Had a opportunity to park the Mini this close to a real GT3 Rs. Too bad about the Picture, the E71 packs the worst phone camera ever.
GT3 RS + R53 RS
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Category Archives: My R53 Mini
6-Speed Trio at Bukit Tinggi – Sporting the 3 colours of Euro.
From the left, an S3, MCS, Cayman S. As Malaysians await for the JPM Berjaya Hillclimb trials, 3 psyched-up Euros pound the Bukit Tinggi hills for a quick shakedown. Not realising the colour coordination of a traffic light post, there were also a certain specialness within the cars being a turbo 4WD, supercharged Front wheel drive and mid engined rear wheel drive.
E34 and R53 at Sepang
Brought both to the recent HPC track day. The south, half track wasn’t particularly friendly to the 5, which is, big, long, soft and heavy, it could barely stretch its legs. The Mini on the other hand was pretty made for it, though much practice is needed to understand its unique ability.
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Washing the R53 “RS”
Picked up a mobile 12v cigarette lighter powered car wash pump from Singapore during Super Import Nights. With it’s internal water storage capability of 1.5 litres, isn’t much, but you can wash your car even in the dessert powered only by your car. Anyway, there isn’t a pic of the pump in here. I’ll post more about it soon. here’s the pic of the Mini being jet washed, at home.