We did a huge show at AMVIV this year. A little thing we called White Roof Radio Live. To start, we played the full version of the MINI Rebel video, rolled into this piece then into 1 more short intro before we hit the stage.
I expect to have a YouTube friendly version of the show up by the end of the week. We are all extremely proud of how the show went and everyone that came up after the show to let us know how much fun they had was double, super awesome!
What another great event! Huge tip of the hat to the Sin City MINI Club and AMVIV planning comitee. A great job as usual gang and from the feed back I got, a great time was had by all!
While I finish getting everything done and posted, take a look at this.
That’s right. Some people go to Vegas and get a new tattoo, I got a brand spankin’ new roof graphic! We are calling it the White Roof Radio Sunroof Delete kit. What do you think?
Photos are uploading to the Flickr and there are a couple of videos up that I will be sharing here soon.
My MINI is ready at any rate. Washed, rubbed her down with clay bar and gave her a nice coat of NXT. And, if I say so, she is looking pretty sharp!
Before I started this however, I popped the bonnet. Earlier this week I got a set of NGK spark plugs from Detroit Tuned and went ahead and installed them. For those of you out there that think this is a dealer only job, think again! With $40 in parts, a 16mm socket and 10 minutes you can do in your driveway what the dealer will charge you almost $300 for! No, I’m not kidding.
Again, for those of you that think this is a dealer only job, here is a short video I prepared just for you. As always, please, no wagering.
I figured, since I was going to be hanging out at MINI of Ontario all day last Saturday covering their Grand Opening Event, it would be a great time to let the lad in back have a go at some repairs.
While those repairs were ongoing, they gave me a 2010 Clubman Cooper to drive. A sparkling silver check board roofed specimen complete with automatic transmission, no sport package and no heated seats. Perfect car for the loaner fleet.
That, aside from the automatic transmission, I have been thoroughly enjoying.
That’s right. 15″ wheels on skinny tires. No sport suspension either. Still, this MINI handles like a MINI and provides a much better ride. I was going to say quieter, but with 2800 miles on the run flats, they are already getting noisy.
And it’s quite quick. Even with the automatic. One would say it gets up and goes very well and like I’ve mentioned, I have very much enjoyed having this MINI to drive for the last few days. Plus it has given me the opportunity to drive an automatic transmission car for more than an hour and I have figured out why I don’t like it.
If you are going to drive the pants off it, then the automatic isn’t so bad. Hit the sport button, move the lever to the left and mash the go pedal. Manually shifting the gears or letting the computer do it for you is perfectly acceptable if you are going to be driving in a more aggressive manner.
It’s when aggressive driving is over that this transmission really starts to dull. In stop and go traffic I find it getting confused and switching between gears, causing serious lag. Other times I’m finding that, much like the CVT, it takes to long to ‘engage’ a gear and just lets the engine wind out, almost like taking 100 yards to let the clutch out of a standard shift car.
And, since I spend most of my time driving more like my grandmother and less like Mario Andretti, I can’t stand the automatic.
Which is really too bad. I’ve been diggin’ the more relaxed motoring this Clubman has afforded me, but the transmission just drives me batty!
Holy crap! AMVIV is just 2 weeks away! Here is the latest update from Agro for those of you that aren’t subscribed to the AMVIV mailing list. If you haven’t registered yet, you can do that here. It is also looking like Aliante Station has had a few cancelations, so if you want to get in and stay at the host hotel, I would do that sooner than later. Otherwise, there are some great rates being offered by area Casinos.
Don’t forget, almost the entire WRR crew will be on hand, shaking hands and kissing babies. Plus we will also be hosting White Roof Radio Live Saturday night at Club Access. You don’t want to miss it!
Click through for the complete email and links from Agro. Hope to see you in Vegas! (Read on…)
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