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    2010 Annual Club Picnic

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    blitzcat
    on August 28th, 2010 at 08:06 PM
    The annual club picnic was today, so I finally had to get the wax stains off the trim of my car. I found a magic eraser worked exceptionally well for this. One eraser did the whole car, and then disintegrated.

    The wife & I are vegetarian, so we snuck in veggie dogs while I sported my only MINI shirt that says "Powered by Bacon." Lots of delicious food, and the park was a really nice locale.

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    Dyno day with RMW and Thomasville Speedwerks

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    blitzcat
    on July 23rd, 2010 at 10:49 PM
    After waiting 11 months, I finally got the MINI tuned! For whatever reason I was the only R56 this time. Paul and Blimey were the first to go in the schedule. I had arrived early so I killed time looking around at the various Porche specimens. There were a lot!


    Things finally got going, but Blimey suffered a mechanical on the 3rd or 4th dyno run. It was CV joint related, leaving a smear of grease under ...
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  3. A Mini 4th of July

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    PR Guy
    on July 22nd, 2010 at 10:41 PM (My Mini Life (As the Mini Turns?))
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    The July 4th long weekend brought some new tests for the Mini.

    Ever since the British Racing Green Mini S came into the family there’s been a battle between two outward manifestations of Mini-dom.

    On one shoulder sits the Mini-me that wants to be a Porsche. The other leans a little more Subaru. Mini Porsche wants spoilers, engine chips and coil over suspension. Mini Subaru wants to hang recreational gear all over ...
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    Hotted up, but going nowhere

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    blitzcat
    on July 18th, 2010 at 09:59 PM
    The vinyl refresh is complete with today's addition of a matching door-sill stripe. The addition of the orange stripes and roof invader graphics make this the first time I've enjoyed having a black MINI.




    However, there is an extra spot of orange in the photo. The wheel chock is there because not everything went as planned:



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    Harbor Freight Portable Wheel Balancer

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    blitzcat
    on July 17th, 2010 at 07:14 PM
    The thunderstorms today have been limiting, project wise. My new orange stripes are half on (front half) and my new tires are half on (front half). One thing I didn't get to do the night I mounted my tires was balance them. Today I pulled the trigger on that:

    Another trip to Harbor Freight yielded a portable wheel balancer.

    Why am I subjecting myself to this instead of a shop?
    Buying tires locally ...
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