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 …

An Argument for Automatic Transmissions

See that above? The number on the left I mean (although 233,658 total miles is impressive, right?). That is the total distance I drove over 7 days, but only reflects 5 days of driving. Equally impressive, right? Now, looking at that number, imagine the final 180 miles. A distance that, at the legal limit, should …

Owner’s Lounge? Cool?

Got yet another email from the Owner’s Lounge saying they missed me. Awwww. That’s sweet. But, it’s still the Owners Lounge. And, I’m sorry to say, it still sucks. Sure I clicked over to vote for MTTS. After that I decided to poke around a bit, see what was going on. Here is what I …