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Category Archives: MINI Cooper S

Swift: Just Because

I’m so digging the drop on my car.  It’s mild, but awesome enough for me since I don’t have to change my driving habits.

Swift: some adjustments

Been messing around with my suspension settings since it was installed on Saturday, but have not done as much as I would have liked to. Tomas pointed out that Discount Tire mounted one of my tires ‘backwards’ so that the tread was completely wrong, and that would explain why I would sometimes hydroplane. Discount Tire [...]

Swiftly

I finally got my Koni struts and Swift springs.  I had to deal with an extravaganza of FedEx trying to steal my Swift springs but Evasive Motorsports took care of me very well by overnighting me another set of springs and launching an investigation with FedEx to find out what happened with the original shipment. [...]

Crank That

Okay I’m kidding.  I can’t crank it.  And by “it,” I mean my car.  I can’t crank my car and get the engine to start. I’ve had my car since January 3rd 2006, and today was the day that the factory car battery finally gave out. It wouldn’t even be that big of an issue [...]

Atrophy

I had Cherise on jackstands and everything to change the oil in her today, and sadly, I couldn’t get the drain bolt off the oil pan.  I even had a breaker bar with another bar at the end to try and twist off the bolt.  But no bueno.  I ended up just quitting in case [...]

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