Going Big
Thursday, May 6th, 2010 Posted in Mini Blog, Repairs/DIY | No Comments »On the way up to West Point to attend a conference for work, I stopped off at Morristown MINI and picked up a JCW big brake kit. The kit includes big calipers, pads, and larger rotors in the front, as ...
Track Day at Summit Point
Thursday, April 22nd, 2010 Posted in Autocross, BMW, Mini Blog, Track | No Comments »It was a busy week here at GeorgeCo, with three events in five days. Saturday started it off with half a day with some of the BMW club instructors on the skidpad at Summit Point. About a dozen drivers, three ...
GeorgeCo MINI turns 6, Becomes Barn Owl
Saturday, December 5th, 2009 Posted in Mini Blog, Repairs/DIY | No Comments »I've had my MINI for 6 years as of last week. About the time it passed it's six birthday in September, I started hearing this sound. Sort of part barn owl, part Stanley Steamer. It took a ...
Chapterfest 2009 & SCCA Event #6
Monday, September 28th, 2009 Posted in Autocross, BMW, Mini Blog | No Comments »Chapterfest marked the end of the Summer for the GeorgeCo BMW Powered by Beano. The annual event sponsored by the National Capital Chapter of the BMW Car Club of America brings together the diverse sub-groups of 6,000+ member chapter ...
August A for Autocross
Sunday, August 2nd, 2009 Posted in Autocross, Mini Blog | No Comments »Busy weekend for autocross. After a month off -- back in with both feet. Yesterday it was a sweltering event with the CDC, and today it's back to FEDEX Field for the SCCA event. The GeorgeCo MINI powered by Beano ran ...
MINI Payoff and Paint Bubbles
Wednesday, July 29th, 2009 Posted in BMW, Mini Blog, Repairs/DIY | No Comments »Like so many things with this car, you never really know what's wrong until you get out the grinder. After I finished painting the roof, I found a bubble in the paint on the hood. At some point ...
Driving the Shenandoah 29-31 May 2009
Monday, June 1st, 2009 Posted in Mini Blog | No Comments »It was a beautiful weekend to be at the track. (Actually, there are no bad weekends to be at the track. Except maybe when it snows -- been there, done that.) Except for a brief deluge, it ...
CDC Autocross, 23 MAY 2009
Monday, May 25th, 2009 Posted in Autocross, Mini Blog | No Comments »Since the BMW is still on jack-stands in the garage, I decided to take out the MINI for the Capital Driving Club autocross at Bowie Stadium this weekend. It was sunny and hot, but fortunately, not yet so humid. ...
518 HP MINI
Monday, May 18th, 2009 Posted in Autocross, BMW, Mini Blog | No Comments »I recently lost my cell phone which turned into an opportunity to get an iPhone. There are a couple of interesting automotive apps available for iPhone so I thought I'd test a couple of them. The image above ...
CDC Autocross Event #4, Summit Point, 9 MAY 2009
Sunday, May 10th, 2009 Posted in Mini Blog | No Comments »On Saturday I finally made it to a CDC autocross event. This one was held at the Triple Skid Pad at Summit Point -- same place as the BMW Club event, only this one wasn't a sogfest. BSR ...
