Lately I’ve been a horrible blogger, not just here but on all my sites.  A few month ago our LostCoffee project went live and it’s been balls to the walls since then.  I wanted to take a quick moment and post up about a few updates I did to the car. Since I’ve posted last [...]

So you’re in Germany.  Motoring all day can be tiring.  Just outside Stuttgart Germany is a magnificent place to lay your weary head.  It’s called the V8 Hotel. Our standard rooms are Characterized by the clear line of “Bauhaus” architecture in the old airport building. The larger rooms in the “old shipyard” are devoted to various [...]

About 1:oopm today I received a refund for my M7 Tuning Catch Can.  They refunded me $126.65 of the $142.59 I paid them.  As with most business done over the internet shipping is not refundable. In this case I think it was kind of a crappy move though.  Read the whole story starting here. I [...]

According to the SinCityMiniClub AMVIV8 2011 will be in the month of May.  Specifically May 19th-22nd.  AMVIV7 was our first time to that event.  We had a great time.  AMVIV8 is now on the 5280driver calendar. Hello fellow Miniacs and MINIacs! I wanted to thank you all for your participation with our survey. Planning for [...]

[Read Part 1] Part 2 Today just confirmed my decision yesterday to never, ever, ever send money to M7 Tuning.  In fact it will be mission too not only not send money to them, but never ever buy anything they make from anyone. I arrived home after a few errands to see my replacement catch [...]

Jim Peterson, friend of 5280driver, has posted a video on YouTube that will get you even more excited about the up coming Minis In The Mountains event. Well done Jim. <link to Jim’s YouTube Channel>

The greatest shirt company in the world is about to launch.  Yeah, I know, I run the company but that just makes me biased, not a liar.  It is going to be the “greatest thing since after market exhaust”. “Hey that could be a t-shirt”.  Do you ever find yourself saying that?  If so, you [...]

Sunday the 1970 Karmann Ghia convertible successfully made a 4-hour round trip to and from Loveland, CO.  I am officially calling this car road’able.  Some of you may remember that this car met a firey end on its last trip to Loveland.  Until Sunday my wife and I were very nervous about taking it too [...]

This poor fella has a BMW Z4, a busted iPad, and an upset wife. “So I buy my wife a new iPad, and she’s REALLY digging it. It goes everywhere with her so she can read, take notes, show pics, etc etc etc. We end up going out in the Z4 running errands. I’m about [...]

With inspiration from a SEMA mate I am finally getting around to editing my GoPro HD videos from the drive back to Denver. Soon I’ll post the link to my ride through Glenwood Canyon. UPDATE: Here it is  —>

You know you’re a Mini owner if…you use your kid’s bathroom to wash floormats in the Winter time