Killing time til "The BIG Day"...

So what is "The BIG Day?" - "The BIG Day" is this Saturday the 17th. That's the day I will drive to the far East (El Monte) and pick up new wheels for the MINI. I am particularly excited because after the long and painful decision process of deciding what to get- my patience has paid off and I found a killer deal on a set of GramLights 57's from Importhookup.com/ WheelOptions in El Monte.

I have spoken to Vik at WheelOptions several times this week and it seems that everything is in order. They should be able to mount and balance the new wheels with my choice of sticky-go-fast tires and they have all necessary hardware including centering rings.

As some of you may know- I have been wanting to swap out the wheels on the MINI for about two years- so this day comes with much anticipation- as such- it has been particularly difficult to get through this week- in which time seems to have slowed down just to spite me. Because of this it has been very important to keep myself busy- and since all I can think about these days is the MINI- my efforts have been mainly MINI focused-

In other words "What can I do to the car between now and Saturday...?"

After thinking about it for a little while it came to me in a flash- the giant red-button I installed in the dash has been looking a little sparse next to all the other switches with their fancy icons. The time had come to visit that one and only craftsman and artist- the sticker guy at the mall.

So there is this guy at the mall who will take your artwork and make Vinyl Window Stickers based on your design (you know- like the ones of Calvin peeing on a ford logo...)- anyway I gave him an image and a painful 40 minutes later I had a bunch of MINI Mechanic Logo Decals ready to go. Mind you the actual process of making the stickers took about 2 minutes- but watching this guy fumble through Corel Draw was like watching a Gorilla try to play a Stratavarious. But he was a nice guy- and excited about the project.

He was a little curious why I wanted one of the stickers printed SO small- when I told him it was for a switch in my dashboard he looked at me kinda funny- You know that look you give someone when you suddenly realize they are crazy and then at the same time realize that you are looking at them like they are crazy so you have to look away as not to let on that they have showed you- and you have seen their dementia? (Errrr...? Yeah I think that came out right?)

Anyways- here is a pic of the new decal installed- I think it's pretty sweet:



Oh! I just remembered- I mentioned in my last entry that my passenger side window had ceased to operate- Well it's back baby! No I didn't get it fixed- It has miraculously come back to life- (weirdly enough right around Easter time too- coincidence? perhaps...)- Point is that it's working fine and until it craps out again I'm not gonna worry about it.

Other than that there isn't much news. I have mainly just been working on the site. Trying to enhance the product base and usability- Trying to figure out what type of content will be most valuable to the users. Some things have been implemented- Some are yet to be seen- but keep checking back because I plan on doing a whole lot more.

If anyone has any suggestions of what they would like to see- or what would be useful to them- or even questions about their car - or just something they'd like to share - send it in- maybe I'll feature your Q & A on the site- then you'll be famous!

Ok- counting the minutes until "The BIG Day"....

Tick Tock Clarice...