Let’s start this off by telling your it was about 25 degrees in my garage when I started this. A fresh coat of snow blanketed my driveway. So first things first.
An hour before I was ready to get started I fired up the propane heater. A nice toasty garage is a must.
After [...]
I swear this guy always parks next to my Mini at the grocery store.
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The 19 most complex and dangerous roads in the world
From the looks of this post, the Clubman and I need to go Norway, and a few other places.
[via Waze]
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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 —>
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Looking for the ultimate iPhone car for the car enthusiast on your list? I found it. It comes in Black, Red and Yellow. No need to order me one. I just ordered one in Black for myself. You’ll need to think a little harder for a gift for local 5280driver blogger.
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Here in Colorado Winter is approaching. Ok it’s not really Winter till what, December? However Winter weather can hit us anytime here. This week will see the Clubman with snow tires and a new set of rims.
When I traded in my old 2006 Cooper S I held on to a few essentials. One [...]
Mike from NewMiniStuff was nice enough to send me out some new stuff for the Clubman. It should be here a few days. Which should be about the time the Clubman gets out of the shop.
New Black A-Pillar towers with the tweeters my Clubman is missing. I hope this addition will help throw the sound [...]
DDM Race Intake: $448 + shipping new LINK. I’ll take $400 and I’ll deliver to the Denver Metro Area. Less than 3 months old.
Upper and Lower S Model Grills: $100 <link to picture>
Front Bumper in Astro Black: $250, slight damage, needs wet sand, primer, and paint <link to picture>
I know quite a few of you have been waiting for my review on the new Clubman exhaust that was recently released from NM Engineering. Please be patient the Pavement Gator incident has push my testing back a week or so. I can assure you that the exhaust is excellent. The sound is deep but [...]
The final estimates are in from the Pavement Gator incident. State Farm estimated the damage at about $2400. That did NOT included a new hood. None of the crumple zones on the hood were moved so I somewhat agree with the decision.
The bottom line is I’ll have $1400 to put toward the fixes. I got [...]
The 5280driver garage is going to be very, very busy during the next few days.
Tomorrow our demo unit of the NM exhaust arrives. An email just hit the inbox notifying us the MiniDoMore hitch will arrive Thursday.
The 3rd day started off with a quick run down to the car wash. While driving the two blocks I glanced down at the outside temperature gauge on the Mini, it read 36 degrees. I thought about just going for coffee, but my Clubman was pretty dirty. I decided to give the car wash a [...]
