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xtremepsionic · Oct 13th, 2006, 02:32 AM

So, looks like it is going to be officially winter starting next monday, snow and below freezing weather forcasted for Calgary! I just put the winter tires on for a day to make sure they're not leaking, and quickly swapped back my summer tires for these last couple of dry days left. It is so much fun ripping up the corners with these summers in the dry, I just did a personal best of 0.99g in a corner coming home today. Turn off traction control, understeer, oversteer, a flick of countersteer, weeeee

I hope it snows a lot, or not at all, I can't stand driving on dry roads with those winter tires, it's like trying to run with boots on, you can do it, but it's no fun at all.

mr.abulia · Oct 13th, 2006, 02:39 AM

Huh... looks like I'm driving into Calgary earlier than I thought, then! I don't have winters for the P-car, and I need to get there for next week...

Of course, it is Calgary. It'll probably be sunny and 35 by next Friday

xtremepsionic · Oct 13th, 2006, 02:43 AM

Quote: Originally Posted by mr.abulia (original)

Huh... looks like I'm driving into Calgary earlier than I thought, then! I don't have winters for the P-car, and I need to get there for next week...

Of course, it is Calgary. It'll probably be sunny and 35 by next Friday

Weather network link, look at long term forecast for next Thursday

No, more like -12C I think

I Am Canadian · Oct 13th, 2006, 04:22 AM

Quote: Originally Posted by mr.abulia (original)

I don't think the rear one will line up just right, xtreme

I may have found a solution though: buy a grille and a stock rear bumper, and then try to find whatever the heck that middle grill piece is in these photos:

http://www.mini2.com/forum/attachmen...6&d=1160637022
http://www.mini2.com/forum/attachmen...5&d=1160637022

(ok, does anyone know why these aren't showing up as pictures? I used the insert image button, for gosh sakes!)

Initially I was not a fan of the OEM kit, but slowly grew to like everything but the rear bumper. For me, as an owner now....it all doesn't matter. This CP car rocks.

The "middle grill" you speak of appears to me as part of that molded bumper. Not a trim addition.

I Am Canadian · Oct 13th, 2006, 04:25 AM

Quote: Originally Posted by xtremepsionic (original)

Weather network link, look at long term forecast for next Thursday

No, more like -12C I think

Yes, but Abulia is mostly correct. A chinook will roll on in soon enough. I'll be missing those chinooks once E-town is locked into the unforgiving cold.

mr.abulia · Oct 13th, 2006, 04:43 AM

Quote: Originally Posted by I Am Canadian (original)

The "middle grill" you speak of appears to me as part of that molded bumper. Not a trim addition.

Ok, groovy. I guess I'll e-mail a Hamann dealer and see if they can help me out

faster,Tobias! · Oct 13th, 2006, 05:38 AM

I put my snows on last Sunday, as I didn't want to wake up to three feet of the white stuff & switch my wheels in a hurry. You can rip around corners in the dry with them one, but you can practically hear the dollars fluttering skyward. Happily (I have the tire warranty) I found a nail in one of my nearly-worn-out Eagle F1's (I bought them in Aprl!!). Now I'll have to remember to find another nail for one other tire in the springtime!

xtremepsionic · Oct 13th, 2006, 05:41 AM

Quote: Originally Posted by faster,Tobias! (original)

I put my snows on last Sunday, as I didn't want to wake up to three feet of the white stuff & switch my wheels in a hurry. You can rip around corners in the dry with them one, but you can practically hear the dollars fluttering skyward. Happily (I have the tire warranty) I found a nail in one of my nearly-worn-out Eagle F1's (I bought them in Aprl!!). Now I'll have to remember to find another nail for one other tire in the springtime!

Got a bunch of them in the tool box, when do u wanna run them over?

xtremepsionic · Oct 14th, 2006, 11:43 PM

Drove down to a dog club meeting to take pictures today. The best part of the drive was definitely the 270 degree on ramp from Deerfoot onto Barlow trail.

If you look at that map, deerfoot going south, a big loop onto Barlow north, so much fun going at about 105km/h there

I envy you guys living in the south, hehe

Ferroequine · Oct 15th, 2006, 12:15 AM

Quote: Originally Posted by xtremepsionic (original)

I envy you guys living in the south, hehe

Have you tried the EB Glenmore onto SB Deerfoot onramp (S curves) yet?

xtremepsionic · Oct 15th, 2006, 12:59 AM

Quote: Originally Posted by MiniVee (original)

Have you tried the EB Glenmore onto SB Deerfoot onramp (S curves) yet?

