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"heavily modified MINI's" - NICE!!

Last week, while driving rental car, I saw two MINI's pass each other, neither waved!!!! No acknowledgement whatsoever? :dontknow:

I picked up my car yesterday from the body shop, looks good as new! I missed it over the past few weeks. Now I think I need to reward it with a new mod - any suggestions? :rock:

11th Annual British & European Car Show Williamsburg British Car Club When: May 2, 2010 Location: New Town,Williamsburg,VA. 23185 Costs: Pre-Registration $20.00, Late Registration and at the gate $25.00. Event T-Shirts available@$20.00 each. [

It's part #7 in this diagram:

Quick note! If you have the JCW brakes or an aftermarket Big Brake Kit, you'll need to ensure that whatever wheels you purchase have adequate clearance! I have a set of 16" wheels for Winter for my R53, but they're one of the few if not the only ones that MINI says can fit the JCW brakes.

I never see anyone anymore, and no one sees me :bored:|

There are a lot of Winter things to learn around here, even though DC doesn't really have harsh Winters compared to just a bit North, MD, PA and Northward, we get our share. There always a lot of discussion at this time of year about tires, and a general consensus that summer performance tires aren't exactly satisfactory once December arrives. I, like many others, have a second set of wheels with all-seasons on them, once they wear out, I may switch to actual winter tires, and that's been an ongoing debate, but, bottom-line, most agree Summer tires are hard and slippery in the cold and sometimes icy DC winters.

Agreed!

Wow, great pics!

I would probably just pull it off and lay it in the yard and hose it down really good, maybe squirt a bit of dish soap on it too. Then hang it up to dry before reinstalling it.

A couple of points about automatics... 1. WOT kick-down has been around forever. Older cars, 1960's, 70's.. possibly 80's too, were cable actuated (well, most everything was... that or vacuum). At wide open throttle, they'd drop a gear, so for a Powerglide, it would drop from 2 to 1 (only 2 speeds), for a Turbo-Hydramatic, it drops from 3 to 2 (three-speed). Of course, with later tranny's with more gears, such as a 700R4... gear numbers increased. 2. One trick often used with automatics is to increase the "stall speed" of the torque converter. I believe this involves changing the viscosity of the fluid, but may also involve changing the number or shape/size of the internal vanes, so that the engine revs higher before power is transferred through the drivetrain. This has further been augmented with the introduction of lock-up torque converters (1980s'?) which provide an actual mechanical connection through the tranny. Automatics do have a tendency to mute the driving experience, but this is less pronounced on large engines that can produce decent torque at low RPM's. Little 4-bangers don't cope quite so well, although, todays automatic transmissions are super good compared to those of decades ago. (This is a double-post because it seemed fitting to two different threads!)

that was an awesome run! I'm glad I made it! Abandoned House!!! :laugh::rock::top:

Any chance we can stop for scenic photo ops once or twice?

All, I'll really like to get some updated artwork / pics to dress up our forum, so if you have something, let me or one of the board members know. Those banners at the top are quite old :laugh: Especially some stuff with a "DC" theme to them... but, any DCMM MINI stuff is cool. ...also, notice the width to height aspect ratio.

Some pictures attached of when I attended back in 07.

Even though this British car show is in Southeastern NC, I thought I'd put it on the calendar since it is a nice show and it's my hometown If anyone's into a Fall road trip for a weekend car show, this is a fun one. They have a good showing o

Here's a good informational page: FRS & GMRS Radios

Would have gone if I wasn't out of town- enjoy! Take pics

Wow, what prompted these repairs? Were there any signs or sounds that alerted you?

That really looks cool :rock:

Man! Those wheels look sweet:top: