Well besides all the new mods and of course the new dragon graphics, MOTD was not nice this year to us....

On Wednesday we lost power steering at mile 7 coming southbound. I was sure glad Jay was driving and not me...It took all his strength to turn the wheel! YIKES! If I was behind the wheel, we may have been off the mountain! (We did get it back, but we never got to drive the dragon again till we left)

And then to top it off, on the way home, our check engine light came on...We are not sure what is going wrong, but we don't have the same power as before, and as we came off the highway, we noticed that there is some kind of engine rattle!!!

So here is the list of what needs to be checked out tomorrow... We need a new coolant tank, there is an oil leak, we are missing a throttle body bracket (don't know where that came from) we need a new flywheel (the car is still making the eeert sound after being replaced,) the check engine light, and now some kind of rattle!

What happened to your car this MOTD?

 

Let's see...

threw sel and eml at idle many times today as I was leaving and once yesterday but goes away when I punch the gas... go figure

put on a new dampener, new shiney m7 shifter ****....

ooh and I won me some fancy new Wilwood brakes! Wohoo!!! those will go on later this week.


MININurse... sounds like you need a full checkup and a few cocktails to get over the drive home! glad you guys made it home safe!

see you soon

 

Wow, sorry to hear about your trouble. And I was upset because I have a bunch of mud and a few more paint chips!!!

On the plus side, I have a new M7 Strut brace, a new engine damper (thanks Shoe!), and some new Mini Fini cup holders!

It was great being able to place faces with the names here on NAM!

-Ed

 

The Batmini arrived dirty, and left clean, also with spiffy new black gauge faceplates.

(pics in my gallery)

 

I also lost the Power steering while doing the dragon. Then it came back on but would shut off. So anytime I stopped (for more then 1 hr) I was disconnecting the Battery in fear it may run dead. Oh and I cracked my Rear seat delete Kit (Homemade).

 

AH HEMmmmm and a nice black belt line.....

 

why did my post get deleted?

no PS sucks.

 

I had the DDM Works CAI installed on my Cooper by Waylen and it sounds awesome!

Unfortunately, my power steering started to act up as well. It stopped working after I left the Dragon yesterday on the way home. Got home ok, need to call the dealer today to make an appointment.

 

My wife and I drove up Saturday morning with the two girls. My 6yo daughter was so excited that we were going to the "dragon tails". She is a little speed demon and loves to go through the twisties.

Well this trip was full of firsts:

First time on the Dragon with the MCS,
with it raining,
going completely through without getting caught behind slow traffic,
going the speed limit (rain and family),
and having may daughter decide to get car sick and THROW UP in the Cooper!!!

Thats right, she gets sick running the speed limit. I guess there's a first for everything! LOL

 

Rotors were warped so Dan from Grassroots Garage installed some PowerSlot rotors for me.

Before the parade I managed to pick up an antenna (?) that poked a hole in the plastic flap in front of the tire and was dragging. Thanks to those that pulled it out for me at the front of the line.

Also got a small crack in the windsheild sometime on Thursday

 

Got a cracked windshield, but at least no one threw up in the car, jennifer came close a few times....

 

I didn't even make it...... The wife got sick and we had to cancel out last minute.

Anyway the Friday before the Dragon, the wife was on her way home through Atlanta. A semi truck kicked up something that hit the Mini. We lost one of the driving lights, got a nice dent in the bumper and disentigrated the hood scoop.

By the end of the week the Mini should be stripeless, and have gloss black headlight trim rings, black hood scoop, black A-Panel S grills, gloss black powdercoated driving lights and gas cap. New door handles will also be painted, but not installed till I can find the time. The only chrome left will be the Mini logos on the boot and bonnet.

 

We got Hawaiian boot and bonnet stripes. Had a spurious low tire pressure warring light on the way home.

 

Sounds like I came off relatively unscathed. Only thing is I got to work today and my third brake light wouldn't turn off. I restarted the car and that killed it, but I'll be watching closely from now on.

 

Sheesh.

Well, I'd like to tell anyone considering going next time that is IT possible to go and NOT have your car break! I had a great time and see no evidence of anything that's broken -- and we made the long Cherhola loop all the way up and down the mountain and all the way around to the Dragon. All I got was a bit dirty in all the rain!

 

I unintentionally left the driver's side window partially down Friday night. The inside of the car got soaked in the heavy rains, and now the manual door latch won't work. The Wet Okoles did a GREAT job keeping the seat dry, though.

Then Sunday morning when we were packing up, my wife forgot to tell me she had opened the drain on the cooler, and the boot got flooded with all the melted ice from our 1st Annual Heinzelmaennchen Microbrewery run. Today is definitely "Air out the car day"

 

I left my sunroof wide open on Friday night (too much fun ) and the headliner, front seats and mats were totally drenched. Needless to say, it was a stinky and damp ride home. All is well now (a 600 mile drive with all windows opened worked amazingly well).

 

I had to dodge a new hot water heater on I-40 yesterday! That was fun! I got a damper installed by Grassroots Garage and the Drive-in movie was a blast! I hope everyone had a great time. See you next year!

 

I lost two aluminum billet 'hubcaps' from my SSRs in the Dragon. Luckily I have extras. I also wore the hell out of my tires.

I gained a set of Alta front and rear adjustable swaybar links from Outmotoring, a carbon fiber air diverter plate and an engine damper from Custom Mini Shop and a few other goodies. It balances out I guess.

 

I threw check engine lights after each fill up on gas. The car still runs great with plenty of power. I think it is a gas gap failure.. ARGHHH

I got my engine dampner installed by SHU. (saved big bucks over the TSW one). Came up with some ideas for an Air diverter plate (no need to lighten my wallet on Carbon Fiber when a piece of Cardboard or Plastic will do the same thing).

Picked up a shift brake and e brake boot for cheap. That will be used for my Plaid interior project.

 

cracked lower aero kit and a $700 speeding ticket in Ga....

 

D A Y U M!!! Where were you and how fast were you going?!?!

 

Allegedly, I was going 80 in a 60 in a construction zone. The other MINI with me got the same ticket...

I was around exit 104 in S. Ga on I-75.

 

That other MINI was me.

Nothing bad happened to Shadow, though, thank goodness. Would have been a perfect trip aside from the ticket. I had a great time!
I did buy the M7 aero CF Splitter, but did not get it installed yet.

-Tracey

 

Want to sell it cheap, to help pay for that ticket?