Oh yes, actually last month when I went to that dog club, I took Glenmore onto Deerfoot. I don't remember the S curves too much, because I was too busy waving and weaving left and right to stay good bye to some truckers who didn't let me merge a couple blocks ago

Another similar one is EB 16th Ave just past COP, merging onto NB Sarcee Trail, good set of Ss there too.

MiniPapa · Oct 15th, 2006, 01:27 AM

All this talk of twisty roads is making me itchy.
I haven't driven my girl all week and I'm starting to get irritable.

She was towed to Crowfoot today for service Monday, so hopefully I'll have her back Tuesday.

Then I'll have to make up for lost time

mr.abulia · Oct 15th, 2006, 01:47 AM

I hope they manage to fix her up on Monday... and I hope you have your snows on so that you can get her home again! I don't even want to think about what the roads are going to be like next week

xtremepsionic · Oct 15th, 2006, 02:14 AM

Yeah, looks like it is "wet snow" on monday, however the rest of the week now seems to be mostly above freezing. I sure hope it will be warm enough for the snow to just melt away so I can put the summer tires back on

I have perfected tire change in the garage, takes me 15 minutes to change all 4s, so I'm going to put on the snows only when I have to!

mr.abulia · Oct 15th, 2006, 02:25 AM

Quote: Originally Posted by xtremepsionic (original)

I have perfected tire change in the garage, takes me 15 minutes to change all 4s, so I'm going to put on the snows only when I have to!

That's pretty good

What kind of jack are you using? I've got a Canadian Tire wheeled jack (el cheap 2 ton variety with stands), but it works pretty well for changing out tires. My only issue with doing it in the garage is the space between me and the walls... I'm a big boy

xtremepsionic · Oct 15th, 2006, 02:30 AM

I have two 2.5ton hydraulic jacks, one of them is this Michelin brand

I use a piece of 3 foot long wood to spread the load, put it under the side frame of the car just behind the front jack point, and jack up the whole side of the car from there.

mr.abulia · Oct 15th, 2006, 03:07 AM

That's pretty clever... just a short step away from installing your own lift

xtremepsionic · Oct 15th, 2006, 05:45 AM

Ok fellow Canadian MINI friends, I need your help! Over at North American Motoring there is a photo contest every month, this month's subject is "Fall Colors". Now it is probably too late in Calgary to shoot pictures of the fall, but I do have a couple from our last 2 MINI runs in Calgary that I think look pretty good. I just can't decide which one I should enter the contest. Not that they're good enough to win anyway, but atleast I should send the best one of the batch.

1.

2.

3.

4.

5.

And for those in Calgary, if for some sheer luck you still know a place that has good "fall colors", let me know, so I can go check it out and take some more pictures!

Ferroequine · Oct 15th, 2006, 05:58 AM

I still vote for the one you took of my rear wheel with the leaves in the background. Strong and understated.

Do you have a link for the thread on NAM?

mr.abulia · Oct 15th, 2006, 06:33 AM

I say send 'em all in... they're all pretty good!

Oct 15th, 2006, 12:15 AM	#70 (permalink)
Ferroequine Formerly known as MiniVee Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Calgary Local Time: 01:43 PM Posts: 1,320 Offline	Quote: Originally Posted by xtremepsionic (original) I envy you guys living in the south, hehe Have you tried the EB Glenmore onto SB Deerfoot onramp (S curves) yet? www.MINICalgary.com

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Ferroequine Formerly known as MiniVee Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Calgary Local Time: 01:43 PM Posts: 1,320 Offline	I still vote for the one you took of my rear wheel with the leaves in the background. Strong and understated. Do you have a link for the thread on NAM? www.MINICalgary.com

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Oct 13th, 2006, 02:32 AM	#61
xtremepsionic Vroom! Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Calgary, Alberta Local Time: 01:43 PM Posts: 1,036 Offline	So, looks like it is going to be officially winter starting next monday, snow and below freezing weather forcasted for Calgary! I just put the winter tires on for a day to make sure they're not leaking, and quickly swapped back my summer tires for these last couple of dry days left. It is so much fun ripping up the corners with these summers in the dry, I just did a personal best of 0.99g in a corner coming home today. Turn off traction control, understeer, oversteer, a flick of countersteer, weeeee I hope it snows a lot, or not at all, I can't stand driving on dry roads with those winter tires, it's like trying to run with boots on, you can do it, but it's no fun at all.

