Bessie went to the tire store and got kitted out with her new Falken ZE-512. My business client, Big Bear Tire, recommended them. So far, so good. No more rough runflats for us.
Category: MINI Life
Spring Hazards
Those long winter months made me forget just what I hate about warm weather - Bugs - and lots of them! No, No, not the VW Beetles (though they are everywhere) just the ones that sound like falling rain and leave one's MINI a motorized mortuary.
Spring Cleaning
It's Spring! With the first 60° day in a long time, it was perfect weather for a car wash for Bessie. Yesterday, all the soot and salt of the past few weeks was washed away. Today it rained.
Winter Nights
Here's Bessie. Cold and in the dark. She doesn't even get a garage space. "What's a garage?" she'd say if she could talk, but she can't. In a week Bessie and I brave traffic of Chicago to visit the new special edition MINI at the Chicago Autoshow. I survived rush hour through Dallas, so how
Tire Update
Bessie FINALLY has her new tire. Its taken 12 days to get one. According to MINI, there are no Dunlop runflats available until the end of the month. According to Big Bear Tire, Oconomowoc, you can have the same Dunlop runflat the next day. Plus, it's about half-price. So, if you're looking for new tires