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Current weather for Sat is looking great 85, sunny and partly cloudy. 20% chance of rain

That's pretty much what Mark was describing. He really loves the steering on Tigger. I think he liked having a chance to drive both cars on the course.

I did enter Tigger as a Hot Orange but somewhere along the way he just became HOT. It's not my fault that people can see him for his true color During the Fun Runs Mark and I switched cars. I did worse in Max then I did in Tigger. Part of it was probably because I was really tired by then and I had to adjust to the car. His handles so differently then mine. Mark of course was faster in Tigger then I was, but didn't get below 50 seconds. I think if he had a few more tries he could have gotten Tigger near the times that Max had.

Don't worry, passion, fun and enjoyment of motoring isn't dead. It's right here :motor::motor::motor:

You learn how to read the cones. The first time it was very confusing, but now they actually make sense. there are different configurations of cones that mean different things, it's fairly intuitive. A cone laying down is a pointer cone, it points in the direction that you should be passing the cone. If you see a square of cones that's a box, you drive through the middle If you see a line of cones treat it like a wall It's not hard

You would think they would all want to join. I have experienced two people that ran away from me like I was trying to sell them something. It was weird. Not everyone wants to be one with us :hmmmm::dontknow:

That is cool, maybe now he'll buy a MINI :top:

Since many of you are unfamiliar with the park, as you enter it you will be forced to turn. Go Right! If you go to the right, the road will wind up a bit and the picnic area is on the left. the parking is just past it. If you accidently go left you'll see a bunch of soccer fields and baseball, turn around and go the other way. it's not a huge park, there's only one sheltered picnic area. We have a lot of open grassy areas near the shelter.

I would love to get a group shot with a bunch of MINIs, a bunch of us and the club banner as one of the shots to submit to MC2. So at some point I may start organizing the shot, if you don't want to be in it, that's fine.

I tagged two MINIs in DC today, this is a record for me. There was a Pepper White Clubbie and best of all A HOT ORANGE S, it was like a little naked Tigger, not even stripes. In some ways without any vinyl it looked even more orange!!!!

I am thinking set up will start around 10:00ish Craig - when are you planning to arrive?

Here's a link to the details http://forum.nccbmwcca.org/showthread.php?7548-10-13-2012-Autocross-Regency-Furniture-Stadium We usually get 4 - 5 runs per session (an AM and a PM session). There are two heats per session, you work the course for one heat and then run the other heat. Mark and I try to do both sessions whenever we can, as we want seat time. If you're going for points and do all day only the morning sessions times count. We pay $45 for all day, normally that's 8 or 10 runs total. This last Saturday we got an additional 30 minutes of fun runs. I was beat and only did two extra runs but Mark got in 4 runs more and was thrilled to have 12 runs for the day. Of course during the fun runs no one is working the course and the cones get mauled. Still the timer is running and you get seat time. There are free instructors and everyone is super friendly. I really like the atmosphere at the NCC autocross, it's a super nice group of people.

Did she wave? :itsme:

The results are up http://forum.nccbmwcca.org/downloads.php?do=file&id=102&act=down

Did anyone make it?

I used AAA and not only did they do a great job, but it came with a 1 year guarantee that if it was chipped or cracked again I could replace it for $80. I wanted to do OEM glass, the dealer wanted $1200 AAA would have done OEM, but then they don't give the warranty

Thanks Sherm! It was great seeing you guys. You and Miss Peal were looking pretty speedy yourselves. It was such a fun day, esp when we got the fun runs at the end. Was the 3 wheel drift when I was driving Max? I still have to learn to get more aggressive, I can do it!!!!

I have what ever Way installed at the Dragon, he probably has them on his site. It's been nice, love my 15% pulley!! It's a lot of bang for the buck

But it was dull not shiny

I can't picture Scoopy any other way, her chrome suits her perfectly

Real chrome doesn't seem like such a bright idea for the whole car oooh I'm so punny :idea:

They say no insurance company will insure it, because it would scratch too easily.

ugh, that's a lotta chrome. Did you see the note that too much chrome is actually illegal in many states?

He had the stock chrome ones

I asked Mark, he said he'll trade. He might like these better then the ones he has. The ones with the red vinyl are a little too flashy for him.