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Brandy and I just made it back to the house. Another great MOTD, all the DCMM’ers I saw handled themselves appropriately and upheld the high standard DCMM has build. If you haven’t had the opportunity to experience MOTD I cannot recommend it enough, whether you enough driving or are more a social person there are events for everyone. please talk to those that are old hats or only been once and let them let you about their experiences.

I would check your battery voltage, they seem pretty sensitive to even a slightly low voltage when starting. Other than that we would need some more info. You could swing by a autozone (or any other parts store) they will check you battery voltage and pull any historical codes for you. If you post those codes we maybe able to give you a better direction to the possible cause.

SOLD!!

Doing a little more spring cleaning. I have a set of sport suspension coilovers and rear sway bar. If you have a Cooper or Cooper S with the base suspension with will be a nice bump up in handling. Coilover only have 20k miles on them so plenty of life on them. All for $125 or$100 if you just want the coilovers.

Doing some spring cleaning. I have a set of 17” challenge cross wheels. One wheel has been refinished still in the box (had to replace the vent one) the other three have some crib rash on the lips (like that when I bought them) could be easily refinished or used as is. Those there also have TPMS installed. I was going to have them powder coated black for my summers, but have decided to go with a lighter option. these will fit any gen 1 or 2 minis. Sorry not countryman or paceman. $400 for the set and TPMS sensors.

Event Title: [CANCELLED]The Home Alone Run Event Date: 04/30/2022 10:00 AM to 04/30/2022 01:00 PM Event Address: 15315 Washington St, Haymarket, VA, 20169 April is often a quite month for DCMM as many of our run leaders are doing final prep and heading down to the Tail of the Dragon. Well @DavidJCW has decided to embrace his inner Kevin McCallister and see what mischief he can come up with. He has put together a great scenic drive that travels some of the best twisties in NW Virginia. The Run will start in Haymarket and cruise out the Luray to grab lunch. This will be an out and find your own way back run. From Luray there are great routes to come back to home for you. Those heading more north will be at the start of skyline drive just to give one example. Schedule: 1015 - Drives Meeting 1030 - Wheel up 1200 - arrive in Luray. Come out and give your MINI a good shack down as you prepare for MINIs Take The States. RSVP on the event here:

Hello all, I took part in the BMWCCA NCC hosted Autocross Novice school, and wanted to share my experience with you. I am not going to bury the lead, simply put I would say it was a great school and the bang for your buck can not be beat! The school was $100 and you must be a member of BMWCCA (insurance coverage stuff) which is $58 for the year, so all in if not a member $158. You are required to wear a SNELL certified helmet, but they have free loaners if you do not own one. So what does that cost get you? When I arrived I completed registration, and they had complimentary donuts and coffee while you waited for the rest of the students to arrive. This is very appreciated with an 8:30 AM start time. The course begins with some classroom instruction, this is only to give you a general overview of how an autocross is setup and helpful driving principles. It was under an hour of classroom, the course definitely works on the “learn by doing” philosophy. Once done in the classroom they walk you through a demonstration on how to prepare your car for an autocross (all could be applied for your fun Sunday drive on backroads). Fraiser was kind enough to set up his car as a “what not to do”. Then students ensured their cars were properly cleared of loose items, and completed tech inspection. Now it was time to drive, and keep driving. We moved our cars to the course and were broken into 3 groups of 7-8 cars, and the cadre had set up three different station that focused on specific cone configurations (corners) you would see on course, and to emphasize driving principles introduced in the classroom. You are introduced to conducting a course walk and planning how you want to approach the corners. Instructor would hop in with you as you drove, there were about 4 instructors at each station. A little bit about the instructors, they were great at assessing your driving ability and tailoring the feedback to areas for you to focus on and always positive in reinforcing good technique. They were genuinely excited for students’ successes. With only 7 to 8 car at a station you only had around a 60 to 90 seconds of down time between runs, which was just enough time to process the feedback you received and focus on how you were going to apply it. Then you were off again. After a few hours, you are driving so much you don’t have time to check you watch if you wanted to, we took a lunch break. Lunch is provide as well, and you have some time to interact with your classmates. During this time the cadre has taken all the individual focuses from the morning and tied them all together into a full autocross course. We join back at the course and conduct a full course walk with the instructors, to apply planning out our approach to the course. The instructor then gave rides in their vehicles as an extra way to get a visual picture of the course at speed. Afterwards we regrouped at the timing tent for the driver’s brief and introduced they explained work assignments. The class was divided into two groups one driving and one working the course, then we switched. I was in the group that drove first, and again the instructors would hop in to help guide you through the course and give advice. The instructors I had during the full course had a great approach of letting me apply what I had learned throughout the day and offer helpful tips. Once you felt comfortable they step out and let you run solo. I believe we got 6 runs on the full course, so on the high end of a normal autocross session. I then rotated to course work, which is a great opportunity see the course from different angles and see the lines others approach are using. The last part of the day the students work the course locations while the instructors get to have some fun running the course. This not only allows you to get more comfortable working the course, but now you get to see how your approach to driving the course differs for how experienced drivers attack it. I would recommend this school to anyone whether you are interested in autocross or just want to improve your car control. Unfortunately there is not another one on the calendar for this year, but keep your eyes out for it next year. If you have some competitive/spirited experience or none at all the instructors are able to provide instruction to improve your abilities. I do not know of another opportunity to receive this much driving time with instruction at such a low price point. It is a steal!!

Unfortunately the gen 3 side indicators will not fit a gen 1. Compatible to your side will be 2001 to 2006.

