailer yet.
     
  14. Crashton

    Crashton Club Coordinator

    Jun 4, 2009
    19,445
    10,057
    113
    Retired old fart
    Hooterville Ohio USA
    Ratings:
    +11,698 / 2 / -0
    Took Skooby & Babs for a nice drive out in the country. Great day, stopping here & there. Fried baloney for lunch, apple pie for desert. When we got home I unloaded all the plants Babs had bought. It's planting season at the old folks home. :D
     
  15. old81

    old81 Club Coordinator
    Lifetime Supporter

    May 4, 2009
    3,217
    1,542
    113
    Used to work making computers run fast!
    Louisville, Colorado
    Ratings:
    +1,731 / 5 / -0
    Prepped the Countryman for a jaunt from Denver to Austin, Texas. I suspect rain going and rain coming back via New Mexico.

    I will count the MINIs I see, usually only 1 or 2 on the roads down and zero back.

    :)
     
  16. TheModFather

    TheModFather Well-Known Member

    May 15, 2012
    6,023
    5,310
    113
    11 years in the ARMY, 2 years of being a multitale
    North Denver CO.
    Ratings:
    +5,322 / 0 / -0
    Today I stuck all the stickers from the Dragon to the headliner... They took up a decent chunk, but I need a ton more!

    [​IMG]

    [​IMG]

    I also decrapped the interior, and prepared for pulling the front end apart on Saturday...

    Also took the Porker out, and remembered what it is like to drive a "normal" car again!
     
  17. beken

    beken Well-Known Member

    Jan 13, 2010
    1,405
    1,829
    113
    Retired from business IT stuff
    Delta, BC
    Ratings:
    +2,140 / 1 / -0
    Got lost looking for a motoring road. But found this....

    [​IMG]
     
  18. ejwjcw

    ejwjcw Active Member
    Lifetime Supporter

    Dec 14, 2013
    202
    128
    43
    Male
    Metro Denver
    Ratings:
    +128 / 0 / -0
    Replaced the broken trim on the bonnet and replaced the broken side light.
     
  19. Savvy

    Savvy Well-Known Member
    Lifetime Supporter

    Apr 16, 2010
    6,832
    2,011
    113
    Mechanical Engineer/DA Civilian
    DE
    Ratings:
    +2,024 / 0 / -0
    Put my factory seats back in for a short time. Need to send the brackets back out to get reworked... and repair the inside bolster of the passenger side Recaro, that I managed to break towards the end of last week.
     
  20. ColinGreene

    ColinGreene Well-Known Member
    Motoring Alliance Sponsor

    May 15, 2009
    438
    293
    63
    Male
    Orange county Ca
    Ratings:
    +293 / 0 / -0
    Drove it to drop off some parts for CCT1
     

Share This Page