GBMINI#4 (GPMINI) – Page 4

Tire cradles

Posted on October 1, 2011February 16, 2017 by Ian C.

After having to buy a set of tires for GPMINI due to the flatspot-caused rumbling, I finally spent the $$$ (less than a set of tires!) to get a set of tire cradles recommended by George. They are a very soft rubbery material, so that presumably they give way instead of the tires!

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Easy to use, just stop a little short of where you want to park, place the tire cradles in front of each tire, and drive forward on to them! Hopefully they will save me from another batch of noisy runflats …

GPMINI for sale?

Posted on September 4, 2011February 16, 2017 by Ian C.

GPMINI got another (rare) wash today – she’s not driven much now, and normally remains at work during the weekend so this is her first wash since June (unless you count the “partial wash” from MINI of Peabody last month) – but when she’s clean, she still looks “good as new”:

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The duck has travelled with GPMINI since Las Vegas during MINI Takes The States 2006 – there was one in the Westin Hotel bathroom but I wasn’t brave enough to swipe it … but George did for me, instead!

Five years of ownership, 47,000 miles of memories – but she doesn’t get driven much now and I must admit that I don’t miss driving her so much these days … I’m thinking maybe it’s time to find her a new owner!