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For the last several months, I've been having a sort of nagging problem with a "popping" or "chirping" sound that occured mostly during clutching or whenever I accelerated or decelerated rapidly....(as if THAT ever happens while motoring in a MINI )! So I took "Tillman" in to Hendrick's for some TLC and some trouble shooting to try to determine the source of the noise. After several road tests and several hours on the lift, Chris (MINI Tech., "Extraordinaire" ) actually found the source of the "mysterious chirp"....a loose axle nut which allowed the axle to move juuuust enough to make contact with "something or other" underneath the car! WHOO-HOOOO!!!! PROBLEM SOLVED!!!! And it gets better....cost of flanged hex nut and several hours of labor....ZERO DOLLARS (covered under warranty). Great relationship created between Hendrick MINI Service Dept. and MINI owner...PRICELESS!!!!
__________________ "The soul is the same in all living creatures although the body of each is different." Hippocrates "The greatness of a nation and its moral progress can be judged by the way its animals are treated." Ghandi" We can judge the heart of a man by his treatment of animals." Immanuel Kant "Kindness is a language we all can speak. Even the deaf can hear it and the blind can see it." Mother Teresa
__________________ Revolution Mini Works Header, Borla Race Exhaust, M-7 CAI, M-7 DFIC, M-7 16% Pulley, M-7 STB, Texas Motor Engine Damper, M-7 splitter and rear wing, Detriot-Tuned Bypass Valve, DDM Polished Air Box, All ELECTRIC blue and chrome, too much more to mention......
)! So I took "Tillman" in to Hendrick's for some TLC and some trouble shooting to try to determine the source of the noise. After several road tests and several hours on the lift, Chris (MINI Tech., "Extraordinaire" 
) actually found the source of the "mysterious chirp"....a loose axle nut which allowed the axle to move juuuust enough to make contact with "something or other" underneath the car! WHOO-HOOOO!!!! PROBLEM SOLVED!!!! And it gets better....cost of flanged hex nut and several hours of labor....ZERO DOLLARS (covered under warranty). Great relationship created between Hendrick MINI Service Dept. and MINI owner...PRICELESS!!!! 
Dennis Dietzel, (Tillman's Caretaker!)
"The soul is the same in all living creatures although the body of each is different." Hippocrates "The greatness of a nation and its moral progress can be judged by the way its animals are treated." Ghandi" We can judge the heart of a man by his treatment of animals." Immanuel Kant "Kindness is a language we all can speak. Even the deaf can hear it and the blind can see it." Mother Teresa
Revolution Mini Works Header, Borla Race Exhaust, M-7 CAI, M-7 DFIC, M-7 16% Pulley, M-7 STB, Texas Motor Engine Damper, M-7 splitter and rear wing, Detriot-Tuned Bypass Valve, DDM Polished Air Box, All ELECTRIC blue and chrome, too much more to mention......
