U know u want one... torsen LSD for cooper S



http://grassrootsmotorsports.com/minicoopers.html

 

$3000 including install which as you saw is quite involved. 19 hours of labor are billed for the install. $1200 for the LSD and 1800 for the install. Trust me I looked into it. Suddenly one wheel drive was not so bad.

 

come on, how hard could it be... get some beers and get the guys over.

 

It takes 19 hours for a professional mechanic to do it...pass. I would rather do something to my FC.

 

Honestly, I haven't given it much thought. I guess I ought to reserve a hotel room or something. I'll be there with the wife, and maybe our son, so partying might be kept tame. Though now that I'm thinking about it, we might be able to get someone to watch our son for the weekend. I'll post when I know what I'm going to do. If any of you guys have any recommendations for a decent hotel, let me know, I've never stayed in Tampa/St. Pete.



Also, I was thinking about taking a test drive or 2 at the local mazda dealership, just to get a feel for the care. Assuming the car is for sale at that point.

 

I believe the 3 is on delaership lots now. We thought the same thing. See if we could rent one at a car rental place put some azenas on it and take it to an Autocross practice day.



We have a set of 225 Azenas on 17" rims 5 lug RX-7 rims. I wonder if they would fit??



How cool would that be?

 

BTW - I stay in Tampa from time to time there is a really nice hotel I plan on staying at. I will look it up and tell you which one it has a bar downstairs and great little breakfast cafe. Its really close to I-275 so you can get anywhere in the Tampa St. Pete area pretty quick the rooms are resonable too if I remember correctly. I use my Starwood points when I go there, so I stay for free, I think its about $80 a night.





All I know Is that I am going to Burns Steak House Saturday night. Its an awesome place to go but exspensive. It a once every couple of years restruant.

 

Maybe we could meet there, if that's what you're getting at. But like I said, that would depend on the kid situation. At his age, we don't like taking him anywhere that he can't run around and scream his head off.

 

Well, me and the gf were planning on goin to St Pete just to get away...Mazda rev it up was just a plus...kinda popped in as something to do; So we just decided on making a reservation and staying over there...



So make a reservation(I'll look into it the hotels later on and see about prices and ****) and get a babysitter...

 

We're looking into getting a stay at a bed & breakfast, take 2 days off work, and make a vacation out of it. We haven't asked yet, but I'm sure the babysitter thing won't be a problem. Let me know if you have any recommendations for a B&B, or a nice hotel suite (I learned that it's good to tell them you're on your honeymoon ).



As for the event, you're only scheduled to do stuff on 1 day, right? And the other day is just for doing whatever? Or do your scheduled events run on both days?