For those of you that missed it yesterday on Facebook or Twitter, I actually hit 250,000 miles on my 2003 MINI Cooper. More about this and my AMVIV write-up to follow later this week, but you can see of the photos over in my Flickr stream.
Category Archives: My MINI
Ok. Now I’m Ready
Some key repairs were knocked out this week. Things that I have been meaning to do for a long time but couldn’t do to financial constraints. As you see above, I have 2 working headlights. Passenger side has been out for a few months now, but I rarely drive at night, so I didn’t worry. …
AMVIV, Almost
That’s right gang, A MINI Vacation in Vegas starts this week! I was ready back in March, but now I’m really ready and very excited to go. But, before the massive drive across the Arizona and Nevada deserts can happen, I really should install the fine front control arm bushings that I procured from our …
Arizona Scares Me
I’m starting to be very afraid to drive in Arizona. Take the above mentioned Tweet for example. The woman was so close, I could not see her headlights. And not just once. She was on my ass, less than 12" from the back of my MINI for at least 2 miles. This wasn’t an isolated …
Cars and Coffee
One of the things that I really like about Arizona is that there is always something going on. Every Friday in the Phoenix area there are at least 4 different meetups at random pubs throughout the valley. Almost every weekend there is some kind of ‘festival’ happening too. And, every First Sunday is Cars and …