yah, that rusting is a big problem on the MINI's... luckily on mine when i had it i read about the rusting rails long before there was any sign of rust. i just coated the entire rail with paint. looked great for the 6yrs i had the car. :thumbups:

oil on MAF sensor is not good.... were you using a alta-process controlled oil-dipped like deep fried chicken intake? man they suckarse.

 

woot! thanks to FedEX, i should be getting the new recaro booster seat for the G by tomorrow. gotta luv fedex.

my fried dumpling package is still in HK! it's been 10 days since i placed the order and the vendor handed off to HKPS. i dont get it, my local HK restaurant can toss up a meal in 5min...they must be amerianized.

 

woot!
my governor's chicken package might arrive tomorrow!

 

oh craps, hamburger helper is now slowing things down. why do they convince customers over and over to be hated?

 

Wait, what happened here? Did that little oven mitt guy ruin things for you?

 

haha, fedex seems to be the only folks that can be trusted.

 

motoron- any recommendations where i can buy 5qts of Mobil1 silver cap 5W30 cheapest around here? (or anywhere i can download some coupons would be great).

i usually buy at walmart but their price has gone up considerably... and i hate going to walmart. just not the place for me.

 

Not sure if it's still cheap, I look for the 5qt jug from Advance Auto, save about $7 compared to individuals most of the time. I haven't done an oil change since Feb, Pearls been sitting so much lately.

I detest walmart but you've got a meijer in Arlington heights and they're cheaper than walmart for groceries, but I don't really remember how big the auto selection is. I tend to do those big box places at 11 at night, after the crowd before the restocking shift

 

yah, walmart's price was like $27+ when i saw it last time (use to be almost always on sale at $22.99) for the 5qt jugs.

but i guess it is still cheaper than getting the 1qt x5. i'll have to check advance auto.... ive never shopped there. only autozone and pepboyz and ORLY's (o'reilleys or something).

 

yeah they put in an O'Reilleys in by me, pointless for car parts but holy crap load of detailing supplies, no epic but there were a few diamonds in the rough for supplies.

 

There are 2 Autozones, 2 Advance Autos, a NAPA, and an O'reilley's within a mile and a half of my house. One of each are within a half a mile.

I still have to order my oil online though. I wish Amsoil was sold in stores.

 

We found out that since the move we no longer meet the demographic to have our oil filters carried in stores (after a too small o-ring snap I do not trust OEM) so it's special order, gone are the days of impulse early oil changes. I'm ok with Mobil1 for normal driving, if I know there's a trip to the track, Dragon, mountain twisties or significant MINI run in the next 10k then I go royal purple; irony is not lost on me that Mobil one lowered royal purple's standards for the definition of full synthetic.

 

dang nabeshin, you sound like you live in the crappy areas of mexico where everyother shop is a car repair shop.

hey my hot&sour soup finally arrived! i didnt know HK was so frikken far from the US. cant wait to try this new bit in my z...

also gotz the new recaro kid's booster seat in the G last night. perfect fit! i test-fitted the kid and he was super excited.
<= his face. <= my face

 

Finally got my gigangeous USB drive...

look at the size of this thing compared to my car! HUGE!




before...

 

I had to look at both those pics like a dozen times to figure out what the difference was

 

hahahaha.

man it's HOT out here today. my FitS told me this am... my FitS is like a thermometer that talks.

 

woo hoo~! hailing outside on my FitS for some massaging.

hail some bowling ball size please. my boss was looking for me cause a huge branch fell on my car but it seems it didn't do enough damage.

 

Ken did you park the fit in a crosswind so it would tip over?


I'm officially waiting on the UPS again, says it's in GA so shouldn't be too long.

 

there were branches everywhere but the enduratechs (coilovers) I have on the car made it too stable and would not tip over.

But I had charburger and cheeze fries last night.

No motoring this am. There's too much debris on the roads. Might take the G out after lunch in time to pickup the kid.
Doing laundry right now.

 

motored the G late morning. was a good drive. i didnt go deep into the woods due to debris still on the roads. going to QD the wheels later on today.

hope it's nice out tomorrow am so that i can pull out the Z.

 

motored my Z this am just before the rain. speedshined afterwards. was a nice morning. got my father's day presents and will have a nice dinner tonight.

happy father's day to you father's out there.

 

Here comes the storm! I should go throw some soap on Josie real quick

 

i should leave the boar's hair brush with soap for the storm to use to clean my wheels on the dd's.

 

So my Rust Bullet arrived and I removed the interior sill plate and then did the surface prep, roughing the paint, removing loose rust, and cleaning with alcohol. Then I got on the first coat. Tomorrow morning I'll get on the second coat, then 2-4 hours of dry time and I'll put on the top coat (another Rust Bullet product). I'll probably put on two coats of that stuff just to be thorough. After all of this, I hope I'll never have to worry about rust there again.

Getting the interior sill plate back on with the seat there will be tough, I think. Removing the plate was hard enough.

 

Nabeshin- sounds good. Once you do it, it will be one less thing to worry about.

So I took my G into that meaningless OBD2 scan "smog check" the other day and noticed today that the highschool drop out (looked like a dork too) scratched the bottom edge of my door and top edge of the side sill.

I didn't notice until today because you have to look at the car straight from the side and not on an angle from where I usually look. Looks like he either sandwiched his scanner's cord or boot or something in the door.

Took some ScratchX on a kiwi pad and removed the scuffage, touched up 2 dots on the sill where it was missing paint. fixed, but I shouldn't have to do this just to get my ECU scanned. will SprayOn wax the area this weekend.