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Old 06-15-2021, 09:47 PM
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picked up this go-kart (Mini R55S) just to own a manual tranny again...
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Old 06-15-2021, 10:12 PM
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Drooling over that 3 car garage. The R55S is nice too.
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Old 06-15-2021, 11:02 PM
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Drooling over that 3 car garage.
Same!

And that 8 series too. Wanted one of those in the worst way until I had to drive one. I just don't fit in it very well at 6'8" . I've heard there are seat mods to improve things... but it burst my bubble in terms of real desire.
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Old 06-15-2021, 11:23 PM
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picked up this go-kart (Mini R55S) just to own a manual tranny again...
Who says you need exotics to have a dream car garage? Nice, very nice!
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Old 06-16-2021, 09:57 AM
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My serious other distraction! Tire killa........BADBOW.
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Old 06-16-2021, 06:34 PM
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My serious other distraction! Tire killa........BADBOW.
Nice!
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A temporary distraction. New timing chains, cam phasers, fuel injectors, VVT solenoids, water pump, and anything else I find. All because of a notorious oil leak due to a bad PCV system design. I'm doing all future preventative maintenance as possible. I don't want to remove parts again on a transverse engine.

As soon as it's done, I'm back on the X5 until I find the no sleep problem.
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We've had this little distraction for nearly 2 years now. It'd been parked for one reason or another until this Spring when we finally decided to keep it- and for me to make it my own rather than my wife for whom I'd bought it.

It's a 2020 with ~3600 miles on it now. I replaced everything that cools air, water, oil, or fluid. And then I added intakes and a blow off valve for fun noises. The biggest changes came from the KW coilovers' excellent comfort on the road and incredible balance in the twists. Between those and monoball thrust arms from Fall Line, the car is the way it *should have* come from the factory. So predictable, compliant and yet composed. Just a great time since doing the mods last month.
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Old 07-18-2021, 01:28 PM
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We've had this little distraction for nearly 2 years now. It'd been parked for one reason or another until this Spring when we finally decided to keep it- and for me to make it my own rather than my wife for whom I'd bought it.

It's a 2020 with ~3600 miles on it now. I replaced everything that cools air, water, oil, or fluid. And then I added intakes and a blow off valve for fun noises. The biggest changes came from the KW coilovers' excellent comfort on the road and incredible balance in the twists. Between those and monoball thrust arms from Fall Line, the car is the way it *should have* come from the factory. So predictable, compliant and yet composed. Just a great time since doing the mods last month.
That’s sick! What are the specs on those? I’ve seen them running the streets but never looked to see what they were all about. Love the color too!
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Old 07-19-2021, 12:51 AM
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We've had this little distraction for nearly 2 years now. It'd been parked for one reason or another until this Spring when we finally decided to keep it- and for me to make it my own rather than my wife for whom I'd bought it.

It's a 2020 with ~3600 miles on it now. I replaced everything that cools air, water, oil, or fluid. And then I added intakes and a blow off valve for fun noises. The biggest changes came from the KW coilovers' excellent comfort on the road and incredible balance in the twists. Between those and monoball thrust arms from Fall Line, the car is the way it *should have* come from the factory. So predictable, compliant and yet composed. Just a great time since doing the mods last month.
Very nice car prop. Very sad story. You've mentioned it before, but still, always sad to hear news like that from fellow forum members.
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