From Motortrend.com no less. Something us normally aspirated MINI Cooper drivers already know. For the rest of you. By my estimate, there are at least four basic cars every driving enthusiast should aspire to really drive at least once in their life. By "really drive," I don’t mean cruising by to show off in front …
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I Stand Corrected
For those of you that are also listeners to White Roof Radio, you are already familiar with how I feel about MINI Connected and the Navigation system. $1750 dollars is a lot of money for me for something that I didn’t really get. While I still don’t get MINI Connected, and still think the navigation …
What Was Old, Can Be New
What you are seeing above is a comparison of headlights. The shot on the top is pre-polish. The shot below is post. As you can see in the top shot, my headlights were looking a little worse for wear. And they worked about as good as they looked. So, a little splurge today. Twice actually. …
My Day with the MF Countryman
Last weekend I posted about my day with the Motoringfile Countryman at MotoringFile. Since I’m sure it’s moved to page 2 by now, I wanted to share with you here. On October 21, 2011, I finally got the chance to drive the what is possibily the most argued about MINI ever created; The MINI Countryman. …
Live from SEMA
Oh boy. Those crazy gear heads will do just about anything for attention at SEMA. Case in point, this specimen sent in by Fireball Tim. Have to wonder about handling with that much weight over the front wheels. No need to wonder about straight line acceleration if I had to guess.