I had my car apart while I was there, adding things and replacing my belt tensioner. I bring enough tools to handle just about any situation. The kicker is, they all fit inside the boot. For the tensioner job, I had to remove three motor mounts and lift the engine to swap out the tensioner. I had my light aluminum floor jack and stands with me. Yeah, I am crazy, but I am prepared too.

As for the Tire Rack, I've been buying from them for a while now, the SSR Type C RS wheels and (what's left of) the Goodyear F1 GS-D3s on the MINI came from there. I am fixing to order up either another set of GS-D3s or maybe a set of Dunlop Direzzas. Not sure yet.

My tires no longer look like the one in your user pic!