[Rick Lee]

Ok, fixed it. Turns out it was just the heat shield she had bent and it was vibrating on the muffler.

However, that rock is at least 400 lbs. I can't budge it. I can't imagine how she managed to moved it a good 8". Turns out she also bent a large aluminum tab that was welded to parts of the bumper mount and used for for bolting the plastic and trim down tight. When I tried to bend it back, it snapped off in my hand at the weld. So that's gone now. She backed into a guy about two weeks ago and the guy was a mechanic. No damage to his car and he was very cool. But he told me that Mini's have a piece of foam behind the bumper that's good for one hit. I fear her hit today transferred a lot more power to the body because that foam piece was already bad. The right end of her bumper definitely has more give to it now than the left side and it can't be because of that aluminum piece that broke off. Car is certainly driveable and quiet now. But another good hit to that bumper is probably gonna do some real damage to the rest of the car.