Made a stop today to check on Roxy’s progress. Or, rather, Jerry’s progress with her. So far, so good. Our man is pretty thorough, as you can tell. He even took the time to clean the transmission while it was out of the car! Holy smokes. Tearing things apart, he tells me everything looks as …
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Your Summertime Reminder
I’m a big fan of taking care of my cars. They cost a lot of money to purchase and a lot to repair. As a bonus, I’m a frugal guy, which means I like to do what I can, when I can. Things like, oh, I don’t know, checking my oil. Oh, you say you …
MINI Recall for the R5x and R60
Just in case you missed it on MotoringFile or Facebook, BMW is in the process of issuing a recall for all 2007 – 2011 R5x and R60 MINI Coopers with the turbo charged engine. The recall is for the auxiliary water pump, which is supposed to cool the turbo after the car is turned off. …
Build Your Own Coupe
Why not, I did. BRG II with Black Roof. And I really love those wheels! Interior looks something like this. Classy, right? Oh yea, because it’s how I roll, this is configured as a Cooper, price is $31,000US. Cooper S came to $32,500. If wishing made it so. Go on, do some wishing of your …
My First
My fuel pump cherry was busted wide open today. After 230k miles and pumping over 8k gallons of fuel, I’m ok with that. For those of you wondering, this job is very simple unless you have issues with the smell of petrol. Took me about 20 minutes start to finish using nothing more than a …