R56 The Official Nightfire Red Owners Club
#1201
Secondly, I haven't used the rear power...so it hasn't done anything yet. The only problem I've had is the infamous "Check Engine Light"....and all it says is that my gas cap is loose...even if it isn't. They're still trying to figure it out.
#1202
Um...I guess I have to admit that I haven't named her yet and she really does need one. We keep calling her the MINI.
There is a Chili Red MINI near me with the license plate "CINIMINI". I really like that and feel it would fit a NFR far better. Would it be inappropriate to stalk this MINI and show it the error of its ways?
Hmmm....
There is a Chili Red MINI near me with the license plate "CINIMINI". I really like that and feel it would fit a NFR far better. Would it be inappropriate to stalk this MINI and show it the error of its ways?
Hmmm....
#1203
Um...I guess I have to admit that I haven't named her yet and she really does need one. We keep calling her the MINI.
There is a Chili Red MINI near me with the license plate "CINIMINI". I really like that and feel it would fit a NFR far better. Would it be inappropriate to stalk this MINI and show it the error of its ways?
Hmmm....
There is a Chili Red MINI near me with the license plate "CINIMINI". I really like that and feel it would fit a NFR far better. Would it be inappropriate to stalk this MINI and show it the error of its ways?
Hmmm....
#1208
Yes, yes. If going forward means you have to eat a lint ball or two, then let not the path be lost to the bearers of lint!
Juxtapose yourself to the wrong thinker and outwit the vermin with keen intellect, quick wits, and tacos! Move forward so you dunt(tm) get a crick in yer nexk from looking backwards!!!
Juxtapose yourself to the wrong thinker and outwit the vermin with keen intellect, quick wits, and tacos! Move forward so you dunt(tm) get a crick in yer nexk from looking backwards!!!
#1209
I just found that cigarrette lighter-style power supply in the truck. Funny, no idea it was there.
Here's a dumb question I feel too dumb asking anywhere else. Is there no such thing as an adapter so you can plug in standard wall plugs? The car outlet is 12 volts, a wall outlet is 120 volts, right? So that huge difference is why that doesn't exist?
It's vaaary frustrating 'cos I have a good handvac, but there's no outlets near where I park! I would a 100' extension cord to run one from my building!
Here's a dumb question I feel too dumb asking anywhere else. Is there no such thing as an adapter so you can plug in standard wall plugs? The car outlet is 12 volts, a wall outlet is 120 volts, right? So that huge difference is why that doesn't exist?
It's vaaary frustrating 'cos I have a good handvac, but there's no outlets near where I park! I would a 100' extension cord to run one from my building!
#1210
It is all a compromise. You can buy step-up transformers which will convert the 12V DC to 120V AC, but the cost is the very low amperage (current) available after that conversion.
You simply cannot wave a magic wand to get more power (watts) from a circuit. 12V DC @ 20 amps is 240W. 120V AC would leave a maximum of 2 amps of current. That would be an absolute best case. Realistically, it would be around 1.5Amps of current.
You simply cannot wave a magic wand to get more power (watts) from a circuit. 12V DC @ 20 amps is 240W. 120V AC would leave a maximum of 2 amps of current. That would be an absolute best case. Realistically, it would be around 1.5Amps of current.
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I think Bubbles has company!
I heard a rumor that another NFR with black roof just arrived in Wpg....it's the first one here after mine. It'll seem funny to have another one around! I'm not so unique anymore!
Well, let's just say the car isn't as unique anymore....me...I'm another matter!
I heard a rumor that another NFR with black roof just arrived in Wpg....it's the first one here after mine. It'll seem funny to have another one around! I'm not so unique anymore!
Well, let's just say the car isn't as unique anymore....me...I'm another matter!
#1222
Hi, Guys (and Gals)
I've been gone quite a while....working way too much. I need advice on a couple of issues....and you're my best source.
Oil changes.....MINI says 15K miles or something ridiculous like that, but there seem to be varying opinions. When do you plan to change yours?
Ding....Ding....Ding.....somebody scraped Chessie's passenger door bad enough to need to repaint the whole door....and I was parked next to a fire lane at a nursing home!! (THEY parked IN the fire lane....but I never saw them...just the damage they did.) My dealer is 130 miles away, and there is a REALLY good body shop in town.....but it's my baby! Where would you take it....if it was yours?
Glad to see you're all still around....and our group has grown! NFR is still the best color! Skuzzy, how're you coming with the NFR badge?
I've been gone quite a while....working way too much. I need advice on a couple of issues....and you're my best source.
Oil changes.....MINI says 15K miles or something ridiculous like that, but there seem to be varying opinions. When do you plan to change yours?
Ding....Ding....Ding.....somebody scraped Chessie's passenger door bad enough to need to repaint the whole door....and I was parked next to a fire lane at a nursing home!! (THEY parked IN the fire lane....but I never saw them...just the damage they did.) My dealer is 130 miles away, and there is a REALLY good body shop in town.....but it's my baby! Where would you take it....if it was yours?
Glad to see you're all still around....and our group has grown! NFR is still the best color! Skuzzy, how're you coming with the NFR badge?
#1223
I'd get the best in town Twings....nice to see you back! And...the oil change...it's synthetic oil, and you don't need to change it very often....In Canada, it's about 25,000 kms....(about the same as yours) and I'm not going to change it just because it doesn't sound right...trust the synthetic.
#1224
Hail no!
Did anyone get hail in the storms over the last couple days? My car is usually parked in an uncovered lot and I was freaking out when the weather man started talking about 1.5 inch hail.
A couple minutes before the storm hit I got selfish and decided to move my car into the covered area my apartment complex has for car washing (Finders keepers!). It rained hard but there was no hail, thank god. I felt a little guilty about taking the only covered spot, but no one else has a two month old car!
A couple minutes before the storm hit I got selfish and decided to move my car into the covered area my apartment complex has for car washing (Finders keepers!). It rained hard but there was no hail, thank god. I felt a little guilty about taking the only covered spot, but no one else has a two month old car!
#1225
Heya Twings,..been missing you. I finally got the mill all up and running and am in the final stages of doing some designs and test runs before I go all out on it.
Twings, you are in Texas, so my recommendation for oil chanes is to ignore what Mini thinks is right. Our temperature/weather etremes call for a more agressive oil change interval. I am doing Romi once every 6 months or 4,000 miles, whichever comes first. I try to get it done just before our major weather changes in the Fall and Spring.
Sorry to hear about the ding. That truly sucks. I do all my own paint. What part of Texas are you in?
eejphotog, we missed out on the hail storms, just barely. Dunt(tm) feel guilty about protecting Sir Ranulph. If you dunt(tm) do it, no one will. Besides, most car owners pray for hail so they can get a new car out of the insurance company.
Twings, you are in Texas, so my recommendation for oil chanes is to ignore what Mini thinks is right. Our temperature/weather etremes call for a more agressive oil change interval. I am doing Romi once every 6 months or 4,000 miles, whichever comes first. I try to get it done just before our major weather changes in the Fall and Spring.
Sorry to hear about the ding. That truly sucks. I do all my own paint. What part of Texas are you in?
eejphotog, we missed out on the hail storms, just barely. Dunt(tm) feel guilty about protecting Sir Ranulph. If you dunt(tm) do it, no one will. Besides, most car owners pray for hail so they can get a new car out of the insurance company.