What did you do with your MINI today?

Changed out the snows on my wife's S today and put the summer tires on.

 

Nice of your tire guy to do that for you. The place I use won't do it due to COVID restrictions.

 

That’s just stupid.

My wife had a screw in a tire on her Lexus RX350 and the tires needed to be replaced. We ordered a new set of Michelin’s last week.
They have a service called ASAP tire care that we used. They pick up the tires and bring them directly to your house with a tech. He jacked yo the car took off all four tires and changed them in his larger MB Sprinter van. The van had full air, real pro tire machine and high end balancing machine. All this was done in our driveway and payment is done on the phone. $77.97 fee with my AAA discount.

I took it out for a test drive and the tires are perfectly balanced and rims were not harmed at all.

 

That tire guy's store is closed for at least 2 weeks. Fortunately, I called a full service store in town and he is open, because he supplies for the County Sheriff as well as the State Patrol. He's on the other side of town [about 5 miles away] and I used to go to him a lot til the new store and friend opened up about 1.5 miles from our house

 

My tire store will repair flat tires & sell tires if you need them. They will not switch winter tires or do rotations at this time.

Pretty cool that the guy with the Sprinter van comes to you.

 

Finished burning up a set of Bridgestone Potenza RE-71R’s. Getting two sets on Thursday, one for the R50 and one for the 240Z race car! With this $100/prepaid Visa refund on each!

 

ASAP tires work out of Tirerack. I see their Van's parked in front of Tirerack all the time.

 

Just a little this and that.

 

We did a birthday parade for my nephew today - my family drove all three Minis. My wife was pissed my son wouldn't 'tighten up the formation' and do a recreation of the Italian Job.

 

Dave... that engine just doesn't look right without the black cauliflower-like growth of oil and road dust all over the front of the block! Looks great!

 

Did you notice no black plastic tube with crappy green gasket feeding the TVS?

 

I got my new TSW X-brace, some PS fluid and some brake fluid for a long over-due bleed.

 

A little of this.....

 

The motor was started today. Whoo hoo

bye bye crappy OEM water pump robbing power from the supercharger. Electric water pump installed.

 

So I also did this for my buddy who loaned me his car while my motor is being done.

 

Tomorrow it will be finished after I apply the ceramic coating. Yes, that’s just my polish work. All Original OEM paint.