New car

[satchmo]

What are those big white things on the hood for?

You mean the stripe things? Those are called service stripes. The car gets one for every four years of service, I think. I'm not real clear on that. I'm also not sure where the next one goes. Maybe down the middle? I've got a few years before I have to figure that out.

Tim

[Amskeptic]

What are those big white things on the hood for?

You mean the stripe things? Those are called service stripes. The car gets one for every four years of service, I think. I'm not real clear on that. I'm also not sure where the next one goes. Maybe down the middle? I've got a few years before I have to figure that out.

Tim

I thought they were trick refractive photon deflectors which help the air molecules maintain that critical boundary shear also known as b.s.
Colin

[glasseye]

Heck. Frito's entire hood is white. That explains his extraordinary performance.

[satchmo]

Got a chance to drive the Mini today on the Glendora Mountain Road. What a fun drive. I'm pretty lucky to have this road with more than a dozen hairpin turns and over 4000 feet of climbing nearly in my back yard:

http://www.google.com/mapmaker?ll=34.18 ... =large_map

And what a fun car to drive. I might turn into the person I always made fun of: a Sunday Driver.





Tim

[Amskeptic]

Got a chance to drive the Mini today on the Glendora Mountain Road. What a fun drive.

Brings back memories, my boy, memories. From La Canada Flintridge up CA 2 to Los Angeles Crest Highway. Went left to go to Palmdale, right to go to Wrightwood. Sorted out my '71 Porshe 911, '78 BMW 530, 93 Passat GLX, and when I think about it, I am lucky I did not get killed up there. Beautiful area.
Colin