OK last thing: some site updates. Up top you may have noticed the new Google MINI search; use this to search the internet for things MINI related. I’ve tried to combine both their keyword searches and automotive category search to give somewhat more accurate results. Give it a try. Finally, I edited the page code to make this column slightly wider so the 500-pixel images from Flickr fit inside and should no longer cause issues with PCs and IE.<\/p>\n Stay tuned next week for a major milestone, and a major MINI event!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Nothing significant but plenty of things to update on. First and foremost, MINIsOnTop is just over a week away! This is the biggest and best MINI event of the year, and I’ve been looking forward to it ever since braving the 90mph winds and below-freezing temperatures of last year! I will be heading up Saturday […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-32","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.jwardell.com\/mini\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.jwardell.com\/mini\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.jwardell.com\/mini\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.jwardell.com\/mini\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.jwardell.com\/mini\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=32"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.jwardell.com\/mini\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.jwardell.com\/mini\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=32"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.jwardell.com\/mini\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=32"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.jwardell.com\/mini\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=32"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"20050609-200549\"\/](\"http:\/\/photos12.flickr.com\/18436472_c7645f39ee_m.jpg\")
<\/a> I finally came up with a location to mount the G-Whiz and did so today, as shown here. I removed the adhesive on the back and replaced it with velcro so it can be removed when desired. This is a much better view for the driver and feels like a special analog guage–representing Fun Level! \ud83d\ude00
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<\/a> Tonight I also quickly built a camcorder bracket, which I’ve been meaning to do for a while. It is simple and mounts between the headrests, I plan to use it to capture the trip up Mt. Washington. It will also hopefully have a good view of the G-Whiz Fun Level Meter!
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<\/a>A few new products arrived this week-it’s getting back to the season where I’m on a first-name basis with the UPS man! First, I had an idea to make the red S badges fit my black & white color scheme, and was about to attempt it with electrical tape or something, when I saw an ad for Bimmian.com<\/a> that offered them in any color for $15. I went with Reflective White and (better photo soon) I think they look good–not to mention reflecting the S to anyone who shines their lights in my direction.
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<\/a> I can never place an order for just one item, so I also ordered the Solaris Electrum Invisi-Bulbs for the front directional lights. I have noticed in several MINI photos the orange bulbs when unlit color the entire reflector orange and it doesn’t look right. As you can see the silver-coated bulbs, which still glow amber, now photograph great.
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\nWait, there’s more! I finally found the white R81 7-holie rims I’ve been looking for on eBay, and they arrived today. No, I’m not downgrading from the X-lites, one will be used as a spare, then they will be fitted with snow tires for next winter. I’m looking forward to that next blizzard! Also a new shipment of goodies from Autopia Car Care<\/a>, the highlight of which is 303 Aerospace Protectant<\/a> which I will use for the plastic fender trim and rims, along with a new wheel brush<\/a>.<\/p>\n