Fur sheezle! Chief, life's not gonna be the same without you. Hurry back with some good stories.

 

Carded 3 Minis today

 

With my 3 month trip with the Navy and my better half driving my car I decided that I should check on the contents of my new second generation BSH catch can. Located just outboard of the coolant tank.



When I installed this catch can I also installed the dual port plug and recorded the milage. Now with just over 32,000 miles total and 897 since install here is the results



BSH will tell you that for more money they could make a product that looks better, however when it works why mess with perfection. Steve has both of the Mods in stock and they are a quick install. Looks like this is a monthly or bi-monthly check item. I plan on checking this again after I get back as it will only be driven once or twice a week as she really enjoys her cabrio better. Suzie does plan on going to Casa this Friday so Jim might just have to share some chips with her and Tom

 

Dr.Steve, when're we gonna do the BSH catch-can? Chief, how you likin' your TSW springs?

 

What is that? It looks like something left over in the pan after you fry chicken, yuck! Is that motor oil?

 

The TSW springs along with the Non Run-flat tires are AWESOME The car is now extremely pleasant to drive with out being bone jarring along with an improvement in handling due to CG being slightly lowered.

Yes it has used oil water and crud that was pulled from the air lines off the engine. The catch can works and with all the threads and forums out there about engine issues especially with the turbo engines these will help prevent issues. However unlike other catch cans that really don't function that well, these will have to be drained on a scheduled interval as the picture showed. This is the same catch can now with 18 hours of time to settle.

 

Tron Chief--I hear you will be going to Korea as well? Here are some common words/phrases with pronounciations for you:

hello an-yong ha-ship ni ka
goodbye an-yong-hee ka ship shi-yo;
thank you kam-sa ham ni-da
pleased to meet you pan-gahp seum ni-da
welcome uh-suh oh-ship-shi-yo
one ha-na
two dul
three set
four net
five da-sut
six yuh-sut
seven il-gob
eight yuh-dul
nine ah-hob
ten yul

(See--my 11 years of taekwondo was not for nothing)

Good luck and have fun. j.

 

Thanks for the Korean, sitting at the airport flight leaves at 6pm getting into Seattle at 8pm. I get to check into my second flight at 0025 for a 0445 departure, arriving in Japan on Friday morning at 1055. 16 hours ahead of sunny CA.

 

Just landed for the first time in Japan, aircraft is going thru customs and being fueled. It only took 11 hours of flight time to go from Seattle to Tokyo. To bad Casa is not here as it is now just after 8am on FRIDAY. Be safe and have fun.

 

just drink some sake and you can imagine you are at the CASA

 

Dr.Steve, what's going down at the shop? You've been mysteriously quiet. I'm sure you're plotting on something good.

 

Wow, wow, wow.......M7 Tuning car for sale. If I wasn't foraying into the classic Vette world this would be a siiiick car to have. JIMINNI, isn't your oldest getting ready to turn 16?

 

Wonder what the reserve is on the M7 car?

 

Hey, Tron Chief, if you are accessing NAM, isn't this your tail fin? This was on a thread of pictures from AMVIV 7. Cool.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/beken/4...7623764774180/

This one has to be Sara.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/beken/4...7623764774180/

 

Kiki that is most definately my wing on the "Master Blaster"

 

I may not know what it's official name is - wing, but I knew it when I saw it!

 

That's funny.

 

My nephew just crashed his bike into my MINI which made a deep 6" gouge on the left front fender.

 

I had an even worse event happen. I pulled out into a garage door that jammed up just high enough for me not to see it in my side view and rearview mirrors. So my antenna was ripped off along with the rear spoiler. The spoiler is reusable but needs to be painted and the hatch needs sheet metal repair, primer and paint. My car looks like crap! Oh well at least the window was not blown out. Hopefully I can get my car back to its normal self.

Armando

 

I'm sorry to here that. Give me a call on the shop phone (559.320.0004) on Monday about the antenna.

Steve

 

Here's some good Mr.T'isms:

1. Despite popular belief, if there is a fool in the woods, and nobody is around to hear his jibba jabba, Mr. T is still able to pity him.

2. Mr. T once owned a beauty parlor called "I Pretty the Fool". No matter what anyone asked for, they always receieved mohawks and a heavy dose of pity.

3. Mr. T once won the Olympics. All of them.




& yes, another cool piece from Duell AG:

 

MINI's are FUN on the track!


This is from the High Performance Driving School at Buttonwillow last Friday. There was another Clubman from the Golden Gate Mini club, and a new JCW Coupe from Hollywood.

 

More awesome Mr.T facts:

1. Mr. T is allergic to doorknobs. That's why he can only kick through doors.

2. When Mr. T folds his arms, the U.S. Terror Alert Level is raised to gold.

3. Mr. T once biked around North America, beating Lance Armstrong's Tour De France time by 3 and a half hours. When questioned about this amazing feat his only comment was "France is for fools!"
&
4. Mr. T once punched a double decker bus so hard that it crapped out a Mini Cooper.

 

This past weekend, I parked my MINI in the parking lot at a local school during a baseball tournament. As I was entering my MINI, an elderly gentleman was walked by. With a folding chair in one hand, and an ice chest in the other, he gave me a very kind compliment on the MINI. As he turned his head, to look at my car, and say,"Now that's a nice MINI!" he wasn't paying attention where he was walking. He tripped over a parking block and fell on his face. My wife and I ran over to him to check if he was okay. He bounced right up, and laughed. He brushed his pants off, and said,"Man, I guess your MINI mesmerized me!"
I felt bad that the man fell, but I guess I'll take it as a compliment........

 

Cubby, after watching the folks at AMVIV your car has that affect on people