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Just don't forget about the original new MINIs! R50/R53/R52.

Holy cow, that's awesome! :congrats::rock:

That's fantastic! Woohoo! Hmm, it worked for me. Maybe YouTube just needed a minute to process the upload?

That's awesome! Maybe the ice is broken! Did they expect a payment for their time, or was it a freebie considering the cause?

Good news for lovers! I called Kilroy's today and confirmed that dogs are welcome, as long as they stay in the enclosed tented area and not inside the actual restaurant. Susan and I are bringing Copper tomorrow. :top:

I love the improvement on my Mustang too. Thanks for setting this up!

One thing I'm not clear on - what method(s) of payment will be accepted?

Darn it - wish I could make it... we have an all-night major outage planned for tonight, so I will probably be sleeping much of the day tomorrow.

:rock:

I don't need new wheels and snow tires myself right now, but I want to put a vote of confidence in for the Michelin X-Ice tires. 2 years ago, approaching the winter of 2013, my "awesome in bad weather" MINI was in the body shop for a long, slow repair endured during a serious accident I suffered earlier that year. Since the accident happened, I was able to drive my old 1995 Mustang GT around all spring, summer & fall... expecting my MINI would be repaired by winter. Such was not the case. Faced with: having to drive my Mustang all winter long (had it for 10 years prior to buying my MINI)... stuck with summer tires on the car... remembering just how bad it is in the snow, even with snow tires from 10-20 years ago... I knew I had to buy a new set of snow tires for my Mustang, just to get through the winter while I continued to wait for my MINI to be repaired. So I did a bunch of research, reading lots of reviews, including some winter tire round-ups... ...and I ended up buying a set of Michelin X-Ice Xi3 tires, which were some of the highest rated across all categories, and my Mustang needed every bit of help it could get. You see, V8 RWD cars without traction control, and with most of the weight of the car in the front make for terrible snow cars! Well... these Michelin X-Ice tires were nothing short of AMAZING. They completely transformed the car in the snow... I have never felt so sure-footed & confident in my Mustang in the white stuff before... and I used to have dedicated snow tires on it in the late 90s & early 2000s, too! They are fantastic snow tires. They will get you through almost anything, and will turn your MINI into a tank in the snow. :top:

On my way! :beer:

I have another question... my Mustang has a small sunroof. Can that be tinted too? I think I'd want to go with a very dark tint on that one - the darkest ceramic tint they can do (e.g. 5% limo tint).

Same for me please - the later the better.

Just squeaked in under the wire with ours! :angel:

I don't need one myself, but that amp is valuable. They are very expensive to replace new (something like $600-$800). You should have no problems finding a buyer through various MINI parts Facebook groups, or via for sale forums on Motoring Alliance or North American Motoring.

Well, at least Catalina will be giving other people a chance to win now.

PTuning is located in Manassas, VA: PTuning

Do you have a photo from the boot, of your real Angry Birds game? That was the coup de grâce.

I've said it before, and I'll say it again... Catalina was definitely robbed that year. The iMINI design was awesome - one of my all-time favorites, for sure. EDIT: Oh wait, you were talking about a different one... your own. Oops.

Another question for Wardel - does he offer ceramic and/or carbon tint? (I know it costs more)

Darnit. That might cause me to scale back to Mustang only then. I don't want mismatching tint on my MINI, and I really like the blue tint. Thanks for asking!

Ali - can you please find out if Wardel does colored tint? Most important: I want 50% blue tint on the front windows of my MINI (replacing the damaged blue tint that I already have). Less important: If they have it, green tint for my Mustang (35% for the back, 50% for the front - keeping it VA state legal) would be great. If not, I'll just stick with regular grey tint for it. Thanks! Also - a few years back I created this handy FAQ here on DCMM for the tint laws... feel free to link to it in the thread, if you like: DCMM FAQ: What are the state laws regarding car window tint?

I used these folks to repair a wheel I bent last year: A+ Detailing and Wheel Repair They operate out of a used car dealership named AP Fairfax. I think the cost to repair the wheel was $150.

So the Brew Tasting (10 days ago :embarassed:) was a blast! However, we had way more brews than we could possibly consume with only 9 people. We did manage to sample 28 varieties though. In any case, at the end of the event we all agreed to call that "Round 1" and we had to have another one soon - after all, we still have plenty left in Carl & Faith's fridge. I think we're looking at mid-October. I'll firm up the date with Carl and we'll post the Round 2 event soon. Even if you missed this event, you ought to try to make it to the next one. :beer: I have updated the spreadsheet in the first comment to show what we had in Round 1 and what still remains.

Ever since I first saw this one, I always wished they made it for the R53. That's funny!