Yes for insurance purposes you must be a member of the bmw club, then the event fee. I’ll see you there

I think you could go either way the sun roof breaks up the roof so you would not be left with a blank white canvas. You may want to do something with the boot as it does create a pretty large blank surface, you could do just boot and bonnet stripes. I also like the look of an asymmetrical graphic on the boot coming from one side to the middle, it avoid the tramp stamp feel or a center graphic, in my opinion. I always appreciate when someone has graphic that are unique. I am sure you would all love to hear you thoughts and thing you are thinking of incorporating. If you are thinking of printed graphics, especially because you husband can install, reach out to local sign shops you can get a better price on just the print job then the car wrapping places. If you are looking for just cut stripes/graphics there are a few folks we can point you to with larger format cutters.

Today was a few interior projects, first was tucking all the wires for the Midland radio. Not a lot of work just planning the best routing behind panels I could easily remove and remembering where the hidden screws and clips are. Many of the panels overlap so you may have to remove 4 to remove the one you want. no boot full of wires anymore. Second project was the door cards and dash accents. The door cards were the piano black, and I had dash accents that I had wrapped with the street map of London (one of may first vinyl projects) and I was ready to change it up. here was the before: I found a set of the faux carbon fiber dash insert and door cards on one of my junkyard scavanger hunts. I figure they are worth a try with the carbon fiber accents already on the car. I can pretty much pull an interior blind folded at this point or parked in front of a cabin in the woods with some help from @SneakyBaron (everyone should really go to the dragon at least once). Well after 30 minutes this is the result. I am pretty happy with it.

Most people do not regret moving from stock as long as they don’t by Amazon specially and understand the expectation of a performance suspension (I.e normal driving will be a much stiffer ride). as for Gen3 specifically you are kind of a the front of the curve for modification. I know @twakefield have done some sespension mods to his Gen3 hopefully he can weigh in. I recently to Koni yellows and I am very happy, but I was looking for a performance strut with adjustable dampening while not interested in ride height adjustment. I already had the OEM up graded JCW suspension so I retained the stiffer OEM springs. I additional changed to fixed -1.5 camber top plates in the front. @MELO-R56 has used raceland or bc and is currently on Running KW I believe hopefully he can weigh in on the pro and cons of those OEM JCW upgrade are bilstein b12 on the gen2 I believe, I ran those for serval year and really enjoyed those. KW is the band used by the JCW racing team, in The TCA series. The big thing with there product is know what you are going to use often folks buy the KW3 with all the bells and whistles when they could have saved a lot of money with the 1 or 2 variant. lastly have you upgraded the rear sway bar yet? Likely your biggest suspension performance complaint at the moment is understeer (“tight for those using NASCAR terms). This is best addressed with a larger rear sway bar. Quality one are around $500 and will have a big change on handling. most people say this is the biggest change behind maybe quality non-run flats. all just my opinion, hope this helps

absolutely. I will get you an answer tomorrow.

Its been a bit, I will reach out from the club to clarify. It has been a while (pre-covid) that we last clarified.

good point David, they are very helpful to give you situational awareness during the drive. Do not feel like you need to run out and buy one though, we always have extras you can borrow on your first few runs while you are figuring out that this is an awesome time. Also with a radio you will get to hear the calm direction calls from @Brandy_Brown

I am signed up for the school, I am all about taking advantage of an opportunity for seat time and the learning from other with a wealth of experience. Hope to see some of my fellow MINIacs in class.

Event Title: External event: NCC BMWCAA Novice School Event Date: 04/09/2022 08:00 AM to 04/09/2022 04:00 PM Event Address: Registration has opened for NCC's one and only 2022 Novice School session. This is a great opportunity for new participants to learn more about the motorsport. I hope to see other MINIs out there. Please reach out if you have any questions! More details below: --- Want to know what autocross is all about? Always wanted to come to an event, but didn't want to jump right in? Been to an event or 2 and want to learn the basics? Come out to the NCC Autocross 2022 Novice School! This is the One and Only NCC Autocross School for the 2022 Season. Autocross is a safe, low-speed motorsport where competitors drive against the clock to turn in the best times as they navigate a driving course defined by orange parking cones in a large, open lot. Our NCC Autocross school is the best way for new and budding autocross participants to learn more about autocross and improve their driving performance through in-car instruction by some of the best instructors in the Washington DC area. Sessions will include a variety of topics to help novice participants better understand what goes on in a day of autocross, and what they will likely be seeing and hearing around them as they participate in the motorsport. Instruction will provide guidance on how to prepare both the car and driver for autocross, how to register, tech inspect, work a course, and safety topics will get you up to speed with the day-of operations for participating in autocross. The morning will consist of drills, exercises, and instruction. The afternoon will be a model of a regular autocross event, including a full autocross course. There is no better way to get started in autocross than with the NCC Autocross school. Register now as space in our schools are limited to ensure small class groups and personalized instruction. Cost: $100 Register here: https://www.motorsportreg.com/events/2022-ncc-autocross-novice-school-summit-point-raceway-washington-bmw-cca-630118 RSVP on the event here:

I was giving it a pass because the wheel is still on, so it would only be a broken nose and a new pair of pants.

This is the perfect time to get a room if you are thinking about it, before the pandemic created a break in the event it was a multi-year wait to get a room/cabin. This happen because people with a room have two weeks after the event ends to reserve their room for the next year, then what left goes to the wait list. So in the normal cycle only a small room if any come available.

Someone already has the Persuader (big hammer) at the ready. Now that's someone the has dealt with "bolt on" accessories before. Looks good, I have heard the deflectors make a big difference

Very easy just rsvp for the event, meet up at the start point. We will give a drivers meeting that covers the run rules. really all you need to do is follow the MINI ahead and enjoy the drive. please let me know if we can answer any specific concerns we can answer.

What Ali said. Thank you Ali. Do mention you are with DCMM when you call.