I was successful in talking the wife and kids into heading up to Bandimere Speedway this morning for the 2010 Bug-In.  My boys had never been to the speedway so it was a treat.  We spent about 45 minutes watching the track, everything we saw was double digits but was still impressed with quite a [...]

When do we leave?  I gotta bring my car though. Gotthard Pass, Switzerland Traveling north from Italy into Switzerland, you’ll come to Gotthard Pass, which you can cross on either the new, straightforward road, or the old roller coaster above. My money’s on the latter. via [MatadorTrips]

This concept Ferrari by Sasha Selipanov is hot. more pictures & info via [beautiful life]

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>

So a few months ago, Marth 4th, I ordered Black Catch Can from M7 Tuning.  This was for my 2009 R55.  After ordering I was notified that the Black cans were on back ordered, but they could send me a billet one right away.  Now understand, I’m not usually a engine matching kinda guy, but [...]

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 [...]

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