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    From the album: My new 'Clubman'

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    Heck, ebay it when you're done.
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    I do seem to remember seeing on in a flyer or on a MINI vendor website in the past couple weeks, something about a MINI / BMW one. Oh it was a predominantly BMW catalog that has some MINI stuff too, and it was listed as the unique BMW tool that also works on MINI's I'll check when I get home today to see if I still have it.
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    Thanks all. Well I'd rather hit some more back roads and twisty's. And scenery. I made it to Bristol tonight. Pulled off where I knew there was a O'Charlies restaurant and booked into Comfort Inn for the night
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    Hmmm, thanks I'll look at that too. I had already changed my mind once since I posted. I had decided to swing through Pidgeon Forge and Gatlinburg then down 441. Just to sight see. Your idea sounds better, thanks! Edit: Yup, thanks for the opinion on
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    Heading out today, Wed around 2. I'm bypassing the west on Rt 66 to 81 route this time, since I'm leaving at the beginning of rush hour. Going to try a straight shot down 395 / 95. If the traffic reports have that slow already I'll go down GW Parkway an
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    1959 Cooper F1 at Britain on the Green 2009

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    From the album: 1959 Cooper F1 at Britain on the Green 2009

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    No worries! I had the holes too. If you look at my bumper closely you can see the color matched plugs there I got. I thought they might bother me color matched or not, but I have to admit even as picky as I can get I don't find them bothersome. If you wanted to do this or a tow hook plate mount I'd recommend bumperplugs.com I'd rather not have had it drilled, but they do a good job and are similar in appearnace to the PDC plugs on the back bumper.
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    Well true. Of course it IS securely fastened. And I really usually only retract it on private property generally at a car show type thing but your point is taken and thanks for the heads up. I do appreciate the spirit in which you offer this advice. You have struck a raw nerve though! Since it's my thread, I'll allow myself a little tiny bit of rant mixed into my 'rationalization'. It's illegal to run red lights but no one seems to care enough to enforce that. Including officers sitting waiting at the light watching everyone roll through. Given the almost total anarchy on Northern VA roads I'm afraid my days of worrying about the 'letter of the law' re: traffic code are long gone. I'm all for the spirit of the law and am a 'good citizen' on the road. Realistically I really don't see my retracting my plate at MINI meets at the dealer and Car shows at grassy fields as a 'issue' though. If some wonderful peace officer disagrees and walks the grass field at Britain on the Green say, to give me a ticket well god bless his or her pea pickin' little heart. I'll laugh, pay it, and continue to fume that the 'officers' time might be better spent enforcing at the red lights and stops signs in Alexandria. Or running radar on the GW parkway where I'm passed every single day by cars doing roughly double the 45 mph limit I'm doing. On the other hand at other times they are putting themselves in harms way protecting the rest of us in countless ways so I'll fume to myself, smile and just laugh it off. P.S. I THOUGHT Northern Virginia had the worst, most aggresive, rude, sense of entitlement get out of my way drivers anywhere. Alas I drove around Miami a few weeks ago. Now I know better!
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    Well, Edge just supplied a place to buy it, Amazon. I bought it from some Mustang site by googlin' the phrase stow n go. Easy to install. The Aero Kit bumper has a nice flat middle area it nestles into. You do have to cut a notch in the plastic lip that protrudes down under the bumper. Quick operation with a dremel. The gap isn't visible once this is installed. You drill a couple holes underneath the bumper skin. Push in some rubber things with metal nuts in them, akin to a molly bolt function. Run the wires up, find a place to stick the box and connect ground and power. I have no idea how well it would fit under a stock bumper. Oh, and Edge, I was showing it to someone about two weeks ago. I gave them the remote to play and we went back into the restaurant. They left the tag hidden which I didn't notice. Within 20 minutes a Arlington Meter Maid had ticketed my car for 'no front tag displayed', and no the meter was not expired. They wrote it up just because of the tag. So add $40.00 to the cost of my set up! Hahahahahaa
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    Thanks guys. I sure like it. I had the car out at Mach V a couple weeks ago for a exhaust tweak, and one of the techs came back and asked about it, they noticed it under the car. I handed him the remote. He came back a in a bit to return it and told me I'd just sold about 5 of them. Hahahahahhah Off topic, but since I mentioned them, the guys at Mach V were a big help again. I'd developed a rattle in my Magnaflow. They dropped it and managed to shake and bang out the loose flotsom that had accumulated in the resonator. I've read of Millteks doing that too. Put er all back and now nice and quiet. Well, hardly quiet actually but no rattle!
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    Now you don't For those who haven't had a look yet. The Stow n Go retractor from AltecProducts.com, and pre painted chili red bumper plugs from bumperplugs.com. OK Got that part out of the way! The Stow n Go works via remote, comes with two. I actually put it on back before Christmas. I think the most fun I had was at the one car show I've been to since, the Euro one in Vienna for Toys for Tots. Stood back a way and would retract it occasionally as people from other cars walked up. The Euro 'Tuner' crowd loved it! hahahahahahahaha I've hated the look of the tag in front of the aero kit since day one. The bumper plugs I guess I could buy and paint, but these are perfect in appearance and I don't mind the look of them at all. I was going to do a tow hook mount but searched the hot rod sites and what have you till I found this. They have a manual version you can just grab and push under or pull out too for half the $. I had thought to have one wired to the ignition, but it's a simple widget you have to hold the button till it's all the way out or in. So to wire it to ignition would require a timed latch circuit. I decided to order anyway as I leave the tag visible MOST of the time. I really only retract it at MINI and other 'car functions'.
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    We had a light turnout for such a nice day. Sterling did a nice job with refreshments again! A couple of us got to sneak back and have a 'pre release' peek at the new convertibles too. I enjoyed visiting with those that were there!
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