You might remember I built out a few MINIs back in February with the following spec. Lightning Blue (R56: White Roof, R55: Silver Roof and C pillars) White turn signals Sport and Cold Weather Packs MC and Clubman – Xenons, front & rear fogs, rear spoiler MCS and Clubman S – Rear fogs, Limited Slip …
Category Archives: My MINI
I forgot to show you
So close to 200k I can practically taste it! Actually, this is a little low. I haven’t been driving as much as I normally do for the last 3 weeks. If I had been, this would be closer to 192K. Still runs like a champ! Even with the leaky radiator and bad suspension. Not too …
City driving isn’t how you do it
I’ve had a bit of time on my hands for the last few weeks. I also haven’t had my tortuous commute. So, I thought it would be a good week to brush up on my Hypermiling skills. For almost the entire week I had less than 100 miles of highway driving. All of it city, …
From the Archives
I’ve been fairly busy over the last few days (including trying to decide if I want to drive 1K miles to Arizona and back next week) and the site is a disaster of sorts. While I get things back to normal (and make dbmini stop looking like this), here is a nugget from the archives …
My First
Of all days to not have my camera with me. I had just finished getting 2 new Kumho Ecsta ASX’s installed on Roxy and needed fuel. Went to the cheapest station I could find where premium was less than $4.00 a gallon (but not by much) and proceeded to fill up. $50.50 later, I had …