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Oh Dear What A Pity, Never Mind! LOL
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Oh Dear What A Pity, Never Mind! LOL -
08-21-2006
, 08:48 AM
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| http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mSxfP1-8c-M Taffy |
You'd have never walked away from that if you were in a rover / bl /bmc mini
though.
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Cheerz - Brownz
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Taffy wrote: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mSxfP1-8c-M Taffy Cracking. You'd have never walked away from that if you were in a rover / bl /bmc mini though. |
skid-lid?
I bet you would, though I wouldn't like to try it...
Cheers,
Colin.
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| http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mSxfP1-8c-M Taffy |
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you wouldn't get such a traumatic crash in the old mini, due to less peripheral mass ! david crossan britain's premier sustainable designer |
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"U.S.piggybank" <wilbur (AT) tiscali (DOT) co.uk> wrote in message news:44ea2d45$1_1 (AT) mk-nntp-2 (DOT) news.uk.tiscali.com... you wouldn't get such a traumatic crash in the old mini, due to less peripheral mass ! david crossan britain's premier sustainable designer Barspeed Beta Version 2.0 wrote: also a classic mini has a much lower centre of gravity, ive seen them spin horizontally when hitting a tyre wall rather than flip several times..... |
entering Schwedenkreuz, jeesh, have any of you guys actually driven the
nordschleife ? If a classic hit the armco there carrying the same speed as a
tuned fat bmw cooper s you would loose your fuckin legs at least.
PS - Learn to post properly
[1] - Not including the Ringmini Van as that is *proper* quick.
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Cheerz - Brownz
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"U.S.piggybank" <wilbur (AT) tiscali (DOT) co.uk> wrote in message news:44ea2d45$1_1 (AT) mk-nntp-2 (DOT) news.uk.tiscali.com... you wouldn't get such a traumatic crash in the old mini, due to less peripheral mass ! david crossan britain's premier sustainable designer Barspeed Beta Version 2.0 wrote: also a classic mini has a much lower centre of gravity, ive seen them spin horizontally when hitting a tyre wall rather than flip several times..... Thats because they're not carrying as much speed as a new mini [1] would entering Schwedenkreuz, jeesh, have any of you guys actually driven the nordschleife ? If a classic hit the armco there carrying the same speed as a tuned fat bmw cooper s you would loose your fuckin legs at least. PS - Learn to post properly [1] - Not including the Ringmini Van as that is *proper* quick. -- Cheerz - Brownz http://www.brownz.org/ Hi, |
not go out of control anyway.
K
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"Brownz (mobile)" <someone.not (AT) microsoft (DOT) com> wrote in message news:z9rGg.7911$_06.2030 (AT) newsfe4-gui (DOT) ntli.net... "U.S.piggybank" <wilbur (AT) tiscali (DOT) co.uk> wrote in message news:44ea2d45$1_1 (AT) mk-nntp-2 (DOT) news.uk.tiscali.com... you wouldn't get such a traumatic crash in the old mini, due to less peripheral mass ! david crossan britain's premier sustainable designer Barspeed Beta Version 2.0 wrote: also a classic mini has a much lower centre of gravity, ive seen them spin horizontally when hitting a tyre wall rather than flip several times..... Thats because they're not carrying as much speed as a new mini [1] would entering Schwedenkreuz, jeesh, have any of you guys actually driven the nordschleife ? If a classic hit the armco there carrying the same speed as a tuned fat bmw cooper s you would loose your fuckin legs at least. PS - Learn to post properly [1] - Not including the Ringmini Van as that is *proper* quick. -- Cheerz - Brownz http://www.brownz.org/ Hi, Yhe roadholding and handling of a proper Mini would probably mean it would not go out of control anyway. K |
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"U.S.piggybank" <wilbur (AT) tiscali (DOT) co.uk> wrote in message news:44ea2d45$1_1 (AT) mk-nntp-2 (DOT) news.uk.tiscali.com... you wouldn't get such a traumatic crash in the old mini, due to less peripheral mass ! david crossan britain's premier sustainable designer Barspeed Beta Version 2.0 wrote: also a classic mini has a much lower centre of gravity, ive seen them spin horizontally when hitting a tyre wall rather than flip several times..... Thats because they're not carrying as much speed as a new mini [1] would entering Schwedenkreuz, jeesh, have any of you guys actually driven the nordschleife ? If a classic hit the armco there carrying the same speed as a tuned fat bmw cooper s you would loose your fuckin legs at least. PS - Learn to post properly [1] - Not including the Ringmini Van as that is *proper* quick. -- Cheerz - Brownz http://www.brownz.org/ yeah,... i'm saving up for a new mini... |
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