Thanks to everyone that conspired to pull this off. My Co-Driver and I had a blast. We can't even begin to imagine how much better it could be without the off/on weather. THe people, the cars, it was great. Flew back up the highway sunday morn and avoided any serious rain.

Two downsides:

1. Motion sickness when camera operator.
2. Driving my mini around western mass has become mundane.
3. Allready counting down and planning my next trip.
4. Inability to count due to excitement

Paul "Dragon fever" Norton


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Paul

 

>>Flew back up the highway sunday morn and avoided any serious rain.



You got luckier than we did... our MINI caravan back to Florida drove in the soup for almost the entire 10½ hours...

- Mark

 

I like when you get back and see a roadside sign warning of curves up ahead, yea right. Like anything my state has compares to those roads.

 

I bought one of the Dragon Slayer window treatments.... was proud to wear it on the trip, but now back at home it just feels silly.... gonna leave it on a while though, brings back good memories.

 

It was great,it was fun.Thanks to everyone that made it possible.

 

The only downside to the weekend was leaving this morning with my MINI on a flatbed tow-truck. Seems that my MINI has suffered unusual premature brake pad failure. I can't imagine how that could have happened?

 

>>I like when you get back and see a roadside sign warning of curves up ahead, yea right. Like anything my state has compares to those roads.


No kidding... Jodi and I were laughing about that last night, as we watched people slow to a crawl in order to navigate a "curve"

 

>>The only downside to the weekend was leaving this morning with my MINI on a flatbed tow-truck. Seems that my MINI has suffered unusual premature brake pad failure. I can't imagine how that could have happened?

And people thought I was crazy for bringing a floor jack with me!

 

Ah.....the Dragon! Such an enchanted place....the PERFECT MINI road....bar none! Time to plan Dragon #3!! YAY!!!!


Clo/Wanda

 

>>The only downside to the weekend was leaving this morning with my MINI on a flatbed tow-truck. Seems that my MINI has suffered unusual premature brake pad failure. I can't imagine how that could have happened?

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Only one single rear brake pad matched my balding tires, the rest of the pads were fine.

 

^^^^^ gosh darn those rear brakes
i think i'm about due too
must be something with those early 03's

 

sorry to be off-topic, but what is that little guy in your sig, SB?

 

>>The only downside to the weekend was leaving this morning with my MINI on a flatbed tow-truck. Seems that my MINI has suffered unusual premature brake pad failure. I can't imagine how that could have happened?
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At least you got a cool Dragonslayer T-shirt that weekend

 

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>>>>The only downside to the weekend was leaving this morning with my MINI on a flatbed tow-truck. Seems that my MINI has suffered unusual premature brake pad failure. I can't imagine how that could have happened?

 

rotarycoach, that is The Annoying Thing. The site is here, http://www.turboforce3d.com/annoying/index.htm but their video is down. You can find the video here. http://saturncraze.com//Video/the_an...g_480x384.mpeg

 

>>[quote]At least the brakes matched your tires!
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>>Only one single rear brake pad matched my balding tires, the rest of the pads were fine.:smile:

 

>>The only downside to the weekend was leaving this morning with my MINI on a flatbed tow-truck. Seems that my MINI has suffered unusual premature brake pad failure. I can't imagine how that could have happened?

 

the Dragoneers

 

>>The only downside to the weekend was leaving this morning with my MINI on a flatbed tow-truck. Seems that my MINI has suffered unusual premature brake pad failure. I can't imagine how that could have happened?
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I would have thought the cool midnite air would have tempered the wear.
Happy Motoring

 

Yucca checks his brakes out:


And some laughed at me for bringing a floor jack!

 

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>>And some laughed at me for bringing a floor jack! :smile:
weren't you the one with the torque wrench at the loose lug nut party

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The 'loose lug nut party' was more like a moveable feast!

 

I certainly didn't laugh when you brought out the floor jack! Although diagnosing what I already knew was wrong was easy enough, it was great to have others around to pose for silly pics.

I certainly hope that this is not a problem with my caliper, as MINI only replaced the pads and rotors . . . .

I will keep an eye on it and if that same pad wears quicker before 36k miles, I will have MINi address the issue again. . . .

 

351 days to go..or there abouts