What a wild and crazy week I’ve had! For those of you that were following along on Twitter, you already knew that I spent the morning at MINI of Ontario yesterday getting the cooling system sorted out after the body shop installed a new radiator. Here is how it went down. The Friday before MTTS …
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Candy Gram for Mongo
Look at what Chad sent me. For those of you that don’t know what that is, it is a passenger lower trim piece for a 2003 R50 MINI Cooper. Oddly enough, the exact same piece that I have been missing for a few years. The exact same piece that has been driving you crazy that …
Side Scuttles
As you can see from the example above, you could say I’m way overdue for replacements. The other side is completely broken as well so it is definitely time. I’m always amazed when there are huge arguements about them. I mean, it’s just some ornamental trim on the side of the MINI. But, amazingly, when …
Door handle repair
See that? That is the door lock mechanism for a MINI Cooper (click through for the how-to at NAM). For those of you that follow along at twitter, you might remember reading last week that my door stopped opening from the inside. So, since I was successful in the fuel pump replacement on Friday, this …
Back from AMVIV
What another great event! Huge tip of the hat to the Sin City MINI Club and AMVIV planning comitee. A great job as usual gang and from the feed back I got, a great time was had by all! While I finish getting everything done and posted, take a look at this. That’s right. Some …