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Oct 13th, 2006, 02:39 AM	#62 (permalink)
mr.abulia MINI2 Regular Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Calgary Local Time: 01:43 PM Posts: 241 Offline	Huh... looks like I'm driving into Calgary earlier than I thought, then! I don't have winters for the P-car, and I need to get there for next week... Of course, it is Calgary. It'll probably be sunny and 35 by next Friday

Oct 13th, 2006, 02:43 AM	#63 (permalink)
xtremepsionic Vroom! Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Calgary, Alberta Local Time: 01:43 PM Posts: 1,036 Offline	Quote: Originally Posted by mr.abulia (original) Huh... looks like I'm driving into Calgary earlier than I thought, then! I don't have winters for the P-car, and I need to get there for next week... Of course, it is Calgary. It'll probably be sunny and 35 by next Friday Weather network link, look at long term forecast for next Thursday No, more like -12C I think

Oct 13th, 2006, 04:22 AM	#64 (permalink)
I Am Canadian MINI2 Regular Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Alberta's Capital Local Time: 02:43 PM Posts: 148 Offline	Quote: Originally Posted by mr.abulia (original) I don't think the rear one will line up just right, xtreme I may have found a solution though: buy a grille and a stock rear bumper, and then try to find whatever the heck that middle grill piece is in these photos: http://www.mini2.com/forum/attachmen...6&d=1160637022 http://www.mini2.com/forum/attachmen...5&d=1160637022 (ok, does anyone know why these aren't showing up as pictures? I used the insert image button, for gosh sakes!) Initially I was not a fan of the OEM kit, but slowly grew to like everything but the rear bumper. For me, as an owner now....it all doesn't matter. This CP car rocks. The "middle grill" you speak of appears to me as part of that molded bumper. Not a trim addition.

Oct 13th, 2006, 04:25 AM	#65 (permalink)
I Am Canadian MINI2 Regular Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Alberta's Capital Local Time: 02:43 PM Posts: 148 Offline	Quote: Originally Posted by xtremepsionic (original) Weather network link, look at long term forecast for next Thursday No, more like -12C I think Yes, but Abulia is mostly correct. A chinook will roll on in soon enough. I'll be missing those chinooks once E-town is locked into the unforgiving cold.

Oct 13th, 2006, 04:43 AM	#66 (permalink)
mr.abulia MINI2 Regular Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Calgary Local Time: 01:43 PM Posts: 241 Offline	Quote: Originally Posted by I Am Canadian (original) The "middle grill" you speak of appears to me as part of that molded bumper. Not a trim addition. Ok, groovy. I guess I'll e-mail a Hamann dealer and see if they can help me out

Oct 13th, 2006, 05:38 AM	#67 (permalink)
faster,Tobias! Fanatically Enthiusiastic Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Calgary, Alberta Local Time: 01:43 PM Posts: 1,165 Offline	I put my snows on last Sunday, as I didn't want to wake up to three feet of the white stuff & switch my wheels in a hurry. You can rip around corners in the dry with them one, but you can practically hear the dollars fluttering skyward. Happily (I have the tire warranty) I found a nail in one of my nearly-worn-out Eagle F1's (I bought them in Aprl!!). Now I'll have to remember to find another nail for one other tire in the springtime!

Oct 13th, 2006, 05:41 AM	#68 (permalink)
xtremepsionic Vroom! Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Calgary, Alberta Local Time: 01:43 PM Posts: 1,036 Offline	Quote: Originally Posted by faster,Tobias! (original) I put my snows on last Sunday, as I didn't want to wake up to three feet of the white stuff & switch my wheels in a hurry. You can rip around corners in the dry with them one, but you can practically hear the dollars fluttering skyward. Happily (I have the tire warranty) I found a nail in one of my nearly-worn-out Eagle F1's (I bought them in Aprl!!). Now I'll have to remember to find another nail for one other tire in the springtime! Got a bunch of them in the tool box, when do u wanna run them over?

