Multi-link (rear)
We like our 2005 Cooper so much we bought a 2007 Cooper S.
Wrapping up our MINI Cooper S project car.
Late-braking news: We post video from the 2008 Solo Nationals in Topeka.
We take our MINI to the last event of the season.
We finish fourth at the Solo National Championships in Topeka, Kansas.
A simple tweak before our trip to Topeka.
Another good event for our 2007 MINI Cooper S.
We build a small utility trailer for our MINI.
Results from the SCCA Solo National Tour in Cecil, GA.
Our '08 season is going well...
That's all she wrote.
We hit the test track with the MINI.
Yup, the MINI is Topeka-bound.
We report from Milwaukee.
We go to Wisconsin.
Our MINI starts to feel like a MINI.
Testing and tuning our Konis.
With our Konis installed we're looking forward to our next autocross.
Have you seen the trunk on a MINI? We need a trailer hitch.
Konis and autocrosses go together like peanut butter and jelly. Yum.
After a shaky start we pull it together.
Luckily, ours fit.
It's still a MINI, but it's not quite the same.
Big tires, little car.
We'd have done even better if it wasn't for those pesky cones.
It's an '07 vs. '05 Mini face-off, coming soon.
Arrrrrr.
Good alignments can make a huge difference.
Do the factory specs hold up in the real world?
Faster than you'd expect.
Selecting wheels with SCCA rules in mind.
We hang out with the folks from Sunshine Minis.
With just a few hundred miles under its belt, our Mini hits its first track.
How often does a new model weigh less than its predecessor?
Sparkling Silver.
To paraphrase Navin Johnson, “The new MINI's here, the new MINI's here”
It's like delaying Christmas.
And we're counting down the days.
Can't that boat go any faster?
Goodbye polka dots.
Gentlemen, start your assembly lines.
No orange jokes, please.
We pick out our new MINI online.