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http://www.107.peugeot.co.uk/peugeot.swf

Cool little game from Peugeot.

Yup, I have a medallion on the way!

Go get a magazine with the MINI ads and use your decoder to get yours too!!

Magazines with the ad to decode:

Men’s Health – got mine in this one.
New Yorker
Sports Illustrated
Blender
Business
Maxim – except this one it seems
Swindle
MC2

Thanks to a deal from a local DCMM club member Paul!, I have a great set of lightly used (had 2500 miles on them but look new) 16″ Mille wheels with Continental ExtremeWinter tires 195/55 R16.

I’ve put about 200 miles on these since they went on and the ride is totally different from the 17s. Its almost like going from runflats to non-runflats. This wheel and tire combo is 9lb lighter per corner and I can feel it. Car turns faster and accelerates moderatly faster. Braking also seems slightly improved. So till the warm weather returns my R99s and BFGoodrich KDW2s are in storage.

Bringing the wheels home:

Installed, the car’s appearance is dramatically different to me (anyone notice mods I forgot to blog? lol):

Also check that rear tire gap, it seems a tad smaller.

Also my car got a boboo on the way home the other day.

Its a hole about the size of a quater in my aero side skirt.

Better view:

Check out the new options and price out a 2007 MINI.

Link

I priced out a MINI with options available and those not out till 3/07 and it was about $30k.

EDIT – link fixed.

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