Bolus,

Good God man, that's insane. I see the license plate but that can't be street legal, can it? That is an awesome looking vehicle. It must be an adreniline rush to drive.

By the way, I know about rock chips. I'm already on my second windshield.

 

Well, the DMV didn't give me any problems. I got insurance and paid for it with a loan too it is amazing what you can accomplish by being extremely vague when asked questions

I read through most of the oregon vehicle code book (730 pages) and the only thing I'm not in compliance with is the windshield wiper... Not like it would help to have one

 

Week 6 bump. I'm at 6,645 miles. Only mod I've done so far is to open up my JCW air box flap to OPEN all the time. Major improvement. Low end throttle response is crisper, and I can pull 6th gear on most all hills where 5th would have been required. Because of this, throttle matching downshifting has improved.

A set of 215/45-17 Dunlop M3 Winter Sports are on my original S-Lites ready for the snow to fall soon up here.

I entered in the VTBMWCCA OktoberFast car show last Saturday and won the MINI People's Choice award. Good show, read here.

Bolus, your nutso! OMG - now we need the photo of your cheeky face all fustered up in motion from the wind - nice score!

Thompson

 

Very cool. congrats on the reward! That reminds me I still need to order some of your badges.

 

Time for another bump to see how everyone is doing. I have been loving my MINI so much I had to go out and buy a Mini.

http://www.cube17576.com/mini/Mini.jpg

1980. 1275cc. RHD. Front discs. 12" wheels

It is going to be a tough choice on deciding which to drive in the morning.

 

Wow, that is sweet looking!! Where did you get it? Was it just someone selling?

I've been tempted to get one with a honda VTEC engine from http://www.superfastminis.com/

 

hey cube17576.... wow... great looking classic. now i really need to motor up to St. Louis to check that out. have fun!

 

Bump for mileage check on all you fellow 2006 Production week 6'ers.

I'm at 8,626.

Just starting to snow this morning and a big dump is expected for the next few days. Only mod to date is my Dunlop Winter Sport M3s on my S-Lites. I hope all is well with everyone else .

 

I'm just shy of 14,000. No winter tires required here in Southern California, but it did dip below freezing (29°F) this morning. I've been in So Cal for close to 20 years and I can't remember it ever being this cold.

Phil

 

That is cold for SoCal - 29 deg! Winter snow driving is fun as long as you theoretically keep an egg between your foot and the pedals. The DSC and limited slip work wonders in the snow, throw in old skewl ebrake handle action and the S works great!

As soon as I bolted on my Dunlop winter sport M3s these non-run flats took a bite out of my good rallye commute mileage, drats. Dropped down from 29 mpgs to 26.

I also took off the JCW flap open mod and the downshifting throttle response and engine note just work better. Not really sure how to describe it, but I prefer the factory designed JCW air box as is stock.

 

Any Week 6ers making it to AMVIV 2007? We've registered and made our hotel reservations already.

Phil

 

7500 for me. The car has been dirty for the last month due to the nearly constant rain. Makes me sad Boy I cant wait to start off spring with a detailing marathon and a track day

I got a VBOX performancebox GPS meter recently
http://www.performancebox.co.uk/

Collects lots of cool performance data and exports to google earth. Here is a run I did in the Mini up a local rural road
http://bolus.shackspace.com/atom/vbox/2.kml

Hit 1g in lateral acceleration in one of the switchback turns
http://bolus.shackspace.com/atom/vbox/switchback.jpg

Now I'm testing out integrating the data with video using trackvision software (boring test video)
http://bolus.shackspace.com/atom/vbox/test.wmv

cant wait to test this out on the track

 

We are at 16,200 and with out pending road trip should be at 18,500 by the first week in Feb.

Here is a shot of me on the go-kart track at Moroso.

 

Haha, tearing up the kart tracks eh? I'm at 11K, bout to go get my service done. I'm behind in mods! All I have is an intake and springs, I want to join the mod party...

 

just a bump... haven't really been around much after purchase.

but keyop went back to play with his brothers and sisters this past weekend. we had 42,000 on the clock all said and done.

great car, loads of fun and very few problems - i think it went in for unscheduled service twice, maybe three times. the worst thing was we had 4 or 5 nails in tires during our lease... 17" pirelli's are not cheap.

we now have a white '09 called pen-pen. overally i'm very happy with the new car. acceleration, ride handling, interior fit, noise, etc... are all notably better. the seats aren't quite as nice and the steering is a bit more "plush", but i'm getting used to it.

the convenience package, bluetooth and ipod connection are all great.

the only bad news is it's already in the shop due to some weird engine stalling issues and i'm driving a cooper clubman loaner (i miss the zoomier engine).

 

Posting in the original thread. I'm at 82,000 miles and still motoring strong — original owner! I've upgraded the brakes to 2009 > JCW Sport kit, front and rear — amazing improvement. Overall, very few issues at all, except for the front lower control arm bushings, replaced these several times. Other than that, my '06 R53 has been rock solid.

 

Wow, blast from the past. I had to sell mine many years ago. Had a leak to the cylinder head gasket. I would have replaced it myself it if was not for the whole front of the car that needed to be removed and the two $500 a piece BMW unique tools required to remove the cylinder head. The dealer wanted $6000 to do it, almost the value of the car. So it had to go. Lots of good memories

 

@bolus - I was wondering if any other 2006 production 6 week listers would chime in. Awe, no fun on the cylinder head leak, that sucks. But, glad you chimed in. Happy new year.
Cheers, Thompson