Is Doug's web site just down or is there another problem

NAM's Link from the Vendor section doesn't work either...

 

I know he's been having website issues...try PMing him here on NAM, he's been around the past few days!

 

I just sent him an email about your post.

 

I've sent him an email as well.

 

PIA when that happens, I have a love/hate relationship with these things.


Anyone know if a Whalen SM for a 1st gen will fit a 2nd Gen and visa versa.

 

No idea what''s wrong, and my website guy is unresponsive for the last couple of months.
Yep, it's time for a new website guy, for sure.

 

Hey Doug, Does your WSM **** designed for a 1st Gen fit a 2nd Gen MINI and visa-versa?

PS: Maybe your Webmaster has the Y2K Bug ?

 

Do you mean the Zune 2K9 bug?

 

1st and 2nd gen shift ***** (stock or mine) are not compatible, because of the dimensional change to the shift lever for 2007.

A 1st gen **** will not slide down far enough to lock on to a 2nd gen shift lever, so it will not stay on.
A 2nd gen **** will lock on to a 1st gen lever; but the anti-rotation pin inside the **** will not fit down into the slot at the top of the lever, and the **** will spin.

 

It's up and running again now.
I finally reached my website guy the other day; he hasn't told me yet what the problem was.

 

More website (or webmaster!) trouble.

I found a lady who is going to take over the managing of my site for me, but she can't get into the admin because of some weird way that the site was originally set up. (sorry; that's as technical as I get, about websites).

I can't get into it right now either; can't even check for existing orders.

My website guy is completely unresponsive, as usual.

Anybody got any clues for me, short of having an entirely new site made up??
I don't know beans about this stuff, and my website guy knows it; his current attitude must be his unique way of thanking me for my business.

How can I separate myself from this guy and start fresh??

 

PM sent to Doug to discuss the problem. The new person can't get in to the site because it is owned by the hosting service, which appears to be a single server owned by the web guy. One can't get in if he won't give you the id and password. You can, however, copy the site, stop paying him, and start over with a reliable provider fairly easily.

The site is currently managed by rich@bunglesolutions.net which sounds to me as if he is getting rich by bungling solutions, allright...

 

He gave me the id and password, and I passed that info along to the new person, days ago.
Still no luck.

 

If he's having trouble with the hosting service, he should get a new host. Any mission critical system should have a backup, or a contingency plan in case of failure. There are lots of web-hosting companies out there all vying for your business.

 

When I finally get my Mini, this will be one of the first mods I do.

 

Is the locking part (on the bottom of the ****) sold separately?
To use if we (I) wanted to make my own **** and have the cool locking thing?

 

I have a 1st gen **** from you. If I were to send it back to you, could it be modified to fit an R56 when the time comes..?

 

Yes; e-mail or PM me for details. whamac@msn.com

Thanks!

 

Unfortunately, I can't do that. The ***** are made specifically to fit only one generation, and they can't be taken apart and modified; sorry!

 

oh no!

guess I'll have to buy another one!

 

Sorry about that!

Blame the design engineers at MINI. The original shift levers were based on old Rover technology (or so I'm told), and used an old dimension for the shift **** fitting area.

The newer cars now use the same dimension that BMW has been using since the late 70's or so, which is roughly 3/8" longer.

 

Don't apologoze! Who wouldn't want to have more than one of your shift *****?? The only burden is trying to decide what I want on the next one...

 

Finally, a happy ending to the ongoing website saga!

The outfit that I found to take over my site is unbelievably responsive, competent, easy to deal with, etc etc.

I can't come up with enough superlatives to describe my extreme satisfaction with these folks; after months of being ignored by "the other guy", I'm actually able to get updates and changes done, and without having to pull anyone's teeth!

Example; I forwarded some change information and pictures this morning, expecting to hear back possibly sometime tomorrow.
Not only did I receive an immediate reply, the changes were made with minutes!

All these years, I've been thinking that I was the only person in the western hemisphere who takes care of his customers to that degree.

I'm feeling light as a feather; giddy as a schoolgirl!