Archive for the ‘mini’ Category

2008 New York International Auto Show

Saturday, March 29th, 2008

We spent Saturday at the 2008 New York International Auto Show from the time the doors opened on the show until about 8pm when we were really tired from all the walking. There were a lot of great cars, both production and concept. Of course, we stopped off ...

Mini Polls

Wednesday, February 13th, 2008

At this page you will find a list of polls that were posted to northamericanmotoring.com and nemini.org: http://www.shokk.com/blog/mini-polls/ Have at it! SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "Mini Polls", url: "http://www.shokk.com/blog/articles/2008/02/13/mini-polls/" });

Mini Rearended =(

Friday, January 18th, 2008

Sad Face... Update 2008-Feb-05: Got the mini back. Very disappointed that the Geico adjuster never wrote down that I had rear-fog lights, so they were not fixed. They had written down "rear reflectors" even though I had pointed them out as such while he was writing things. Luckily ...

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!

Tuesday, January 1st, 2008

This Christmas was filled with all sorts of delights. From good times with family and friends to new XBox 360s, bikes, TVs and laptops. After dealing with the agonizingly inconsistent behavior of our Sony KP-51HW40 for over a year, we finally decided to replace it with a Samsung ...

Mini Cooper Grille Badges

Sunday, November 11th, 2007

After a bad experience with a Mini Accessories vendor, I decided to make my own grille badges. My first attempt can be seen here. I used a Stapes Item# 386943 magnetic inkjet sheet and am spraying clear enamel on top. I'll be cutting out these guys and displaying pictures ...

Motortober High Point-Mahway 2007

Sunday, October 28th, 2007

We attended the Motorober Rally event today starting at High Point State Park in the extreme northwest corner of New Jersey, just south of Port Jervis, NY. The goal was to break the record of 273 cars of the same type in a single moving convoy, in our case ...

Mini Cooper Grille Badge Installation

Wednesday, October 24th, 2007

I installed a grille badge holder on the Cooper and here are the pix for those interested in doing the same. Follow the link for a gallery tutorial. Actual grille badges coming soon from Miniswag. SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "Mini Cooper Grille Badge Installation", url: "http://www.shokk.com/blog/articles/2007/10/24/mini-cooper-grille-badge-installation/" });

Little Spark Comes Home

Sunday, September 30th, 2007

I finally took delivery of Little Spark around 4pm on Saturday. As you can see, we even made the supreme effort of completely cleaning out the garage and putting up some shelving and hangers for beach chairs, ladders, and our can's roof carrier. Our little car can sleep ...

Mini Update

Friday, September 7th, 2007

The car has been built! It's awaiting its slot on a ship to cross to the states. Not the right color in the generic picture, but the description matches the picture in the previous post. My new baby is on her way. Off to more stick shift lessons ...

Coming to a driveway near me

Saturday, August 18th, 2007

My current car now is a 1998 Plymouth Voyager which up until April had only 48000 miles on it. After my 1994 Ford Escort died from a bad case of "transmission repairs will cost much more than the value of the car", I had to resort to driving the ...