What did you do to your mini today?
6th Gear
Joined: Mar 2009
Posts: 1,980
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From: Eastern Long Island, NY
Got him all washed up and ready for his adventure to VA on Tuesday. 
Stops to be made:
College of New Jersey
U of Richmond
College of William & Mary
U of Virginia
James Madison University
Skyline Drive
University of Mary Washington
If you see the Kid coming, don't worry about making room for him - he finds a way!
Stops to be made:
College of New Jersey
U of Richmond
College of William & Mary
U of Virginia
James Madison University
Skyline Drive
University of Mary Washington
If you see the Kid coming, don't worry about making room for him - he finds a way!
6th Gear
Joined: Feb 2011
Posts: 1,575
Likes: 0
From: Maryland, USA
Got him all washed up and ready for his adventure to VA on Tuesday.
Stops to be made:
College of New Jersey
U of Richmond
College of William & Mary
U of Virginia
James Madison University
Skyline Drive
University of Mary Washington
If you see the Kid coming, don't worry about making room for him - he finds a way!
Stops to be made:
College of New Jersey
U of Richmond
College of William & Mary
U of Virginia
James Madison University
Skyline Drive
University of Mary Washington
If you see the Kid coming, don't worry about making room for him - he finds a way!
1st Gear
Joined: Mar 2012
Posts: 47
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From: FT Campbell KY
[QUOTE=RJKimbell;3478781]
Thats a fact! My MINI has officially stolen my wallet and I dont care 
6th Gear
Joined: Feb 2011
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From: Maryland, USA
5th Gear
Joined: Nov 2009
Posts: 1,083
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From: Mount Doom, Mordor
C ya,
Dutch
6th Gear
Joined: Feb 2010
Posts: 2,836
Likes: 6
From: North Denver Colorado
Today I passed the point of no return with doing the prep work for new paint on my car. I wetsanded out the driver door to see how the car is going to look in Matte Dark Silver. I love it, it's got the perfect look for what I am doing with the car.
More can be found in my build thread.
More can be found in my build thread.
Looks good though. Can't wait to see the rest done.
Neutral
Joined: Mar 2012
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Our local school district's spring break was last week.
We filled all four seats (2 adults, two in the low teens area), packed 4 overnight bags and headed to a (nearly full) indoor waterpark about 150 miles away.
Pulled up to the entrance: minivan, SUV, minivan,
minivan, SUV, minivan
If you'd told me a year ago that 4 plus overnight luggage would fit in one, I may not have believed it, and I'm not entirely sure everyone else in line did.
:-)
We filled all four seats (2 adults, two in the low teens area), packed 4 overnight bags and headed to a (nearly full) indoor waterpark about 150 miles away.
Pulled up to the entrance: minivan, SUV, minivan,
MINI
minivan, SUV, minivan
If you'd told me a year ago that 4 plus overnight luggage would fit in one, I may not have believed it, and I'm not entirely sure everyone else in line did.
:-)
2nd Gear
Joined: May 2006
Posts: 145
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From: Aurora, Colorado
Well since i was "On Call" for work this weekend, and figured it was best i didn't leave the house, it was no time then ever to fabricate my light bar.
Not that i'm cheap, but i feel it little more accomplished if i do it myself. So here it is. Haven't gotten the lights hooked up yet, because i need to get a couple wire terminals to connect them to the stock fog light control inside the car.
Not that i'm cheap, but i feel it little more accomplished if i do it myself. So here it is. Haven't gotten the lights hooked up yet, because i need to get a couple wire terminals to connect them to the stock fog light control inside the car.
5th Gear
Joined: Nov 2009
Posts: 1,083
Likes: 112
From: Mount Doom, Mordor
Well since i was "On Call" for work this weekend, and figured it was best i didn't leave the house, it was no time then ever to fabricate my light bar.
