http://mcarlo52.themotorcade.com left coast USA Motorcade Mon, 19 May 2008 00:02:40 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en I've got most of the sheetrock out of the livingroom, just a few pieces to remove for the electrical rewire next weekend. I've put down some concrete sealer and sprayed on the mold/mildew killer. A couple more coats of the sealer and I'll start on the epoxy crack filler. The ... http://mcarlo52.themotorcade.com/2008/05/18/homework/ I took the MINI into MINI of Mountain View for one year service where they did an oil change (with filter) and changed the worn wipers. I didn't check, but I'm a little curious to see if they reset the mileage for the next oil change. I assume they don't. ... http://mcarlo52.themotorcade.com/2008/05/09/one-year-service/ I started tearing down the wallboard on the outside walls today. The first thing I had to do was remove the faux wood paneling. Under that was the wallboard and it was rotted and moldy at the bottom. The insulation had been blown in by a previous owner and that ... http://mcarlo52.themotorcade.com/2008/04/27/living-room-demo-work/ On friday the MINI had been mine for one year. I've got just under 15,000 miles on it and it's still running strong. I'll be calling the local dealer for it's one year checkup; oil change, fluid check and general inspection. I also finally took a picture of the black ... http://mcarlo52.themotorcade.com/2008/04/21/its-a-year-old/ DB of WhiteRoofRadio posted a great video of his ride on Highway 74. I used to live not too far from there and have a fond memory of driving it in my Austin Healy "Frogeye" Sprite. Here's the link. My wife and I finally spent a couple of days looking ... http://mcarlo52.themotorcade.com/2008/04/10/55/ Over at Miniology you can see a posted video daily of the Vegas event. It looks like a lot of fun. Wishing all of you there a great time. http://mcarlo52.themotorcade.com/2008/03/29/wishing-i-was-at-amviv-v/ Finally got the license plate lights/boot handle installed by the dealership. It's painted jet black (same as my roof and mirrors). I'm still waiting for my daughter to return my camera so I can post a picture or two. After seeing the black boot handle and chrome dealer plate holder, ... http://mcarlo52.themotorcade.com/2008/03/29/boot-handle/ I took the car to the dealership today and got some interesting news. Turns out there is an intermittent short in the unit that houses the lamps. It's pretty amazing that they would catch an intermittent problem, usually those types of things only alarm at home and never at the ... http://mcarlo52.themotorcade.com/2008/03/04/license-light-update/ On my drive in to my job this morning I got a little notice in the SAT/NAV screen that the was a license plate lamp malfunction. I didn't take the time to look and forgot all about until my drive home. It's dark by the time I get home this ... http://mcarlo52.themotorcade.com/2008/02/27/first-trouble/ I've now seen a Clubman commercial on Comedy Central. It's kind of cute, a scene similar to a doctors office from the 50's with a doctor looking in a young boys ears sees the Clubman on some racetrack. He checks both ears and sees mirror images of the Clubman racing. ... http://mcarlo52.themotorcade.com/2008/02/20/clubman-on-tv/