Oct 14th, 2006, 11:43 PM	#69 (permalink)
xtremepsionic Vroom! Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Calgary, Alberta Local Time: 01:43 PM Posts: 1,036 Offline	Drove down to a dog club meeting to take pictures today. The best part of the drive was definitely the 270 degree on ramp from Deerfoot onto Barlow trail. If you look at that map, deerfoot going south, a big loop onto Barlow north, so much fun going at about 105km/h there I envy you guys living in the south, hehe

Oct 15th, 2006, 12:59 AM	#71 (permalink)
xtremepsionic Vroom! Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Calgary, Alberta Local Time: 01:43 PM Posts: 1,036 Offline	Quote: Originally Posted by MiniVee (original) Have you tried the EB Glenmore onto SB Deerfoot onramp (S curves) yet? Oh yes, actually last month when I went to that dog club, I took Glenmore onto Deerfoot. I don't remember the S curves too much, because I was too busy waving and weaving left and right to stay good bye to some truckers who didn't let me merge a couple blocks ago Another similar one is EB 16th Ave just past COP, merging onto NB Sarcee Trail, good set of Ss there too.

Oct 15th, 2006, 01:27 AM	#72 (permalink)
MiniPapa MINI2 Regular Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Calgary Local Time: 02:43 PM Posts: 84 Offline	All this talk of twisty roads is making me itchy. I haven't driven my girl all week and I'm starting to get irritable. She was towed to Crowfoot today for service Monday, so hopefully I'll have her back Tuesday. Then I'll have to make up for lost time

Oct 15th, 2006, 01:47 AM	#73 (permalink)
mr.abulia MINI2 Regular Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Calgary Local Time: 01:43 PM Posts: 241 Offline	I hope they manage to fix her up on Monday... and I hope you have your snows on so that you can get her home again! I don't even want to think about what the roads are going to be like next week

Oct 15th, 2006, 02:14 AM	#74 (permalink)
xtremepsionic Vroom! Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Calgary, Alberta Local Time: 01:43 PM Posts: 1,036 Offline	Yeah, looks like it is "wet snow" on monday, however the rest of the week now seems to be mostly above freezing. I sure hope it will be warm enough for the snow to just melt away so I can put the summer tires back on I have perfected tire change in the garage, takes me 15 minutes to change all 4s, so I'm going to put on the snows only when I have to!

Oct 15th, 2006, 02:25 AM	#75 (permalink)
mr.abulia MINI2 Regular Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Calgary Local Time: 01:43 PM Posts: 241 Offline	Quote: Originally Posted by xtremepsionic (original) I have perfected tire change in the garage, takes me 15 minutes to change all 4s, so I'm going to put on the snows only when I have to! That's pretty good What kind of jack are you using? I've got a Canadian Tire wheeled jack (el cheap 2 ton variety with stands), but it works pretty well for changing out tires. My only issue with doing it in the garage is the space between me and the walls... I'm a big boy

Oct 15th, 2006, 02:30 AM	#76 (permalink)
xtremepsionic Vroom! Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Calgary, Alberta Local Time: 01:43 PM Posts: 1,036 Offline	I have two 2.5ton hydraulic jacks, one of them is this Michelin brand I use a piece of 3 foot long wood to spread the load, put it under the side frame of the car just behind the front jack point, and jack up the whole side of the car from there.

Oct 15th, 2006, 03:07 AM	#77 (permalink)
mr.abulia MINI2 Regular Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Calgary Local Time: 01:43 PM Posts: 241 Offline	That's pretty clever... just a short step away from installing your own lift

Oct 15th, 2006, 05:45 AM	#78 (permalink)
xtremepsionic Vroom! Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Calgary, Alberta Local Time: 01:43 PM Posts: 1,036 Offline	Ok fellow Canadian MINI friends, I need your help! Over at North American Motoring there is a photo contest every month, this month's subject is "Fall Colors". Now it is probably too late in Calgary to shoot pictures of the fall, but I do have a couple from our last 2 MINI runs in Calgary that I think look pretty good. I just can't decide which one I should enter the contest. Not that they're good enough to win anyway, but atleast I should send the best one of the batch. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. And for those in Calgary, if for some sheer luck you still know a place that has good "fall colors", let me know, so I can go check it out and take some more pictures!

Oct 15th, 2006, 06:33 AM	#80 (permalink)
mr.abulia MINI2 Regular Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Calgary Local Time: 01:43 PM Posts: 241 Offline	I say send 'em all in... they're all pretty good!

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