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Got working on the honey do list today: first on the list NM sport springs,

thanks for the update. Unfortunately do the conglomeration of factors: snow delaying the blooms, estimated temperature that morning in the mid 20’s, and now large protests with road closures we will have to slide the event to the right. It has been moved to 31 March, this is Easter weekend but I have shifted from Sunday to Saturday hopefully not conflict with peoples’ plans. A decent amount of blooms should be out, but likely still missing the crush of people a peak bloom. The weather is tentatively going to be in the high 50’s. I can’t promise no protests, it is DC! Have updated the calendar event to reflect the new date,the site did not blow out the RSVP's so if your availability has changed I ask the you update your RSVP accordingly. Again, I am sorry for any inconvenience this may cause and I hope you will all still be able to attend, and hopefully a few more. Please feel free to reach out to me if you have any questions.

Yes, Sunday the 25th. We will make a final call tomorrow.

Need to check the effect of the snow tomorrow, as of now still this Saturday

That was nice of them.

Did you tell Passport not to do the oil change then, since the oil has to be change to replace the oil pan gasket? also remember that their are lots of gen1 in the junction yards, great place to get replacement parts for pennies on the dollar

Vinyl cut

Quick update for all, I did the pre-run yesterday and the route is good to go. I will finalize the route sheets today and post them. According to the NPS peak bloom is March 27-31 and the Washington post is saying March 30 to April 3. Though recent cold weather has kind of stalled the blooms in the bud phase, I will keep an eye out as we move through the week. If the blooms continue to stall what is everyone take on sliding a week to the right to 31 March, this would also be a Saturday as Sunday is Easter. This is a last resort, as long as long as some of the blooms are out we will go as scheduled. I will provide an update on Wednesday, my intent is to keep the 25th date as long as it won't be a twig run instead of a cherry blossom run.

I am posting this for @carman63 please contact Jim for any information or comment below. MINIFINI spare tire mount with the attachment base. Bought in 2012, used for MTTS 2012 and has been in storage ever since. Both pieces sell for $375 or so on MINI FINI’s site. Asking $90. Will meet up in the DC/NoVA area. Prefer not to ship unless you pay ALL shipping costs (to include boxes, etc needed).

Great run today, thanks for hosting Dervin. Awesome job at adapting on the fly. I feel like this captures the run:

Good choice on the control arms. As for adjustable endlinks, it depends how low you plan on setting it up, more than two inches and you should probably get them. Nothing required for my time, I will bring whatever we need tool wise it really is basically just a couple sockets and an Allen key.

Steve, nothing needed always willing to lend a hand

coilovers are very easy to do yourself, all it requires is a jack, jackstands, and a metric socket set. Its actually less work than sport springs because you do not have to take the strut apart or rear sway bar because you are not dropping the subframe. I can always lend a hand and the tools. Looking at your breakdown I see you have koni shocks now, do you have adjustable rear control arms. if you plan to lower the car much more than stock the stock control arms do not have much adjustment to remove the increased negative camber in the rear?

sounds good, there will be a more Marylandish run coming soon.

I feel your pain, but unfortunately early is a necessary evil to make DC bearable. Once I lock in the route coming out of DC, you could jump in then. would be more like 0800ish, better roads around Tyson's and then brunch. Sounds awesome, and if there aren't enough blossoms we will just have you photoshop them in afterward. no one will be any the wiser, lol

Still a bit to far out, sites say March 1st they will start doing predictions. Looking at recent history peak will be first week of April, so we will be I bit ahead of it. Looks like peak bloom ans easter could align that could make it crazy.

Just sent you my email

Event Title: Cherry Blossom Run Event Date: 03/31/2018 06:00 AM to 03/31/2018 10:30 AM Event Address: Come join us on a casual cruise up the George Washington Parkway along the Potomac River through Old Town Alexandria to the Hain’s point (approx. 35min drive). We should arrive as the sun is rising on Washington D.C. and the cherry blossoms. We will enjoy the blossom being sure to capture the great photo ops with our cars for an hour (or a bit longer to not rush). We will be departing the basin and enjoy some roads as we wind our way around Tyson’s Corner and back down into Fairfax (approx. 1 hour and 30 min) ending at Brion’s for brunch and enjoy each other’s company. A great way to enjoy your MINI and friends and still have the rest of your Sunday Start Point: Woodland Shopping center parking lot (8700 Richmond Hwy Alexandria, VA 22309) End point: Brion’s Grille (10621 Braddock Rd, Fairfax, VA 22032) Schedule of Events: 0600: Driver’s meeting 0615: Wheels up 0650: Arrive at Hain’s Point 0703: Sun Rise 0800ish: Depart Hain’s point 0930: Arrive at Brion’s for Brunch Look for updates and route sheets coming out as we get closer. How to see you there. RSVP on the event here: Cherry Blossom Run

I feel like you have built up enough MINI cred, that one of us can post it for you, and just direct them you your profile if interested. Is it previously posted and just needs to be bumped to the top. If not just PM me the info and I will post it. I'm not scared of those administrators, lol.

Needed something to fill the blank space. I will redo it to fix it, if I decide to leave it.

Installation done

It wasn’t to bad for the face it is a simple curve vertically. Then heat is you friend for all the curves on the edges. Weeding it all was the biggest pain took about 3 hours for all of it.

Decided to play with some interior designs today. Snow rolled in before I could put them in. I will add photos of them installed once the snow stops. I used the street map of London for the roads. The girl was not there in the original concept, but my cutter apparently had a drop of data and left a blank strip. So I try to play on the pinup I put on the “A” panel already.