What did you do to your mini today?
We were driving to the Oxford plant today as a club. A lorry driver in a huge articulated HGV swerved to miss a car which cut him up and clipped the back of my mini clubman. <snipped description of various carnage>...
My beautiful clubbie has the whole of its left side which in the uk is the passenger side scratched, scraped and ripped open.
I walked out of my mini, it saved my life...I am just hoping it is not a vehicle right off as I truely want it back because he saved my life..
I keep getting flash backs and totally traumatised by the whole event..
BUT I am alive...just now have to wait and see what happens to my car.
My beautiful clubbie has the whole of its left side which in the uk is the passenger side scratched, scraped and ripped open.
I walked out of my mini, it saved my life...I am just hoping it is not a vehicle right off as I truely want it back because he saved my life..
I keep getting flash backs and totally traumatised by the whole event..
BUT I am alive...just now have to wait and see what happens to my car.
I like your attitude about wanting your Clubman "revived" since it served you so well. Best of luck / Godspeed / all that to you.
luck? or was that planned?
Well took the 2006, 38K miles (total miles) for an oil change @ the mini dealership
for an oil change, the oil pan gasket is failing (leaking oil). The service tech had me take a look at the failing gasket. this is a very expensive oil change. The luster of owning a mini is going away very quick. I have never seen a failure of an oil pan gasket ever on all of the cars that I have owned. @ 36K miles not a good thing, no excuse.
for an oil change, the oil pan gasket is failing (leaking oil). The service tech had me take a look at the failing gasket. this is a very expensive oil change. The luster of owning a mini is going away very quick. I have never seen a failure of an oil pan gasket ever on all of the cars that I have owned. @ 36K miles not a good thing, no excuse.
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From: North Denver Colorado
The reason they fail so often is because the lower engine mount is atached to the pan. Its just a design flaw there is no cure for. Cars with stiffened lower mounts tend to have even more gasket issues.
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From: Central, FL
Valentines Present
Just done giving Mary Jane a bath and placing the tag from Valentines on the front. I ended up spending around $800 
last Friday for a new fan assembly and oil change at Orlando MINI. She needed a good cleaning after that.....
last Friday for a new fan assembly and oil change at Orlando MINI. She needed a good cleaning after that.....
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From: Vancouver, WA
What Wiper Blades are those??
Installed my Alta intake today, was a little upset with some of the fitment/alignment (nothing major but just not as precise of a fit as I expected and have seen on other brands on previous cars) and a lot upset with the ratio of my hand size to available space in the Mini's engine bay for working
I've got plenty of scrapes and cuts on the backs of my hands now, also the trim on the IC frame is razor sharp, not fun. Overall I like the intake so far, definitely feel a difference in smoothness when accelerating and I'm loving the sound (was ready for an annoying whistle but then realized it's so faint and infrequent which made me very happy... I haven't noticed much power difference but it definitely sounds faster 
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From: Las Vegas
Gloss Black Trim and GL1 Cable and IPad
Took last weekend to prep and paint the grey trim around the Speedo and AC vents. Also got the gl1 cable and dash command app. Have got to say after going on a 240 mile run with the sin city mini club and seeing boost, temps and mileage (along with a ton of other stuff I don't understand), its the coolest thing ever.
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Changed supercharger oil (NOT a fun job, but tons more fun with the guys I did it with, or more precisely the guys who provided the expertise and courage to tackle the job with me helping). Found the rear reservoir looking like extra virgin olive oil (hooray!) and the snout looking great, but the oil was a little darker - definitely was time for a change (71k). Note that supercharger oil smells Really Bad. Worse than gear lube, and a completely different family of smells.
We also had to replace the 'defective' factory supercharger pulley, it appears they installed one that was approximately 15% too large...
We also had to replace the 'defective' factory supercharger pulley, it appears they installed one that was approximately 15% too large...
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Joined: Feb 2008
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From: Vancouver, WA
Happy Birthday to Me!!!
For my Birthday (Feb. 19) and for Molly's 4yr. Ordering Anniversary (Feb.19) I got both of us presents!!
For Molly:
Zimmermann Brake Rotors and Akebono Euro Ceramic Brake Pads
For Me:
A MINI Roof Rack
For Molly:
Zimmermann Brake Rotors and Akebono Euro Ceramic Brake Pads
For Me:
A MINI Roof Rack
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From: Eastern Long Island, NY
6th Gear
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From: Vancouver, WA
Come April she's gettin' Driving Lights!! I'm thinkin' Strut Bar after that!!
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From: Madison, WI
Elf had her second car wash yesterday - so much salt and grime from the "winter" roads here. Noticed my first "smudge" (not a scratch, but a black smear that doesn't rub off) once she was clean. Does Griot's make a product that would remove a smudge?
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From: Robertsdale, Alabama
Try a little goo-gone then throw some wax on it.
