Disater Strikes the Cooper S!

We had the first breakdown... as Terry in the MINI and me in the VTEC were cruising along, we received a panic call from Dave and Adriene ... the Cooper S had died and they were at the side of the highway, trying to fix it..well of course they broke down just before the nearest exit so, we had to turn around and go two exits back, taking about 20 minutes or more to get to them due to the divided highway

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After a little while of problem determination it was decided that the 'new' Lucas coil that was installed for the trip had failed, and we grabbed the old one, wired it up and it started right up.. then onward.. but we only made it to Ritzville, before we were all ready for a good meal and a sleep..up early tommorrow and off to make up some miles..Mike