MINIsOnTop 2008 Sponsors #2

Posted on by Ian C.

With MINIsOnTop now less than a month away, it’s time to send out thanks to our sponsors, that have donated various items that will be used to raise money for our 2008 charities.

Thanks to Bavarian Autosport, who have donated $100 of gift certificates.
Thanks also to Concord Motorsport, for the donation of a Dinan strut brace.
MC2 Magazine have donated several T-shirts and some magazine subscription.
And don’t forget TwistyBitzwho have donated various items including a UNIQUE custom MINIsOnTop clock!

From our favourite MINI dealerships, in addition to the major raffle prize of a two year MINI Cooper Clubman lease from Herb Chambers MINI of Boston, we have New Country MINI to thank for satisfying our sweet tooth with “Sundaes on Friday” – free ice cream for all during the Friday night get-together and Trivia night – New Country MINI will also donate $6.288 to Make A Wish for every person that attends the event that night.
And let’s not forget MINI of Peabody who will provide buffet snacks to re-fuel us after our drive to the top of Mount Washington, on Saturday evening, while we have our final get-together of the weekend.

Personal donations include a signed photo of Rauno Aaltonen from MINIsOnTop master organizer Theo, and a JCW air intake from yours truly, GBMINI / Ian (installation not included)

See this weblog entry for earlier donations (including Red Sox skybox tickets!)

Sirius for GBMINI#6

Posted on by Ian C.

Since The Great Ice Cream Run last year, I’ve been listening to Sirius Satellite Radio in GPMINI, using a receiver hard-wired in to the Alpine head unit, giving clear sound and artist/etc displays.
In GBMINI#6, I installed a factory AUX input cable and I’ve been using the “portable” Sirius receiver that I bought last year for my SiriusXM comparison; I had the little receiver stuck in a cup holder, which allows me to hear it but makes reading the display and pressing buttons a little tricky!

Over the last week or so, I’ve been updating the sound in GBMINI#6 – the factory iPod interface came out (which is un-necessarily challenging due to the way it is installed), and I have a Dension Gateway 300 installed from MikeyTheMINI (more on that, later!) … side note: It’s a bit easier to work on the stereo in a Convertible, dropping the top gives you lots more visibility 🙂


So I decided to tidily install the Sirius receiver; I tried a few places and finally settled on putting it under the toggle switch panel … with the help of my work colleague Christian, a piece of copper was bent to provide a nice bracket to fit the receiver to the bottom of the switch panel, and I’m really quite happy with the results!

Rusted Spoiler Screws

Posted on by Ian C.

Having been alerted to the problem by Chris, another GP owner, I find that like his GP, my cars rear spoiler fixing screws are rusting and looking rather ugly!

 

This issue is not happening for all owners – I suspect it’s related to weather conditions and perhaps whether or not the car is garaged (GP0203 is not) … I’ll be chatting to my dealership to see what they think about it …