New England Off Topic and Banter as Most Brilliantly Proposed by Cape Cod MINI

[AprilWhine]

One with heavy duty suspension.

[holdenontoit]

Hey Sherry, how you and Jim doing? Move to vegas yet? Hannah and I may be there at Christmas.

[AprilWhine]

Morning Jock, check the pits for the fate of Andrew.

We haven't moved yet Something at work about sit or get off the pot? The new regime can't get the paperwork right to offer early retirement, I think NoNo's mechanics were less inept.

But retired or not, we'll be out there for Christmas, maybe we can get together for dinner?

[holdenontoit]

that would be fun. I'll pm you when our plans jell a wee bit more. we're moving along with house plans and an eventual move to Costa Rica for our retirement. See Costa Rica Real Estate for Sale –Mountain and Forest Properties by Portasol
we are on lot 14! look on "design and construction" link, that's Hannah in the pork pie hat talking to the owner,architect and builder!

[GadgetGav]

Quote: Originally Posted by holdenontoit (original)

that would be fun. I'll pm you when our plans jell a wee bit more. we're moving along with house plans and an eventual move to Costa Rica for our retirement. See Costa Rica Real Estate for Sale –Mountain and Forest Properties by Portasol
we are on lot 14! look on "design and construction" link, that's Hannah in the pork pie hat talking to the owner,architect and builder!

That looks terrible Jock, I can't imagine why anyone would want to leave the cold, dark winters of New England for somewhere like that..!
Good luck with it - were the plans to your liking..?

[NoNo]

Just got an email from my uncle with a chart of foods and the positive effects they have on your health. Marshmallows were nowhere to be found

[GadgetGav]

Yeah, but I bet that chart never thought someone would die from eating spinach...

[NoNo]

You're just looking for an excuse not to eat veggies, aren't you?

[blalor]

Quote: Originally Posted by snid (original)

My leatherette seats are starting to tear, but that's not going to be covered for me.

Have you looked into the Wet Okole (sp?) seat covers? I think I'm going to get some for the new car.

[Theo]

Quote: Originally Posted by snid (original)

Enjoy the free warranty work while you can...
[snip]...You know what the cost is to diagnose / reset a check engine light? I did, but I blocked it out... it was way more than I expected....[snip]

I have the Peake tool which will show you the stored codes. You can then look them up in the Bentley manual. Want to meet me on Saturday afternoon off I-91 somewhere within ~10 miles of the MA state line? I'll bring the Peake tool and my Bentley manual.

Carol will be in NYC and I was going for a drive anyway! Though I must admit that it is always dangerous for me to enter VT. Ask Trooper Valcourt.

Theo

[jwardell]

Quote: Originally Posted by Sheenabea (original)

I posted up the few pictures I took of the us four girls at Fort Devens this past Sunday for the NER autocross

Sheena's Gallery :: Autocrossing

Cool, glad to see some girls out there autocrossing (are us guys too wimpy this year?) I only went to an NER event once when I first moved out here, way too many people, very few runs, no personal attention, a bit more expensive; that's why I settled in with bmwscca. Of course they're both at devens so both very similar in course. Will you be out again next year? I hope to get back to it.

Quote: Originally Posted by NoNo (original)

Just got an email from my uncle with a chart of foods and the positive effects they have on your health. Marshmallows were nowhere to be found

Yeah, but calzones were at the top!

[Sheenabea]

Quote: Originally Posted by jwardell (original)

Cool, glad to see some girls out there autocrossing (are us guys too wimpy this year?) I only went to an NER event once when I first moved out here, way too many people, very few runs, no personal attention, a bit more expensive; that's why I settled in with bmwscca. Of course they're both at devens so both very similar in course. Will you be out again next year? I hope to get back to it.

It was fun! Of course, it was a fun run, so no pressure. I really do like it though and definitely want to check out BMWSCCA next spring. I like the idea of having just BMWs and MINIs autocrossing and competing instead of a wide range of makes and models.

[snid]

Quote: Originally Posted by Theo (original)

Want to meet me on Saturday afternoon off I-91 somewhere within ~10 miles of the MA state line? I'll bring the Peake tool and my Bentley manual.

My engine light is off for now - MoP reset it the last time I was down there. My airbag light on the other hand...

[jwardell]

Quote: Originally Posted by Sheenabea (original)

It was fun! Of course, it was a fun run, so no pressure. I really do like it though and definitely want to check out BMWSCCA next spring. I like the idea of having just BMWs and MINIs autocrossing and competing instead of a wide range of makes and models.

There is still a wide range of vehicles...anyone can join. (Those miata owners will go anywhere to race!) But where as the SCCA has a high majority of tuner imports or whatever, BMWCCA has a lot more higher end like BMWs, porsches, lotuses, etc...unfortunately that means your mini doesn't blow most of them out of the water and is more challenging to compete. BMW is also a little less strict about some things, like you can bring a bike to make walking easier.

[Sheenabea]

Quote: Originally Posted by jwardell (original)

There is still a wide range of vehicles...anyone can join. (Those miata owners will go anywhere to race!) But where as the SCCA has a high majority of tuner imports or whatever, BMWCCA has a lot more higher end like BMWs, porsches, lotuses, etc...unfortunately that means your mini doesn't blow most of them out of the water and is more challenging to compete. BMW is also a little less strict about some things, like you can bring a bike to make walking easier.

Oh really? I didn't know that. I'd like to check them out and see how they do things, now that I was sorta introduced to NER. I am sure I won't be winning any trophies any time soon with my MINI, but I like the idea of trying to compete with higher performance/hih end cars.