It's official......our the_beastmaster (Bryan) is once again President for the local chapter of the BMW CCA. Congrats and thanks for stepping up. Seems like CCH was starting to slow down so hopefully under B's leadership it'll pick up again. I let my membership expire but I'll definitely be signing up again to show my support for B.

 

Thanks, D! Don't forget that MINIs are welcome at CCH events.

We do stuff quarterly, so I'm planning a nice Island drive probably in March and we're most likely going to do Spring Fling on Maui since there is no word on the fate of our track.

Also, CCH will be planning more social events such as dinners and perhaps evening outings such as a jazz night at The Halekulani. We will also be doing more charitable events such as food drives and the like.

 

spring fling on maui? is the ferry gonna be operating by then? that'd be perfect...

 

interisland rally! now that's hot!

 

Spoke to Gerard and we're thinking of doing a DIY demo day at Motorwerkes for BMWs and MINIs.

 

sweet...what is he going to show?

 

Haven't figured it out, but stuff that would be similar on both makes such as brake bleed, oil change, maybe a brake job and some other stuff. Maybe even some suspension tweaking or something. When Erik (Helix13) was down here, he used Gerards shop and I helped him out with the installs for brakes, exhaust, sway bars, suspension, pulley and intake.

 

Beastmaster,
Great news and congrats on being BMWCCA president. Certainly DIY session at Motorwerks is a welcome event.

Good idea about focusing on things common to both MINI and BMW-
Many are ongoing maintenance concerns especially with tracking our cars.

Other basics-
Air intake install
Rear swaybar install
Lowering springs install
Short shift kit install
Pulley belt replacement
Brake pad replacement

The Super Ferry won't be ready for Spring Fling 06.
But the HRP track might still be available- get in contact with HRP to secure dates. (fingers crossed).

 

How about something that most of us haven't tackled yet but is an important thing to check/do (and better done on a lift)? Like flushing/changing radiator fluid, checking/changing tranny fluid, or something like that? Maybe he can give us an idea what he would charge for typical installs too. I know that bgrpph likes Gerards place a lot and has been getting a lot of help on difficult situations too.

[Edit] : Just talked to the_beastmaster and he even suggested some great "basic" things for newb MINI/BMW owners, like going over "what kind of tools a DIYer should have in their garage", "how to jump start a MINI/BMW", and subjects like this. Great idea!

[Edit2] : B, how about going over things like "don't waste your money on..(part)...", "what to look for in..(part)...", "what to look for in tools", etc.?

 

i like that idea... that would be some useful info that we all can learn from. (flushing/changing radiator fluid, checking/changing tranny fluid). btw, when are we suppose to change our fluids for the tranny and radiator?

 

beast....i'm back on as president of HMMC...call me and lets chat about doing lots of joint stuff this year. lets do lunch on Monday if you can. how about...ranch 99? hahahahah sound familiar? ah, the good old days. DaKineMINI, wanna join us? maybe we can catch a lobster while we're at it! hahaah

DaKineMINI and cwlouis...GREAT ideas! Thanks to the both of you for all of your club support. I think this year will be AWESOME!!!!!!!!!!!! I can just feel it!

 

99 Ranch on Monday? What time?

 

hows about 11a so that way D can come, too. No need be 99 Ranch...i didn't like their food anyways. But somewhere in that area so that D no need drive too far.

 

Lunch at 99 Ranch! Seems SO long ago - that's when the seeds of HMMC were planted.

 

Actually it's "somewhere that D can find" - been here over two years and still can't find anything.

 

Let D name the place...so he can find it! 11am is fine, I just better get up in time.

 

Wahoo's @ Ward.

 

that's the new place, right?

 

Yeah new place - OC transplant like me.

 

--HMMC MUST have a Maui Winery drive one day! The road up to the Winery and Ranch is soooo winding and SMOOOOOTH!!! Not to mention the scenery is breathtaking as it goes up the mountain coast. So while the drivers are loving each turn, corner and dropping corkscrew (very Laguna Seca) the passengers will enjoy the scenery and smoothness of the road too. Then at the end of the drive there's the Winery with free samplers and the Ranch too. Lots of stuff to see, eat, drink and buy. Don't worry they only give you 3 samples of wine at a time so we'll all make it back down.

I went up to Maui last fall with a co-worker and we took a Dodge Magnum up there and it was FUN! We were both thinking the same thing. "I wish I had my MINI." Of course he was thinking he wish he had his eclipse at the time. But now that he has an STI I think he'd love it even more. The Rapid Transit guys (formerly DSM) would probably join us too if we went up there.

Let's support the Ferry!

--pyratio

 

I think the passengers will be like this and gege-ing.

 

i'll be there.... beast, i'm gonna call you at 10 to wake your butt up!

 

Monday. 11pm. Wahoo. Got it.

 

is that the fish taco place? my co wokers thinks it rocks!

 

Yeah that'd be it. One of the places I wished would come here.

Is it open that late?