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NCA 2008 Report

Mini Mania Open House and Lawn Party
by Jerry (Siddhartha) Bradbury
What can transform a peaceful sylvan lawn in Gold Country into a carnival overnight? The annual Mini Mania Open House and Lawn Party of course! Those who were there got to see first hand all the eye candy, but for those who were not, the Mini's ranged from an electric Moke to a VTEC powered Classic, to Randy Steven's tricked out CVT to Robert Holt’s Purple Haze convertible to three full on Mini race cars: my sprint car, Jacques Andres' enduro car and Eric and Colin Herricks's rally car, and many in between.
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Race Report -USTCC

Infineon Raceway, April 11, 2008.
by Jerry (Siddhartha) Bradbury
My Mini has a new setup for this race. Speed parts from my sponsor Mini Mania have been added by my sponsor Bay Bridge Motors and USTCC sponsor Nitto has provided four brand new NT 01 tires. This will be my first official race with the US Touring Car Championship and I look forward to hitting the grid with more horsepower and quicker lap times.
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MINI Clubman Review

Published: 21st April 2008
The new MINI was launched in 2001, to much acclaim. Although bigger than the original Mini, what it lacked in rear legroom, it made up for in unusual styling and a vast array of personalisation elements, much loved by a local estate agent.

The MINI Clubman has the same raft of options but its main benefit is the extra length, which should make rear passengers happier.
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    Created by: Spyder
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May-01-2008 01:50PM JSG   837673
May-01-2008 01:43PM Spyder   837671
May-01-2008 01:08PM Miniflyboy   837667
May-01-2008 12:05PM Spyder   837660
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Posted: May-01-2008 01:50PM Reply
They may be telling the truth, some modules once they are flashed with the vehicle info.....thats it it's stuck with that vehicle forever. They will not accept different vehicle info.

Spyder
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Posted: May-01-2008 01:43PM Reply

buying the car was great, sales people were fantastic. But the service department... it took me 12 phone calls and a week to get an appointment, for an hours worth of work, for 3 weeks later. And then I find out they can't do anything. If they just told me that on the phone I woulda figgered something else out.

 

And all my complaints seem to fall on deaf ears, I love my car and don't wanna get rid of it, but I think I ended up with a lemon  , and that makes me cry

Miniflyboy
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Posted: May-01-2008 01:08PM Reply

It surprises me that you have had bad experience with MINI/BMW service, (it is expensive, but you did not buy a POS like a Hyundai or something!) 

I have had the best service of anywhere at MINI/BMW dealers in Winnipeg, and Vancouver (Richmond). I just bought an 08' Clubman at MINI Crowfoot in Calgary this Monday, and received the best car buying experience I ever have had, I would think their service would be the same quality.

It may be that the new ABS module is an updated part, and the program to be flashed into the computer would not be compatible with the old one.

 

 

No other car makes everyone smile like a Mini does!

www.arperformance.citymax.com

Spyder
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Posted: May-01-2008 12:05PM Reply

I have an 03 Cooper and my ABS module ate itself a while ago. A new part was about 2000 so I opted for a used part. I don't use BMW service anymore as it is the worst I have ever had to deal with and my shop is awesome!! After they installed the part they said that BMW has to flash my computer so I finally got it in there and they said that they can't because of the used part.

 

Is this just a scam so I gotta spend a ton of cash to get them to "fix" my car? I'm at the end of my rope here!!

Also if anyone wants a slightly used car in the calgary area get a hold of me.....

 

Thanks 

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