Not that i'm cheap, but i feel it little more accomplished if i do it myself. So here it is. Haven't gotten the lights hooked up yet, because i need to get a couple wire terminals to connect them to the stock fog light control inside the car.
Not that i'm cheap, but i feel it little more accomplished if i do it myself. So here it is. Haven't gotten the lights hooked up yet, because i need to get a couple wire terminals to connect them to the stock fog light control inside the car.
If I was doing one for mine, I'd consider a single one in the center on top of the bar, and I'd have the other two slightly "crosseyed" for seeing around corners.... I wonder if the bar was that low, if the middle light(s) would be out of the airflow stream for the intercooler intake scoop in the hood on the old R53.
C ya,
Dutch
6th Gear
Joined: Feb 2010
Posts: 2,836
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From: North Denver Colorado
Its all just part of the prep anyhow, so if I where to screw it up or not like the look, it really wouldnt matter. The whole car is getting resprayed anyhow.
The only part I am keeping glossy is the black roof, and the CHALLENGE graphics that I will have cut are going to be gloss as well as reflective.
Going to buzz the paint off the roof tonight and maby fill the 4 little dings that all MINIs that are driven HARD seem to get.
1st Gear
Joined: Oct 2011
Posts: 27
Likes: 0
From: Annapolis MD
Thanks for your take. That's fine. It is human nature to support and defend a fellow tech. I've been a licensed driver and auto enthusiast for over 3 decades and am ALL too familiar with book priced labor.
What you may have glossed over is that Waylen talked up his tight relationship with the local shop -- that he's been there (in Rockville MD), trained them in MINI and works closely with them. If ANYONE would be expected to be aware that they may have a different rate than he quoted the job, it would be him. Why would I imagine they'd quote nearly 3x the hours after he went on about his close relationship?
If he had not said anything about this particular relationship, of course I'd have called one or two shops BEFORE ordering the parts. I bought the parts both on his accolades for the parts and his quote of 2 1/2 to 3 hours to do the job. Clearly he knew full well that the labor wouldn't be as quoted ( you say I should have)but chose to push the sale rather than look out for a customer.
I returned the goods of course. His terms policy , before changing it what it is now, said 20% restock fee under the section Damaged, Mis-Packaged, or Missing goods: not applicable to me.
We fit under
Returns/Refunds: There was no fee noted under this section.
He has since changed it, but I have an image of the original entire terms section. I knew he would change it once we started battling. His lack of concern for cleaning up the 'mess' he made shows me he is hardly a nice guy or a wonderful business man.
A decent and fair solution would have been for him to refund the full amount . The parts came back to him unopened and unmolested. Worse still? I paid for shipping both ways. Oh, worse still??? he started by refunding 73% of the fee, not the 80%! As if we'd just say 'oh well'. Yeah, he's a fine dude.
This is hardly about the money... which won't change either of our lives one nick. For me, this about being jacked around and not sitting down for it.
If he was so smart and a decent guy, he'd have said sorry, and thank you for paying the shipping, here's your full refund for the parts. But he chose to do the wrong thing... and why? For a few bucks? I mean he has lost me and my lady's cars as consumables...and anyone I know who has a MINI.
I don't wish anything bad on anyone. But I don't mind sharing the experience one bit. Just as I don't mind blathering accolades upon a business that serves me well. I've posted innumerable compliments to businesses on yelp and the like. But fair is fair;0)
At this point I'm sick of talking about it. Sorry to have taken up so much space.
Now on to all things fun about MINI... !
What you may have glossed over is that Waylen talked up his tight relationship with the local shop -- that he's been there (in Rockville MD), trained them in MINI and works closely with them. If ANYONE would be expected to be aware that they may have a different rate than he quoted the job, it would be him. Why would I imagine they'd quote nearly 3x the hours after he went on about his close relationship?
If he had not said anything about this particular relationship, of course I'd have called one or two shops BEFORE ordering the parts. I bought the parts both on his accolades for the parts and his quote of 2 1/2 to 3 hours to do the job. Clearly he knew full well that the labor wouldn't be as quoted ( you say I should have)but chose to push the sale rather than look out for a customer.
