TGGRRR (Ali)

I think we'll bring some shnacky shnacks to share too.

Should we picnic???

Great night shots!

I hear the weather will be nice for going topless

I feel for Barry on these issues. He really hates this side of things. He wants to hear that everyone behaved and had a great time. Glad you guys got that pulled though

What a lot of people don't realize is that the road on the Dragon is fairly narrow, wide enough to stay in your lane but narrow enough that you need to pay attention. There are some pull outs but when there are no pull outs it can be extremely dangerous to be driving along and find someone oncoming. There may simply be no place to go to get out of their way. You may have a choice between a collision and slamming into a wall of rock (which may make you roll) or hitting a tree down an incline that can send you tumbling down or wrapped around a tree. This is why don't cross the yellow line is such a big frikken deal. Every year several people die on this road and many times through no fault of their own. If you cross over there is not always the time or ability to see far enough down the road to make it back to your side before there is a collision. So that's why we really really really don't want anyone crossing the line, and if they do it, don't brag about it. Learn to drive within your ability so that you don't do it again.

Arrgh I can't watch from work :banghead:

I'm going to edit the description to take out the information on the detailing

Here's a note from the organizer. If you want to go and didn't register the price is about to go up and there won't be a shirt for later registrations Right now we have 50 vehicles pre-registered. we have Pampered Chef, Lia sophia jewelry, Vintage restorations & treasured motorcars as vendors. we also have a food vendor starting at 9am serving breakfast. we Hvae a dj starting at 10am we have about 30 Door prizes which include restaurant gift cards, hats shirts for suppliers of parts, MINI mania things. we are Having a Basket of Cheer raffle (alcohol) and a tool Box Raffle ($120 toolbox from Lowes) If someone wants info please ask them to email me or call me (443-827-6116) questions and I will be more than Happy to answer any and all questions. so far I have 4 dc metro MINI club members signed up. Please let them know If I don't get their registration by Monday the 26th it goes from $20 to $25 and NO t-shirt or dash plaque.

everyone registered should have an email now, he sent it last night

I sent a note

That would be exciting, I can't wait till I see my first one in the wild :top:

Once we feel confident that we'll meet the minimum order we can go into the design phase with Coop That's when we will figure colors and details

I would order 2 as long as there are ladies V-necks

Smoked Chickens!!!!!

During extreme cold weather it needs to be emptied weekly, other than that monthly seems to be fine. My husband isn't super mechanical and while there was some cussing, he did install it himself. PTuning will usually let members go smoke up their lot if you don't mind driving to Manassas. You would of course want to call first and ask

I know the catch can that Mark installed is easy to empty, it's the one sold by MC2 magazine

Wooo hoo We can be team spicy!

I RSVP'd as a navigator, who wants my help?

Give it some time, a lot of people don't rsvp until the week before

Back to Seafoam I'm willing to help you if you need it. My hands aren't strong enough to pull the PCV hose out but I know which one it is. I can run the gas and you dump the Seafoam. You will need a location that won't mind masses of stinky clouds of smoke. The smoke doesn't last long and I always drive the car to get rid of it instead of just sitting in the parking lot revving the engine Just realize the car will probably throw codes and may sound really rough until the stuff works through. We always talk about a Seafoam party but we rarely get them together. I think PTuning is open, we just have to organize it. I stopped Seafoaming Tigger since he's a first gen and he never smokes. The first gens just don't have the same issue with the carbon. My husband has a catch can on his '09 JCW and he was dumping it weekly during the polar vortex. When I was speaking to Chad at the Dragon he said the reason that they all have first gens up there in Detroit is because of the issues that the turbo has with severe cold weather. This winter was really cold so I would guess there is a good need for a Seafoam party if anyone wants to put it together. It's probably a worthwhile investment to put in an oil catch can to help prevent it from happening too.

Chris spell check!!!

They are down a mechanic right now and backing up. I would call them.

Welcome to DCMM I moved this thread over to the Maintenance & Modifications. One tip I have found useful is to use a small plastic hose in the bottle of Seafoam. It helps to get the liquid to come out. What city do you live in?

We are going to do a club picture!!!