It took 7 years, 11 months, & 24 days…2918 days in total…to reach 100,000 miles on my Clubman.
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80,000 Mile Maintenance
GhostPepper's New Brakes
In early April, as GhostPepper closed in on 80,000 miles, I finally had a chance to take care a few maintenance items she had coming due.
Most importantly a full brake service was needed. A few days after ordering parts to do the brake job, one of the brake wear sensors was triggered. So, while there was a little life left in the brake pads, it was definitely time to get them swapped out for newer pads. I last replaced brake pads and rotors at around 38,000 miles, and while it was a bit before it was really needed, we were heading on a 5000+ mile road trip from Chicago, out to Jackson, Wyoming, and then onto Denver, Colorado, before heading back home. So being proactive seemed prudent. As it had been just about 42,000 miles since I last did a full brake service, it seems like 40,000 miles is my magic number.
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GhostPepper, Kayak Transporter
When motoring and kayak fishing life collide…you turn your MINI Clubman into a kayak hauler.
Hey, sometime you want to fish at 6am, and carve canyons on the way home.
First Performance Mod
GhostPepper, New Brakes
As I tend to do my upgrades/mods when things are due for replacement…at roughly 39,590 miles, the first performance related mods have gone onto GhostPepper. Nothing to make her go faster…just stop faster.
A set of WMW rotors on all four corners, paired EBC Red Stuff brake pads, a new braided-steel brake lines, and fresh ATE Type 200 brake fluid…and since I would be replacing the brake lines, it was the perfect opportunity to finally paint the brake calipers as well.
New Rubber
New Continental ExtremeContact DWs on GhostPepper
If I could, I would have ditched them on day one. However, it’s a bit difficult to justify spending several hundred dollars on new tires, when your brand new MINI comes with a perfectly usable set of runflats (which just cost you roughly a thousand dollars). So they were put to use.