I returned the goods of course. His terms policy , before changing it what it is now, said 20% restock fee under the section Damaged, Mis-Packaged, or Missing goods: not applicable to me.
We fit under
Returns/Refunds: There was no fee noted under this section.
He has since changed it, but I have an image of the original entire terms section. I knew he would change it once we started battling. His lack of concern for cleaning up the 'mess' he made shows me he is hardly a nice guy or a wonderful business man.
A decent and fair solution would have been for him to refund the full amount . The parts came back to him unopened and unmolested. Worse still? I paid for shipping both ways. Oh, worse still??? he started by refunding 73% of the fee, not the 80%! As if we'd just say 'oh well'. Yeah, he's a fine dude.
This is hardly about the money... which won't change either of our lives one nick. For me, this about being jacked around and not sitting down for it.
If he was so smart and a decent guy, he'd have said sorry, and thank you for paying the shipping, here's your full refund for the parts. But he chose to do the wrong thing... and why? For a few bucks? I mean he has lost me and my lady's cars as consumables...and anyone I know who has a MINI.
I don't wish anything bad on anyone. But I don't mind sharing the experience one bit. Just as I don't mind blathering accolades upon a business that serves me well. I've posted innumerable compliments to businesses on yelp and the like. But fair is fair;0)
At this point I'm sick of talking about it. Sorry to have taken up so much space.
Now on to all things fun about MINI... !
Last edited by cravates; Mar 26, 2012 at 05:09 PM.
Custom badges arrived today! I like the prancing moose gag on Volvos, and wanted to create a Mini version. First I tried to do a prancing bulldog but it ended up looking like a wombat having a seizure. Went with the Bavarian lion instead.
1st Gear
Joined: Jun 2011
Posts: 30
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From: Northern Virginia
Thanks for your take. That's fine. It is human nature to support and defend a fellow tech. I've been a licensed driver and auto enthusiast for over 3 decades and am ALL too familiar with book priced labor.
What you may have glossed over is that Waylen talked up his tight relationship with the local shop -- that he's been there (in Rockville MD), trained them in MINI and works closely with them. If ANYONE would be expected to be aware that they may have a different rate than he quoted the job, it would be him. Why would I imagine they'd quote nearly 3x the hours after he went on about his close relationship?
If he had not said anything about this particular relationship, of course I'd have called one or two shops BEFORE ordering the parts. I bought the parts both on his accolades for the parts and his quote of 2 1/2 to 3 hours to do the job. Clearly he knew full well that the labor wouldn't be as quoted ( you say I should have)but chose to push the sale rather than look out for a customer.
I returned the goods of course. His terms policy , before changing it what it is now, said 20% restock fee under the section Damaged, Mis-Packaged, or Missing goods: not applicable to me.
We fit under
Returns/Refunds: There was no fee noted under this section.
He has since changed it, but I have an image of the original entire terms section. I knew he would change it once we started battling. His lack of concern for cleaning up the 'mess' he made shows me he is hardly a nice guy or a wonderful business man.
A decent and fair solution would have been for him to refund the full amount . The parts came back to him unopened and unmolested. Worse still? I paid for shipping both ways. Oh, worse still??? he started by refunding 73% of the fee, not the 80%! As if we'd just say 'oh well'. Yeah, he's a fine dude.
This is hardly about the money... which won't change either of our lives one nick. For me, this about being jacked around and not sitting down for it.
If he was so smart and a decent guy, he'd have said sorry, and thank you for paying the shipping, here's your full refund for the parts. But he chose to do the wrong thing... and why? For a few bucks? I mean he has lost me and my lady's cars as consumables...and anyone I know who has a MINI.
I don't wish anything bad on anyone. But I don't mind sharing the experience one bit. Just as I don't mind blathering accolades upon a business that serves me well. I've posted innumerable compliments to businesses on yelp and the like. But fair is fair;0)
At this point I'm sick of talking about it. Sorry to have taken up so much space.
Now on to all things fun about MINI... !
What you may have glossed over is that Waylen talked up his tight relationship with the local shop -- that he's been there (in Rockville MD), trained them in MINI and works closely with them. If ANYONE would be expected to be aware that they may have a different rate than he quoted the job, it would be him. Why would I imagine they'd quote nearly 3x the hours after he went on about his close relationship?
If he had not said anything about this particular relationship, of course I'd have called one or two shops BEFORE ordering the parts. I bought the parts both on his accolades for the parts and his quote of 2 1/2 to 3 hours to do the job. Clearly he knew full well that the labor wouldn't be as quoted ( you say I should have)but chose to push the sale rather than look out for a customer.
I returned the goods of course. His terms policy , before changing it what it is now, said 20% restock fee under the section Damaged, Mis-Packaged, or Missing goods: not applicable to me.
We fit under
Returns/Refunds: There was no fee noted under this section.
He has since changed it, but I have an image of the original entire terms section. I knew he would change it once we started battling. His lack of concern for cleaning up the 'mess' he made shows me he is hardly a nice guy or a wonderful business man.
A decent and fair solution would have been for him to refund the full amount . The parts came back to him unopened and unmolested. Worse still? I paid for shipping both ways. Oh, worse still??? he started by refunding 73% of the fee, not the 80%! As if we'd just say 'oh well'. Yeah, he's a fine dude.
This is hardly about the money... which won't change either of our lives one nick. For me, this about being jacked around and not sitting down for it.
If he was so smart and a decent guy, he'd have said sorry, and thank you for paying the shipping, here's your full refund for the parts. But he chose to do the wrong thing... and why? For a few bucks? I mean he has lost me and my lady's cars as consumables...and anyone I know who has a MINI.
I don't wish anything bad on anyone. But I don't mind sharing the experience one bit. Just as I don't mind blathering accolades upon a business that serves me well. I've posted innumerable compliments to businesses on yelp and the like. But fair is fair;0)
At this point I'm sick of talking about it. Sorry to have taken up so much space.
Now on to all things fun about MINI... !
6th Gear
Joined: Sep 2011
Posts: 1,961
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From: Robertsdale, Alabama
Attitude does go a long ways.
There have even been folks out here willing to do
this guys install for free and he still returned the parts.
Go figure.
Some people you just can't make happy. He's probably
not even happy with himself.
There have even been folks out here willing to do
this guys install for free and he still returned the parts.
Go figure.
Some people you just can't make happy. He's probably
not even happy with himself.
6th Gear
Joined: Sep 2011
Posts: 1,961
Likes: 0
From: Robertsdale, Alabama
No, two!!!!!!!!!!!
I just ordered a bunch of stuff with Way over the weekend, and even made a mistake ordering the wrong part. I emailed him once I noticed my error and he got back to me almost right away, taking care of it. I am all for sharing your experience - you should have a voice here. But I think you are blaming the wrong person. Way cannot guarantee rates that he doesn't control. You may not have thought of that, but you can't blame Way for providing his input. That said, I couldn't be happier with his service.
I ordered parts from Madness Motorworks and Outmotoring and in both cases there were back orders not listed on their sites. One is 2+ weeks and the other will be 6+ weeks total. That to me is worse C.S. than expecting a guy to have control over shop labor rates for a place that's out of his home state.
Train them or not, he's not the business owner there. He's just not going to have the control you think he should...
I ordered parts from Madness Motorworks and Outmotoring and in both cases there were back orders not listed on their sites. One is 2+ weeks and the other will be 6+ weeks total. That to me is worse C.S. than expecting a guy to have control over shop labor rates for a place that's out of his home state.
Train them or not, he's not the business owner there. He's just not going to have the control you think he should...