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Thanks for asking... As I look out from downtown Denver, the skies are a bit hazy - looks like smog. The amazing Firefighters are wrangling the two biggest fires around here - Ft Collins and Co Springs. They are over 50% contained and we are hoping for some rain soon. We took a drive up in the mountains with the other car and had a great time winding up to the base of Mt Evans at Echo lake. It just feels really dry up there though... A little scary. A new fire, touched off by lightning last week just to the west of Boulder is mostly out. That one could have been pretty bad.
It is a bit early for these fires, but we skipped Spring and went straight to Summer a couple months early. A couple years ago, it was 53 deg and spitting rain on the the 4th. This year, we just came out of almost a week above 100. 106 at the hottest.
We have Mini in the Mountains the first part of August. Really looking forward to that! It will be the first trip for the new car. We want to wait on road trips until the bra is installed. We have driven around the neighborhood a bit and it really is fun to drive!!
Looking forward to more photos of your car. Great work!
Franny
It is a bit early for these fires, but we skipped Spring and went straight to Summer a couple months early. A couple years ago, it was 53 deg and spitting rain on the the 4th. This year, we just came out of almost a week above 100. 106 at the hottest.
We have Mini in the Mountains the first part of August. Really looking forward to that! It will be the first trip for the new car. We want to wait on road trips until the bra is installed. We have driven around the neighborhood a bit and it really is fun to drive!!
Looking forward to more photos of your car. Great work!
Franny
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Steven I love your roadster, its just how I would like to have one, but dont think its the ideal car for driving around in in Scotland though but everytime I come in here to catch up on how your car is getting on I keep saying yes I want a roadster..., keep up the excellent work your doing to the beast
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Steven I love your roadster, its just how I would like to have one, but dont think its the ideal car for driving around in in Scotland though but everytime I come in here to catch up on how your car is getting on I keep saying yes I want a roadster..., keep up the excellent work your doing to the beast
-Steven
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Visual Cues
One of the traits of the JCW Roadster for me is how strong the BMW DNA shines through. Driving this Mini feels like the best of BMW, married with Mini's fantastic driving dynamics. As a sort of tribute to that, I did some visual work on the Roadster. I used the three colors from BMW's M/Motorsport division. I like the results...
-Steven
-Steven
Last edited by BlueToy; 07-19-2012 at 07:33 AM.
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Alta Drop In Foam Filter/JCW Intake
Now that I have switched back to my stock intake, I wanted to try the Alta Foam filter. Alta claims a little over 4 WHP, and 5 ftlb. of torque. What I really wanted, was to sharpen the throttle response. Guess what, it does what they claim. The crisper throttle response was evident on the first drive, and I'm hearing a little of the turbo whine and BOV valve hiss now. I was missing that.
-Steven
-Steven
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Now that I have switched back to my stock intake, I wanted to try the Alta Foam filter. Alta claims a little over 4 WHP, and 5 ftlb. of torque. What I really wanted, was to sharpen the throttle response. Guess what, it does what they claim. The crisper throttle response was evident on the first drive, and I'm hearing a little of the turbo whine and BOV valve hiss now. I was missing that.
-Steven
-Steven
I like the ///M details!
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Road Trip West
I've been on a road trip to the Rocky Mountain West. We started in Chicago, headed through Wisconsin, over the Mississippi into Minnesota, straight across South Dakota, into Wyoming, and down to Utah, putting 500-650 miles a day. This has been great to get the Roadster out and stretch her legs...and what legs! I've mentioned in previous posts the BMW DNA I feel in this car, and out on the interstate this is really borne out. The JCW is rock steady at high speed, never twitchy or busy feeling. I had a few chances to push it well past 125 mph, and it is settled and belies the actual speed. Passing power is another strength of the JCW. I've never owned a car that has such explosive power at speed, drop a gear, nail the throttle and hold on. Here's a few pics of the trip so far...
South Dakota, heading for the Badlands and Wall Drug
Then onto Mt. Rushmore. This was a cool view of the Monument, you come upon it a mile or so after leaving Mt. Rushmore
Wyoming...checking out the Pioneer trail
Guardsman Pass, Park City, Utah Heading up, and then down the back side of the pass offered some great twisties
more to come...a lot of driving left to do
-Steven
South Dakota, heading for the Badlands and Wall Drug
Then onto Mt. Rushmore. This was a cool view of the Monument, you come upon it a mile or so after leaving Mt. Rushmore
Wyoming...checking out the Pioneer trail
Guardsman Pass, Park City, Utah Heading up, and then down the back side of the pass offered some great twisties
more to come...a lot of driving left to do
-Steven
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Hi Steven,
Looks like a great trip! Love the photos.
Don't know if you will be in the area, but the 5280Mini group is having their Minis in the Mountains this weekend up in Winter part. There will be lots of Minis there and, if you can swing it, it would be great to see you and that gorgeous car of yours!
The event starts on Thursday and ends Sunday afternoon. Let us know if it is a possibility.
Looking forward to more great photos!
Franny
Looks like a great trip! Love the photos.
Don't know if you will be in the area, but the 5280Mini group is having their Minis in the Mountains this weekend up in Winter part. There will be lots of Minis there and, if you can swing it, it would be great to see you and that gorgeous car of yours!
The event starts on Thursday and ends Sunday afternoon. Let us know if it is a possibility.
Looking forward to more great photos!
Franny
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Cool pics! I did a similar thing last summer in my old car....went from Chicago>Seattle>LA>Grand Canyon>UT>CO>Chicago
And I took the same picture as you, but facing the other direction...we had to pull over since it was too foggy. I hope you didn't stay in Keystone much, it was easily the worst part of my trip.
And I took the same picture as you, but facing the other direction...we had to pull over since it was too foggy. I hope you didn't stay in Keystone much, it was easily the worst part of my trip.
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Hi Steven,
Looks like a great trip! Love the photos.
Don't know if you will be in the area, but the 5280Mini group is having their Minis in the Mountains this weekend up in Winter part. There will be lots of Minis there and, if you can swing it, it would be great to see you and that gorgeous car of yours!
The event starts on Thursday and ends Sunday afternoon. Let us know if it is a possibility.
Looking forward to more great photos!
Franny
Looks like a great trip! Love the photos.
Don't know if you will be in the area, but the 5280Mini group is having their Minis in the Mountains this weekend up in Winter part. There will be lots of Minis there and, if you can swing it, it would be great to see you and that gorgeous car of yours!
The event starts on Thursday and ends Sunday afternoon. Let us know if it is a possibility.
Looking forward to more great photos!
Franny
-Steven
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