TGGRRR (Ali)

Have no fear, I will boss everyone around and make sure the cars are aligned properly. As Mark and explore the run we plan where we will put the cars, where the photographer will stand and how we will do the shoot. We've also planned a moving shoot at the rotary by the capital and will be giving very clear instruction on where to go. For the starting location I spied a location that is permit parking only but if we back the cars in we'll get the tidal basin and monument in the background. I figure it's early on a Sat morning so we should be fine with the permit spots. A non MINI driving photographer friend of mine wants to come along so if you guys see a Mercedes be nice

This month the meeting is being hosted at Sara's place OMGMINI Please PM her for the address The time is 4:00 Any member is welcome to attend, you are free to add input. Only board members can vote.

Annapolis is actually very pretty and kind of poufy fancy too

I'll take Paw Paw if I'm on a run that you need. For the GP run I'm riding with Debbie

Or get nauseous easy? Cause Loki doesn't have any carpet so there's no reason to stop if someone is gonna puke :puke: I really shouldn't have wolfed down that burger and then jumped in the car...

Thanks Sis! It's been a bad winter for breathing, if I feel like I can handle it I'll come watch and take pics

You magical gen two people

Thanks

I might come watch, but Mark is worried that the place will bother my asthma, so I'm trying to decide

I have no idea what an N18 engine is. He's a 2009 JCW does that help?

Mark (my husband) just did some sort of tune that sits on top of the ecu. He said it was pretty easy to install and it's easy to turn on or off. Do I know details like what it's called??? You'll have to ask Mark or Craig. I can't remember details. Mark does want to dyno Max and see if this thing is really adding hp. He said with winter tires on it's much harder to tell but there does seem to be an improvement

if you want a wider audience then I would go here to post http://www.motoringalliance.com/forums/minis-dragon-12-april-30-may-4-2014-tn-nc/19695-lodging-need-have.html#axzz2qEO1VQXg

Today Mark and I scoped out the area near the Capital Building. This is going to work really well if there are not too many people around. We noticed a better area to shoot the cars with the Monument as 14th street is kind of close, so we'll use one of the other cross streets that is a lower number and closer to the Capital. As we get closer to the date I'll want to get a better idea of a count of people so that I can pick an appropriate restaurant. Right now I'm thinking of eating in Old Town Alexandria. There's a free garage near Teaism, but it's fairly small and so is the restaurant. If the group grows we'll need a larger restaurant and may not find free parking, or we don't use Old Town to eat.

I called my upholstery guy who explained a whole lot about this whole issue to me. He said there are no drainage holes under the seat. He explained that there are drainage pathways through the side of the car to direct water out the bottom. He said that over time they can get clogged. So he's going to do some water testing to find the clog and clear it. He can also save my seat so I don't need a new one. They squeegee out the water and then kill the mold with a disinfectant. I guess this is a convertible issue, it can happen with any convertible. I'm happy that I got the stink out of my Tigger and he smells fresh as a daisy right now. if anyone ever needs a good upholstery guy just let me know!

I have a little favor to ask of someone with a first gen cabrio. I need to know if there are drainage holes under the rear seats. Tigger had a horrible smell that I finally tracked down (thanks to Lona when she declared "Rip those seats out!!!") We found a big puddle of water under the rear seats and the foam was rotting. I added sound proofing a while ago so I can't tell if I covered up any drainage holes. Based on the amount of rot in the foam and the amount of water back there I'm guessing this has been going on for a while. It's really super easy to pull the back seats up. They are just held in by Velcro or something. Would someone mind looking under their seat to let me know if there are drainage holes and if there are I'd love a picture to know where they are. I think I will need to punch holes through the sound proofing material. I'm hoping that this is why the water accumulated, but I'm also trying to figure out if it's normal for some water to get in and drain through or if there should never be water back there. For now, Tigger has a rear seat delete and he thinks he's a roadster. He smells sooooo much better too

They would rock with eggs. I had them with rice and roasted brussel sprouts. I need that recipe

I'm curious, who made the red beans at the party? We took some home and had them for dinner tonight. They are so damn good!!!!! Good eats!!! :eating:

Deal!!! I can do this. It's not like we would stop for a picnic along a scenic road along the way or anything. OK, maybe there might be some chewed up chicken legs but I'm only human :angel:

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Oh Tyler you seem to be forgetting Mark's screen name. It's MarkDDrew I don't know where you get this Pooh Bear from... :stupid:

That's sad, I'll remove them from the vendor list. It seems that location is closed and that was the only location that gave us a discount.

Here's a link to the thread with all of our vendor discounts http://dcmetrominis.org/forum/topic/1800-official-vendors/

The motoring alliance forum has more people but if people within the club want to announce that they are looking for a roommate or that they need a place to stay while at the Dragon. This is the thread for it

You should put this in a separate thread so that it gets noticed. I'll start a thread for people looking for a roommate or a cabin and you can post there. You should also post on Motoring Alliance