We’ve been busy here at GeorgeCo during the last few weeks of Autumn, taking advantage of the warmer than expected weather to get some projects done before the cold and snow of Winter sets in. Even as we prepare to sell the GeorgeCo Blue MINI, work continues on the Red MINI. In addition to getting …
I found myself getting off of the local interstate highway last Friday to avoid traffic only to discover two things: (1) The road I chose (MD 355) was also blocked in both directions because of an accident, and (2) Passport MINI of Alexandria now has a showroom in Rockville. Since I wasn’t going anywhere anyway, …
Somebody must have hit the fast forward button on Autumn. We had our first winter snow storm yesterday — much too early in the season. It was a great day to get caught up on watching movies, sorting photos, and editing videos. Much has been happening at GeorgeCo in the last three months. Let’s get …
After a bit of a summer break, GeorgeCo was back at the track with the National Capital Chapter of BMW Car Club of America to instruct for 3 days at the Summit Point Main Circuit August 5-7, 2011. We ran the GeorgeCo E30 Powered by Beano on Friday and the GeorgeCo Blue MINI on Saturday …
One of the great things about the MINI is the ability to customized your car so it is unlike any other on the road. Even if you didn’t get to make all of the choices you wanted in the online configurator before you made your purchase, you can still get many original parts from online …
Some changes come to you when you aren’t expecting them, like this car. You may recall from the last post that the GeorgeCo E30 currently has a broken intake rocker. The repair isn’t huge, just time consuming. For those of you who have been reading this blog for a long while know that we’ve walked …
GeorgeCo has been taking a couple of days off ahead of the Easter Holiday here in the U.S., using the free time to catch up on some garage and basement cleaning (more room for spare parts and tires) as well as taking care of a few odds and ends that GeorgeCo can’t get done when …
The Colonial Challenge Cup, a local charity group, hosted another track day at Summit Point Main Circuit in West Virginia. I had a chance again this year to instruct and drive during the event. Today was a wonderful sunny Spring day here in the Mid-Atlantic region. Unfortunately, the event was yesterday. Yesterday was cold and …
After crossing the 135,000 miles mark at the track last month, I noticed it might be time to catch up on a few maintenance items. First up is a new exhaust. My previous exhaust was an Alta Sportone that I installed in September 2006, which was about 75,000 miles ago. The Alta exhaust is a …
Resetting Oil Service Light on your 2002 – 2006 MINI Cooper and Cooper S, and 2007 – 2008 MINI Convertibles: Press and hold the trip button Insert key and turn to position 1 Watch for RESET to appear Release the button, then press & hold it again Wait for the RESET to flash Release the …