I put the car back on the road and took it for a little test drive to blow the 6 months of garage dust off of it.

 

Nice and sticky, looks like super wide superbike tire

 

My new coolant bottle arrived today. Ordered on amazon two days ago and it arrived on my doorstep this morning. Shipping has exceeded expectation on the time frame.

 

Hey that looks like mine lol I guess mine has been replaced as well.

 

Could have been. Mine that came out was pretty brown and dingy.

 

Washing...

And more washing...

 

Wow! White Mini and green grass. Must be nice. Only white here is on the lawn and really haven't grass since December.




We've maybe lost about a foot and a half off that snow since I took the picture, but still plenty out there.

How did the Countryman turn out?

 

We had a pretty warm day yesterday that got rid of the last of our snow. The Countryman was REALLY dirty. After a wash, some fallout remover, and a pass with quick detailer it eventually came out pretty clean. Needs a once over with clay once the weather is properly nice for a while. Silver White is a tough color to keep clean!

I didn't take after pics outside, but they're tucked in for the night.



--Matt

 

Yes it is! Clay weather is coming. Post up a picture of the results!

 

I added an after to the post above, but they're inside a garage :p

The real question at this point is clay or Autoscrub. Autoscrub is definitely faster, but I feel like the results are a bit better with clay and I find myself missing the real clay experience (ie. Seeing everything as it gets lifted away) afterwards.

--Matt

 

Agree! Clay is time consuming, but I've always liked the results best.

And both your Minis look great... White Silver is definitely a great color for them!

 

Agteed. I think you've helped me decide!

I did add ONR to both the rinse bucket and the bottle on the foam cannon (alongside CG Mr. Pink). Boy is that stuff slippery! I read some posts suggesting that dirt suspends better with it there, and I'm inclined to believe them at this point. The combination smelled wonderful too!

--Matt

 

Will give those products a try. Several here on the forum have liked the results.

 

Ordered an msd coil, msd wires, and some NGK one heat range colder plugs for my r53. I decided to go through amazon for these instead of a vendor. I usually like to support the vendor community but when my bill goes from 260 for all 3 to 170 shipped I'm good with amazon.

 

Bought an 05 s convertible and a used block. Mine grenaded. Built one and swapped. All in less then 24 hours. But I'm pooped

 

Hey, Dallas_MINI, you Black Jackin'it too?

 

Took the rear seats out in preparation for the delete kit I'm building next week for my trip. The seats take up a surprising amount of space.

 

Finally installed my Yakima roof racks and RockyMounts bike carrier.

 

Bought my 1st "mod" yesterday....the Bentley manual lol

 

Drove it to work for the first time this year.

 

Lookin' good! Move the car forward and turn to the right a hair and it'll look like you have a "mini" kayak on the rack. Came close in the picture! And the Yakima rack wind deflector must have been made for the Mini. Excellent fit.

Mount up the bike!

 

It's been raining for days here in NJ. Tomorrow the sun is coming out. I washed the car in the garage rinsing it with water bottles. That is what you do when you are a car lover!

 

Ha, I didn't even notice that!

 

Today at the shop getting stop tech drilled and slotted roters steal lines and pads installed.
Boy I should not have a day off.lol

 

Great day off, but we need pictures or it didn't happen!!