Coil Suspension woes

#31

"madmax" <madmaxx (AT) nvbell (DOT) net> wrote

Quote:

Steve68s wrote:

There expensive, overpriced, oversized & overrated, I was sitting at a
set of traffic lights & next to me was a BMW Bini Pooper S wanting to
burn me away from the lights, Utting Avenue East by Lewisham Road, Fitzy
will know the place, the lights changed & the Bini driver raced away with
me in hot pursuit, we where neck & neck for a while until the additional
power of the New Pooper made it move forwards away from me, up ahead
there are 2 large roundabouts ( Broadway) , as the Bini approached them
it started breaking & slowing just enough to corner, its huge tyres
squealing as it started to loose grip, In true mini classic style,
reminiscent of the classic Monte Carlo rally's I went towards the
roundabouts hell bent for glory, at the point the Bini entered the 1st
roundabout it was 15 metres ahead, at its exit point on the 2nd
roundabout I had managed to get past it & was 25 meters in front of it!,
once again I wiped the smile from a Bini owner,

Steve,

Enjoying happy moments in a classic mini.

"Barspeed and his magical Mini" <barspeed (AT) toscali (DOT) co.uk> wrote in message
news:443ad6bc$1_1 (AT) mk-nntp-2 (DOT) news.uk.tiscali.com...

Off my original topic of my suspension being rubbish and on to that of
BMW Mini's,
I had to hand the keys back to the Bini that I was lent for work
recently, driving 60 miles plus a day i was glad to so aswell.
The seats really didnt support me very well and I found myself slouching
which in turn gave me bad back, being a near life time Mini driver/owner
you tend to drive other cars in the same way, i still chuck my volvo into
corners like a bat out of hell and even she manages it as she chucks the
back out and you correct the steering and the car regains its course, but
when i tried to drive a Bini like a Mini i found the performance
unpredictable, leaning into corners was impossible so in turn you either
turned to soon into a corner or compensated and turned to late, at speed
of course, and thats another thing i found, the car had only 25000 miles
on the clock, but lacked the poke i was expecting from a 1600cc engine, i
have had more fun driving a Ford Ka or Vauxhall Corsa SXi, pulling away
was as if the clutch had failed, i just feel that my mini pulls away far
more quickly and revs far more free'er.

Thats very strange. I've never had an older mini come close to catching up
to me, when racing. I have fun losing them on straight aways and corners.
Maybe you are dealing with someone who can't drive very well. I am glad
that you are enjoying the classic mini, I just got tired of the constant
upkeep and went with a new model. My seats are very comfortable and I have
greater legroom.

.................................................. .....
I know the area well Steve,
people sometimes underestimate minis, and there drivers,
Fitzy

#32

Im 6ft7, i have better leg room in my classic, my head kept banging on the
roof going over bumps. You say you seem to come off better when racing
classic Mini's, just how many do you come across on an average day? Even in
the UK im hard pressed to see more than three on a good day, and I live
between four Mini specialist garages in a five mile radius!

"madmax" <madmaxx (AT) nvbell (DOT) net> wrote

Quote:

Steve68s wrote:

There expensive, overpriced, oversized & overrated, I was sitting at a
set of traffic lights & next to me was a BMW Bini Pooper S wanting to
burn me away from the lights, Utting Avenue East by Lewisham Road, Fitzy
will know the place, the lights changed & the Bini driver raced away with
me in hot pursuit, we where neck & neck for a while until the additional
power of the New Pooper made it move forwards away from me, up ahead
there are 2 large roundabouts ( Broadway) , as the Bini approached them
it started breaking & slowing just enough to corner, its huge tyres
squealing as it started to loose grip, In true mini classic style,
reminiscent of the classic Monte Carlo rally's I went towards the
roundabouts hell bent for glory, at the point the Bini entered the 1st
roundabout it was 15 metres ahead, at its exit point on the 2nd
roundabout I had managed to get past it & was 25 meters in front of it!,
once again I wiped the smile from a Bini owner,

Steve,

Enjoying happy moments in a classic mini.

"Barspeed and his magical Mini" <barspeed (AT) toscali (DOT) co.uk> wrote in message
news:443ad6bc$1_1 (AT) mk-nntp-2 (DOT) news.uk.tiscali.com...

Off my original topic of my suspension being rubbish and on to that of
BMW Mini's,
I had to hand the keys back to the Bini that I was lent for work
recently, driving 60 miles plus a day i was glad to so aswell.
The seats really didnt support me very well and I found myself slouching
which in turn gave me bad back, being a near life time Mini driver/owner
you tend to drive other cars in the same way, i still chuck my volvo into
corners like a bat out of hell and even she manages it as she chucks the
back out and you correct the steering and the car regains its course, but
when i tried to drive a Bini like a Mini i found the performance
unpredictable, leaning into corners was impossible so in turn you either
turned to soon into a corner or compensated and turned to late, at speed
of course, and thats another thing i found, the car had only 25000 miles
on the clock, but lacked the poke i was expecting from a 1600cc engine, i
have had more fun driving a Ford Ka or Vauxhall Corsa SXi, pulling away
was as if the clutch had failed, i just feel that my mini pulls away far
more quickly and revs far more free'er.

