The first 100,000 miles - click on thumbnails for bigger pictures

[ss24]

great pictures and timeline on a great little car .
congrats.

[minicabrio]

Many congratulations snid!!

I wish you all the best, and hope you enjoy the next 100k just as much as the last!

[matt21]

great story and congratulations

hows the car bearing up, any major reliability issues?

[minicore]

Congrats, and great photos!

My VR/B One was heading for 60k miles when I sold her last month...

[wibbly]

Wow, congrats... there's me pooing about going past 30k

[snid]

I haven't had any unreasonable trouble with the car recently. Since I drive it all year round including winter, all the nuts and bolts underneath the car are getting rusty. So, whenever something needs to be done underneath the car it becomes a bit of a pain with the rusted hardware involved.

The engine is still going great. I just got back from a track I have driven on 5 different weekends, and I just set my personal best time.

[snid]

Filling in a few blanks with pictures taken by other people...

First time trial event, June 11, 2005:


Autocross July 17, 2005:


Time trial event, September 3, 2005:


September 18, 2005 autocross:


October 2, 2005 autocross:


October 17, 2005 - track day at New Hampshire International Speedway:


May 7, 2006 autocross:


Autocross May 28, 2006:


June 3, 2006 time trial:


July 1, 2006 time trial:


August 3, 2006 track day at Le Circuit Mont Tremblant:


There are still a bunch of things missing, though.

[NoNo]

Quote: Originally Posted by GadgetGav (original)

I just passed 40,000 in mine, a long way from catching you..! But then, a trip to the dealer doesn't involve an overnight stay for me. Happy to see my iPod interface made it within the first year
Here's to many more motoring miles.

It helps when you actually attend rallies Congrats, Jason! Wish Vinny could have stuck around longer. Carry on the Velvet legacy!

[AprilWhine]

Love the photo essay, thanks for posting it.

[jwardell]

Great writeup Jason, It's fun to look back. Of course, you have a few more years to look back on than me...oh and a few more with the car too Why isn't your 100k shot included in your flickr set? It's also interesting to notice how picture quality gets better over time when looking over old albums like that. So..are you sticking around till 200?

[snid]

Quote: Originally Posted by jwardell (original)

So..are you sticking around till 200?

The current plan is to get this one paid off first. At that point, it's not going to be worth a whole lot as a trade in, so I'll probably get something new for my daily / winter driver and make the Cooper a track car that's still street legal so I can drive it to track events (and MINI events) and not have to trailer it. But it will become as close to a track only car as I can get away with.

But, I'll probably change my mind before I get to that point.

[Olly.]

Thanks for the excellent write up Made for a really interesting read

[m2smith]

Congrats Jason!
Great pics (as always) but even more amazing is the number of places that brown took you...

[MiniNewbie82]

Hi, could you tell me what kind of ipod adaptor that is and how much you bought it for? Does it just plug into your 12V plug? Thanks.

[snid]

Quote: Originally Posted by MiniNewbie82 (original)

Hi, could you tell me what kind of ipod adaptor that is and how much you bought it for? Does it just plug into your 12V plug? Thanks.

Currently I'm using the Monster Cable iPod power adapter thingy, but there are tons of them out there. Plugs into the lighter socket and powers / charges the iPod. There should be tons of iPod related threads in the interior & ice forum.