(no – not for me this time!)
Visited MINI Peabody today to meet John picking up his new ’05 MINI (and install an auto-up-windows MINI circuit for him). A few other people were there too including Maureen (of course), Rick and Jeff – Jeff decided that Johns MINI needed some upgrades!
Congratulations John!
… I reached 1250 miles tonight! Run-in miles officially over (though they were unofficially over at various times last Sunday).
Interesting to read what Carnuts Garage has to say about run-in miles:
… Once the break-in period is over, it is not a signal for “anything goes”. Gradually increase your RPM limit over the next thousand miles or so …
Yeah, well …
I have filled GBMINI#3 four times now, with calculated MPGs of 27.8, 24.8, 23.7 and 25.6; an overall average of 25.56.
This is about as low as my worst MPG on GBMINI#2 (and that was with the 210hp JCW upgrade!)
Obviously the automatic transmission has a significant effect on miles-per-gallon (some people claim it also hurts “smiles-per-gallon”!)
Copied from a recent print issue of Wards Auto:
