Under the Car

Some under the car pics. Struggling to put miles on the car – I think I’m right around 360 miles, so haven’t changed the oil or filled the tank yet even. Doing a moderate break-in, been WOT a few times, and went to 5k rpms recently. Will continue that until 1000mi, then do somewhat of…

’08 to ’13 MINI Comparison

After having the new MINI for about a week now, I can definitely comment that everything feels “tighter” in the suspension (not in the understeering sense). Most likely this is due to brand new bushings all around the suspension compared to my ’08 with nearly 100,000 miles on it. I wouldn’t be surprised if it…

Daily Driver/H-Street MINI Cooper

Bought a brand new 2013 MINI Cooper built to order to replace my 2008 MINI Cooper for the 2014 autocross season! The main reason for doing this was to have the car spec’ed exactly the way I wanted it, and particularly so that it could have a chance at being competitive at SOLO. The old…

2013 MINI Cooper Order Timeline

9/27/2013 signed the papers 9/30/2013 on order Mini Lounge 10/1/2013 Scheduled for Production 10/7 – vehicle is in body shop 10/8 – vehicle is in paint shop, estimated completion today 10/9 – vehicle released to carrier, awaiting transportation to port of exit (awaiting transport) 10/10 – vehicle is being transported to the port of exit…