Just recently purchased my 2013 R56S
just wanted to say hello to every one here see if there is any from the boston area around as well.
this will also be a place where ill be posting any updates or anything i do to the car.

this is my daily driver.
i want something fun with a little bit of power
my first mod is the JB+ it should be here thursday
i plan on putting an altaperformance turbo back exhaust this summer
lowering on h&r springs with rims hopefully by summer

well here is a link with some photos as of right now
http://imgur.com/a/We8n2

 

Nice ride! Welcome from Lowell!

 

Welcome from North Attleboro.

 

hey guys!
nice to see some people from boston around here. hopefully there are some meets around the summer.
Just placed my order for some h&r springs cant wait to get them.
next up Vorshlag Camber Plates & Perches

 

Greetings from Bellingham! Welcome!

 

Welcome from Rhode Island!!

 

Greetings from Cape Cod

 

Greetings every one! Just ordered my suspension set up and exhaust can't wait to install all of it once it come ins

 

Welcome! I'm pretty new as well. I'm in Oxford (about 45min from Boston). I'm already out of control with the modding. I got the NM springs the other day with a rear swaybar—it made a huge difference.

 

Yeah I can't wait to put everything together. I'm about to take it to a shop to do it for me as soon as everything gets here if its still this cold. There is no way I'll be doing anything in the drive way. What kind of away bar you get?

 

It would be a pleasure to meet you at an autocross - you are just east of one of the best venues in the country, and the R56S is an excellent car for the job.

Cheers,

Charlie

 

Yeah I never done any auto cross before but I been dying to do it. I signed up for Thompson speed way driving school that they have at BMWCCA. Hopefully I get in and get some instruction would be cool. Do you do a lot of auto rosa during the summer?

 

Hello from Wrentham/Foxboro way! Maybe we'll see you at MINIs on Top, or MINIs in Foliage, or even the British Invasion in Stowe.

 

Oh don't really know about any of this events do you happen to have a link ?

 

MINIs on Top (Mt. Washington, NH). Big event, 250+ cars
MINIs in Foliage (Stratton Mountain, VT) Smaller event at the moment, run for the first time last year, probably 50-100 cars this year
British Invasion (Stowe, VT). Not specifically a MINI event, but all about British cars in general.

The granddaddy of all MINI events is MINIs on the Dragon, in NC. 500+ cars, and 300+ corners in 11 miles.

 

Yeah I had mine done at Greasy's in Worcester. They are an independent MINI shop and I HIGHLY recommend them. For their service/knowledge/awesomeness I'd travel several hours to keep going there if I had to. They installed the springs and swaybar in under 2 hours.

I got the Hotchkiss 22.5.

 

Welcome from an ex-bostonain now living on the left coast!

It looks like you've already reached out to the folks in the regional forum, the folks out in boston are a good group guys and love to eat, drink, drive, and talk minis! (and motorsports in general) so be sure to sync up with them, I really enjoyed the bi weekly wild *****'s ice cream runs they did in the summer!

Also the White Mountain Chapter of the bmwcca does a bunch of events at New Hampshire Motor Speedway (Loudon) if you need a change of venue.

welcome to the club!

 

Yeah I really hope to make it to the events they have around the area. Deff going to some auto cross this summer.

 

Im new to the forum as well and live in New Hampshire. Great to see some " locals" on here.

 

Welcome! Be sure to check out MTTS-mini takes the states. They are ending in Boston this year. And if you haven't already check out massmotoring.

 

Congrats on your new MINI, Dauam7. The pics right up front are appreciated as well. We just love pics here at NAM. Happy motoring and please don't forget to promote the MINI wave.

 

Auto rosa?

Wazzat please sir?

Cheers,

Charlie

 

Ohh, I'll have to look into this! That's pretty close to me.

 

I meant auto cross @cmt52663
My bad.

And yeah the auto school at BMWCCA sounds pretty cool. I deff want to give it a try

 

I've run with the BMWCCA and they are good folks - I hope you have a great time.

Do holler if you also feel like trying the SCCA program, as I'd be delighted to welcome you and show you around.

I'm working (collaboratively with many folks, some of them here) on trying to understand what makes a great experience for people who are trying autocross for the first time, so that we can make our novice program even stronger. You might be most helpful, and over time I hope you might share your experiences. The thread is over here.

Kind regards,

Charlie