Tag Archives: #MiniCooper

Higher Octane – Good Recalls

The Mini takes 5W-30 oil.  But, because I’ve owned several other cars that needed other oil weights, sometimes I forget which weight to purchase.  Fortunately, Mini has printed the Paceman’s required oil weight on a sticker — right under the hood.  A big black sticker with yellow print — extremely hard to miss.  I feelContinue reading “Higher Octane – Good Recalls”

Revolutionary Thinking – First Year

Hi, I’m Bart, and I have autism.  Sound like an AA meeting?  Well, it took some humility and self-admission on my part to say anything about autism to anyone.  I’ve written before about my feelings at the time of my diagnosis; one of the self-imposed scripts that began to haunt me was, “Tell no one.” Continue reading “Revolutionary Thinking – First Year”

Connections Make Community – Part 2

A few posts ago, I wrote about a mall that went under several years ago. This week, coincidentally, I visited two other malls in RVA in one day!  Are malls making a comeback?  Or did they only serve me and my family’s purposes that day?  The mall from the past that is now non-existent hadContinue reading “Connections Make Community – Part 2”

Driving, Delivering, Deodorizing

The Mini is getting a lot more highway miles than it used to.  I changed jobs about three months ago, and my commute went from about 14 miles of weaving through Richmond, to 55 miles of highway driving.  My average MPG has gone up, but I’m spending more on gas.  Neither the extra miles norContinue reading “Driving, Delivering, Deodorizing”