What did you do with your MINI today?

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  1. BruceK

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    #11261 BruceK, Nov 25, 2015
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    Here's nice driving road I found in northern Oklahoma. Plenty of curves and elevation changes.

    (I'm just learning how to use this new camera of mine, and ditto for the editing software too)

    [ame="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OGg2NDCYFUI"]MINI Ok Road 1 - YouTube[/ame]
     
  2. Savvy

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    Simple oil change. Now time to pack up and head north to the folks for Thanksgiving.
     
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    Added a hardwire kit for my V1 in my other R53. Fixed a squeaking steering column with some lithium grease, and mounted a tire rack in the garage for my extra set of wheels.
     
  5. vetsvette

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    Loading the car and getting ready to head for my girlfriends home in Asheville, NC. Beautiful day for a 260 mile drive. First long drive since my surgeries and the first in the new car. I'm gonna use mid/sport modes on the way there and use the green mode on the way back to compare the difference in mileage. Y'all have a good weekend.
     
  6. Crashton

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    Safe travels.....
     
  7. Metalman

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    MINI in the garage...
    2' forward, turn the wheel, 2' back, turn the wheel.
    2' forward, turn the wheel, 2' back, turn the wheel.
    2' forward, turn the wheel, 2' back, turn the wheel.
    2' forward, turn the wheel, 2' back, turn the wheel.
    2' forward, turn the wheel, 2' back, turn the wheel.
    2' forward, turn the wheel, 2' back, turn the wheel.
    2' forward, turn the wheel, 2' back, turn the wheel.
    2' forward, turn the wheel, 2' back, turn the wheel.
    Backed the MINI out of bay 1.... Freedom...

    Why?????

    Torsion spring on bay 2 garage door snapped yesterday....:mad:

    Garage door torsion spring guy should be here around 1:00 today to do his thing...:Thumbsup:
     
  8. Nathan

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    Went for a bit of a drive. Car feels good. It's been quite some time that I stretched it legs a little.

    Then popped in my favorite record store for Record Store Day.

    Picked up -


    Queen
    Bohemian Rhapsody

    12†black vinyl release celebrating the 40th Anniversary of “Bohemian Rhapsody†includes the original artwork and track listing.

    and...

    Stevie Ray Vaughan & Double Trouble – A Legend in the Making – 12″ 2LP White/Grey Vinyl
    Recorded onstage at Toronto’s legendary El Mocambo Club on July 20, 1983, Vaughan and Double Trouble’s A Legend in the Making was originally released as a promotional title for radio broadcast only. This blistering live set was released for the first time commercially in 2014 as a bonus CD in The Complete Epic Recordings Collection boxset. RSD 2015 marks the first time that A Legend in the Making has ever been released on vinyl. This collectible edition includes two LPs struck on 180gram vinyl with one pressed on opaque white and another on gray.


    I wanted to get Earth, Wind & Fire THE BEST OF EARTH, WIND & FIRE VOL. 1 too, however, it was sold out.
     
  9. Crashton

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    Time to add camber plates & sway bars to the doors suspenders. Can't beat a good handling garage door. :D
     
  10. CHKMINI

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    Whew glad to hear it's your garage door.... For a minute I thought you were at the mall trying to maneuver through Black Friday traffic!!!
     
  11. Red Bull

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    Sounds like you did the Austin Powers U-turn... :lol:
     
  12. Metalman

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    Garage door torsion spring guy said... "I have good news and I have bad news"

    "Bad news, no direct replacement springs are made for my little 8' door anymore."

    Good news, "I can rebuild any garage door mechanism that's been made"....

    He estimates my door weighs 500-600 pounds....

    He will rebuild the shaft and bearings and add two torsion springs that will have the same lift as the broken single spring. Tuesday next week the door mod begins....

    In passing, he said they were talking about a particular old opener that isn't seen anymore.... He took some quick pictures of mine and said I had the very same one.... Then he glanced over at bay #1 and said damn, that one is even older.... Yup, 70 years ago, that opener was installed in my house and it's still working like a charm. He wants me to call him if I ever replace it. Wants to install in in his garage door museum........ Weird eh?....:crazy:
     
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    Got some Sta-Bil for the 05. Putting it away for the winter. :'(
     
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    Glad your guy can mod the door for you Chuck.

    I changed the earl in Babs clubster. Love the easy oil change on her Justaclubster. Although I ran into one hiccup. The o-ring on Mr Dimple's magnetic drain plug busted. Very glad I saved the original one.

    Jesse- Drive that MINI this winter. I have a set of MINI snow shoes you can buy.
     
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    I'll drive my other R53 - got Continental DWS that have done well for me in NJ and OH winters. If it gets too bad, I take the wife's Wrangler.

    This one is auto so I added a Viper Smart Start. Uses cellular, so no need for line of sight. w00t.

    Wouldn't mind pulling the switches and harness for heated seats out of my track car and throwing it in the winter car. Seats have the heating elements.
     
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    Only 5k to go...

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  17. TheModFather

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    Not gonna happen on a half a tank Savvy... Fill'er up -N- Git back at it!
     
  18. minivette

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    There's a garage door museum? :confused5:

    Who knew?
     
  19. Metalman

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    I might list the pieces on Bonhams, or perhaps Sotheby's.....:D
     
  20. TheModFather

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    I went out and started the frozen Rat-MINI... It didn't want to run... Sounded like a small V8 with a pretty wicked cam until it warmed up a bit!

    https://vimeo.com/147186822
     

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