Oh wow, we almost have twin cars. Looks great!

 

today, loaded up my '04 MCS as it was pulled behind my brother-in-law's U-Haul on his way from Atlanta to Phoenix.

(sniff sniff)

..... wait for it ....

and one week until delivery of my NEW 2011 MCS CONVERTIBLE!

 

Nice! Only, you have greater toys on it!

 

Installed my Detroit Tuned bypass valve

 

WAAAAH......... WOOOOHOOOOO!

 

washed about 1000 cicadas off my car which has been a daily event here in middle tennessee...ickyyyy!!!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tfy2wi3u-VY

 

Just got him back from Kevin at Integral Audio. The new Soundstage defies the wind - windows were all the way down at 70 mph and I couldn't hear the wind.

Nice to have my MINI back after giving him up for 9 days.

 

Took a nice drive up and down Florida's turnpike, about 300 miles round trip. Then spent 1.5 hours cleaning her this evening. Lovebug season is sooo nasty!!!

 

That noise constantly would drive me batty!!

 

it does! it's VERY loud! only 2-3 more weeks of it! lol

 

What exactly are you talking about "soundstage"? Sounds interesting.

 

A complete, amplified upgrade of the speakers up front. He's already put the subwoofer in the boot - the sound is outstanding.

Almost as good was looking at pics with my driver's seat out of the car.

 

Added the NM heat shield, and the NM High Flow Induction kit. NM produces very well illustrated instructions, and everything fits perfectly. The intake makes the swoosh noise when pull in air, and you hear the BOV (pst) when easing off gas. Not at all disturbing and barely noticeable with stereo on. The biggest improvement is how responsive the car becomes in basic drive mode -- almost as responsive as in sport mode.

Next week I plan to install air charge tube, discharge tube and FMIC. I am also going to get it dyno'd to see where all this puts me. At the very least, I'm impressed with the induction assist with responsiveness. More to follow.

 

I had the A/C compressor and condenser replaced, as well as the radiator. They were damaged in what seemed like a tiny little crash...

 

Got my LET'S MOTOR license plate frame for the boot. Now I don't have to advertise for a dealership I don't like.

 

I removed the one I had the same day I drove it home.

 

errr...

prepped the car to race against the Porsches tomorrow at Devens!

(too much fun)

 

Please let us know how that turns out. Don't worry, I have faith!

 

Wash, Clay, and Wax today.

 

Broke the coolent hose tee that the overflow tank hooks to. blew out all my antifreeze as I was driving home. Lucky for me I was only a few blocks away.

They didn't have the part at my dealership so I have to go get the part and fix her tomorrow.

 

Was gonna' give Molly a Nice Dawn Bath tonight, stuffed and tired after Dinner out with the Husband though. Re-read the label on my Griot's Wheel Cleaner...gonna' start early in the AM, hope to give her a nice Polish and Wax over the Weekend!!

 

Ordered black out grill, "installed" light in sight, replaced some bulbs. . .almost pulled the trigger on some springs, just waiting to hear back from Dan at MachV. . . STILL waiting on my M7 Strut tower brace/defender.

 

Today I stuck some Velcro to my dash near the tach and on the speedometer to mount my AP and Droid. I was tired of the craven mount, as it kept breaking on me and didn't have the strength to hold up my phone without falling. Now I can easily throw on either my droid for navigation or my accessport to monitor my engine while driving.

 

Hey Joey, out of curiosity what CravenSpeed mount did you get? I ended up getting the universal (scissor) mount for my Samsung Galaxy S and so far it's holding up well. But your comment got me a tad worried since I've only had this mount for 2 weeks and I'm already being a little rough with it.

I like the utilitarian velcro approach. No nonsense, just gettin 'er dun!

 

One of the guys in our local MINI club showed me this stuff that looked like Silly Putty that he used to stick his phone and GPS to the dash in his big SUV. I wish I could remember what the stuff's called. He tells me it works so well that the phone and GPS don't fall off even during some pretty crazy off-roading.... It comes off clean and leaves no marks, too. Neat stuff!

C ya,
Dutch