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It’s Been a Year

The last 12 months have been pretty crazy over on my side, capped off by buying a house in a new town. I am still in Arizona, still driving Hank and still making White Roof Radio. Here are a few updates, really quick. Hank has been problem free, mostly. Still in need of rear brakes. …

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Posted bydbMarch 6, 2019March 6, 2019Posted inMy MINILeave a comment on It’s Been a Year

Cry Once, Cry Hard

Quote courtesy of Mr. Benham. It’s not very often that a car needs tires and brakes at the same time. In all of my years of driving, I’m 100% sure this is the first time it has ever happened to me. While I didn’t really need tires, as it turns out, I did. Front brakes …

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Posted bydbAugust 24, 2018Posted inMy MINI4 Comments on Cry Once, Cry Hard

Anxiety, Part I

As you might have heard during the latest episode of White Roof Radio, I’m really having some anxiety over owning a MINI. I’ve been driving these cars since 2003 and never have I had these feelings toward any of the MINIs I have ever driven. I’m sure a good part of that anxiety is caused …

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Posted bydbAugust 20, 2018Posted inMy MINI11 Comments on Anxiety, Part I

I was waiting for this to happen

Let’s all be honest. I own a 2013 MINI Cooper with a turbo. Definitely not the pinnacle of vehicular reliability. After owning the roadster for a little more than a year, I finally got to be stranded on the side of the road due to something that had stopped working so bad he wouldn’t even …

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Posted bydbJuly 27, 2018Posted inMy MINI1 Comment on I was waiting for this to happen

10K Mile Update

Been almost a year. It has been about 10,000 miles. An oil change and tire repair. 450 hours on the Openometer. Some quick thoughts about my extended time with Hank. The Automatic Transmission I am so conflicted by this, still and daily. While my daily commute is made slightly easier by the automatic transmission, and …

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Posted bydbFebruary 9, 2018February 9, 2018Posted inMy MINILeave a comment on 10K Mile Update

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