Way back in November, 2008. I turned 200K miles and had my first breakdown; the alternator died. Alternator was replaced with a rebuilt unit that I sourced from an independant parts house in California. Money was very tight, so with some help from my brother-in-law, we replaced the alternator. That is definitely a job that …
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Another Electric MINI
Sure we all followed along with the factory electic cars. There was that one company that was also selling electric MINIs through Sam’s Club a while back. Now, CravenSpeed has gotten into the game and they just did their first test drive of their electric R53. The donor MINI is a 2002 R53. Great testbed …
WRC MINI vs. Skeleton Bob
For those that haven’t seen the latest Top Gear yet. Overall a great episode. What you don’t see in this clip is Capt. Slow tearing around the hills in a Rally Mini Cooper S. Awesome. It’s really not that hard to find these before they hit BBC America. You just have to know where to …
Doing our Part
You remember when I said this back in March. Instead of placing blame, I’m instead going to choose to help educate where I can like a proper fan boy should. I will continue to let all y’all know that it’s time to check your oil. Help spread the word that the MINI is safe and …
AMVIV 8: The Ocho
Yet another AMVIV is under our belts, a fact I gather you know since I’m pretty sure all y’all were either there or follow along at Facebook have have already seen the photos and read the stories. For me, this one was different than others. And, different in a good way! With it being later …