Thats very strange. I've never had an older mini come close to catching up
to me, when racing. I have fun losing them on straight aways and corners.
Maybe you are dealing with someone who can't drive very well. I am glad
that you are enjoying the classic mini, I just got tired of the constant
upkeep and went with a new model. My seats are very comfortable and I have
greater legroom.

#33

Barspeed and his magical Mini wrote:

Quote:

Im 6ft7, i have better leg room in my classic, my head kept banging on the
roof going over bumps. You say you seem to come off better when racing
classic Mini's, just how many do you come across on an average day? Even in
the UK im hard pressed to see more than three on a good day, and I live
between four Mini specialist garages in a five mile radius!

I,m 6ft2 and had leg room and head room problems with the old mini. Not

the new model. As far as seeing the old mini, on the road, never. They
were never very popular in the U.S. I have 2 friends that do own them,
and they always want to race around. When their cars are running of course.

#34

Well of course the real Mini was never popular as it never caught on in
the USA, because back in the 1960's & 1970's, most yanks drove huge gas
guzzling monsters the size of the Titanic, plus I've heard that the big
American motor manufacturers (Ford, GM etc) back then made it difficult
for any foreign company to get a foot hold in America.

So even though the Mini was sort of introduced back in 1960 at the New
York Motorshow (or so i'm told), only motoring enthusiasts like say
Steve McQueen, Clint Eastwood and Mike Nesmith (of the 1960's band The
Monkees) took to the real Mini Cooper S (well they knew a real
enthusiasts car when they saw and drove it!).

#35

Taffy wrote:

Quote:

Well of course the real Mini was never popular as it never caught on in
the USA, because back in the 1960's & 1970's, most yanks drove huge gas
guzzling monsters the size of the Titanic, plus I've heard that the big
American motor manufacturers (Ford, GM etc) back then made it difficult
for any foreign company to get a foot hold in America.

So even though the Mini was sort of introduced back in 1960 at the New
York Motorshow (or so i'm told), only motoring enthusiasts like say
Steve McQueen, Clint Eastwood and Mike Nesmith (of the 1960's band The
Monkees) took to the real Mini Cooper S (well they knew a real
enthusiasts car when they saw and drove it!).

So, three Americans drove the old mini. Not anymore. They realized what

a little death trap it was and now have REAL automobiles. Except for
Steve McQueen, who really preferred the Ford Mustang. Clint Eastwood now
drives a Ford truck and Mike Nesmith is a monkey.

#36

Just the sort of pathetic come back we'd expect from you Marky boy,
well as it happens since the BINI was launched in the USA, quite a few
original Mini's have found new homes there as American car collectors
have had their eyes opened to the wonder and potential of these little
cars.

But the fact is the real Mini was never aimed at America, no it was
only intended for Great Britain, but the fact it was such a good design
and an excellent car all round (as proven by many Motorsport
victories), it got manufactured in many other countries around the
world due to high demand. Not even the BINI comes close to matching
that!

#37

Oh and it certainly wasn't a death trap either as the real death trap
it replaced was called "The Isetta" and was manufactured by bloody BMW!
And that really was a death trap as all you had was a sheet of glass
in front of you, where as in a Mini you had an A' series engine and a
subframe between you and the road ahead. No in latter years the real
Mini even got an air-bag too amongst other safety features!

Taffy

#38

My late Mini has an air bag and side impact protection, as well as a factory
reinforced roof, yes, not many people know about that one! lol
It also has gas-fired pretensioned seat belts fitted at the front in the
event of an accident, and since 1990 they were all fitted with a shock
activated fuel cut off switch, I seem to remember the Ford Pinto of the USA
having a interestingly located fuel filler cap, which when impacted against
caused the car to explode.....funny
Very similiar to the early Bini's, many of them caught fire here and abroad,
when the fuel filler nozzles where plugged into the Bini, the cars static
electricity would cause the fuel tank gases to ignite, quite a few of these
cars where badly damaged or righten off.
I also understand that they have had lethal problems with Gearboxes, wrong
oil poured into the transmission and handbrake failure.

nasty

"Taffy" <taffy_turner (AT) yahoo (DOT) com> wrote

Quote:

Oh and it certainly wasn't a death trap either as the real death trap
it replaced was called "The Isetta" and was manufactured by bloody BMW!
And that really was a death trap as all you had was a sheet of glass
in front of you, where as in a Mini you had an A' series engine and a
subframe between you and the road ahead. No in latter years the real
Mini even got an air-bag too amongst other safety features!

Taffy

#39

Actually, the only air bags in your little cars are you.

#40

Now there is no need for that really is there, we are all here for same
reason, our love of all things Mini and each other...

"madmax" <madmaxx (AT) nvbell (DOT) net> wrote

Quote:

Actually, the only air bags in your little cars are you.

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