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Archive for April, 2008

Quaife Limited Slip & New Tune Map

Tuesday, April 22nd, 2008 Posted in Mini Blog, Repairs/DIY | 2 Comments »

I finally saved enough to get a limited slip differential installed at Behe Performance. Here's what it looked like the day after I dropped it off: I was able to get the Quaife LSD through a great group buy on ...

Checked Paint

Sunday, April 20th, 2008 Posted in BMW, Repairs/DIY | No Comments »

I'm not sure what's going on with the paint on the hood of the BMW. At first I thought I had driven through a gigantic spider web. The entire surface of the hood appears to have cracked. ...

SCCA Test & Tune

Wednesday, April 16th, 2008 Posted in Autocross, Mini Blog | No Comments »

This past weekend, I got to participate in an interesting event with the WDCR SCCA. It was a test & tune (non-championship) event where there were only 24 drivers; 2 courses; and 7 hours to ...

Test Driving the R56 Cooper S Automatic

Monday, April 14th, 2008 Posted in Car Reviews, Mini Blog | No Comments »

The car is a 2008 Cooper S. The color is “Sparkling Silver”, not my favorite, but not as bad as most of the press has made it out to be. It seems like a color that belongs on ...