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First autocross of the season

Today was my first autocross of the season with the Boston chapter of the BMW Car Club of America. I did two last year at the end of the season, and this year hope to make it to most of them and possibly compete.
Unfortunately mid-morning it started raining. That made the track slick…but still tons [...]

Welcome to the new site!

While I never intended to do a blog, I experimented with the MINI2 Journal system for the last few months and found that I not only posted more often than I thought I would, but I really enjoyed doing it. However due to the limitation of needing to be a signed in member of MINI2, [...]

Commuting is bad for gas

I filled up last night, and calculated only 20.5 mpg. The tank was all commuting, which is always tough on my milage when I don’t have any small highway trips mixed in.
Of course the OBC reported a whopping 25.5mpg! You all know not to trust that right?
I’ve updated my gas milage graphs for April. [...]

Water!

I spent a few hours yesterday detailing the interior of my MINI. I had just bought a small wet/dry vac for vacuuming the car and other things–it performed great.
When I cleared out my boot I noticed a small puddle on top of the boot mat. It had just been a rainy weekend. But I [...]