Woohoo! I'll have get my radio charged, I haven't used it in some time. Everything looks great for this weekend!

 

mental note buy GMRS/FRS radios.

 

Looks like Anamosa has their Annual PumpkinFest going on this Saturday.

http://www.anamosachamber.org/pumpkinfest/

 

This is good gouge Paul...we'll be prepared to route ourselves around the Main Street closure.

Shouldn't be an impact on the restaurants as the pumpkin-goers will be attacking the downtown food tents.

 

Great job by Willis Mini and Jeramiah ,however you should see what a thermostat looks like what it costs!!

Drove a f56 base 3cyl turbo auto ,it wasn't too bad

 

That won't be to hard to bypass.

 

Jeramiah is a great guy I used to work with him when he lived in Cedar Rapids. However he did sell his MINI to get a MazdaSpeed3.....

Oh and that thermostat? It looks like a mechanical heart! I opted to do it myself (which was a back breaker) to save a few coins. But if I was out of town, I would have had them do it as well I suppose.

I'm glad to hear everything is in order and your MINI is back on the road!

 

With the Garmin I have electronic gauges and watch the temps. Funny with the new thermostat it runs about 7* warmer on the highway ( up to 230* on a hard run up a hill)and cools down somewhat after getting into town. The temps seem to be more consistent, and the fan runs after engine shut down more. All the electronic temp controls must have been out of whack .

 

I noticed that when I filled up yesterday! Almost did a happy dance by the fuel pump!

 

Had Willis replace mine in my R53 earlier this year. They are not cheap! But I sure am glad Jeremiah is there!

I now have a gadget I keep plugged into my OBD port and an app on my android -Torque (free) - that I can monitor my temps and a bunch of other stuff.

 

we're here in Waterloo, I didn't install my snow tires though

 

The cold morning set off my TPMS. Or at least I HOPE it's the cold morning. BTW it was snowing in Cascade. SNOW!!!

 

We will meet up with the group in Anamosa!

 

That was a really fun trip. I had been telling Angel all day that I wanted to run across a random Mini while we were out on our run. That I wanted to see the look on there face as so many Minis passed them with everyone waving. Then at the Interpretive center we notice we were heavy by one Light Coffee Countryman. One of there friends had told them about a large group of Minis at Caseys filling up. They went online and looked us up. They found this thread, and went to the interpretive center to check out our wonderful cars. They were very nice and loved to talk about there Mini. It was an anniversary gift for each other

 

http://s1068.photobucket.com/user/da...0Fall%20Colors

Here are the pics Angel snapped yesterday.

 

Thanks for all of the pics Dave and Angel...lots to choose from!

Here is my addition to the mix:

https://www.flickr.com/photos/gmm57/...7648420142175/

(One in there just for you, Jeff... )

It was great meeting all of the new folks who came out to join us, as well as all of our CIMC friends who made the trek over to participate. Hope everyone had an enjoyable day despite the chilly temps.

The unexpected, ad hoc invitation to join the car show when we arrived in Maquoketa was certainly an added bonus!

 

Please tell me that we do one of these in the spring too?

I missed out on the carshow action. Angel's Parents invited us to supper since we were in town.

 

(One in there just for you, Jeff... )



LMAO..:lol :

 

What a GREAT time!

THANKS Gary!

 

It was a blast! Nice meeting everyone