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    Rally Gods Take To Monte Carlo Course In Convertible Mini

    50 Years Young: The Five Best Minis Ever

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    Image of snapoversteer 'bout to get told snapoversteer 'bout to get told
    10/16/09

    In reply to Rally Gods Take To Monte Carlo Course In Convertible Mini
    Good find, Peter. How the hell did they beat Lancias and Porsches? #mini
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    10/16/09

    In reply to Rally Gods Take To Monte Carlo Course In Convertible Mini
    Nice hat Comrade! #mini
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    10/16/09

    @VeeArrrSix: I don't know about Rauno's politics, but Finland put in a good bit of effort to disengage from the Soviet Union. Maybe he's just attached to his ears, or he's put on his old crash helmet again. #mini
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    10/16/09

    @Van Sarockin, rogue trebuchet: In Soviet Russia ears warm Ushanka! #mini
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    10/16/09

    @VeeArrrSix: Non, no, shanka you! #mini
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    10/16/09

    In reply to Rally Gods Take To Monte Carlo Course In Convertible Mini
    Mini should take these guys around to old folks homes everywhere to put on demonstrations. "See, you old farts, this is how you get to the bingo hall." #mini
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    Image of skaycog was here skaycog was here
    10/16/09

    In reply to Rally Gods Take To Monte Carlo Course In Convertible Mini
    I really enjoyed that video....it was very well done! Kudos to the Mini Company. If I could do any kind of racing, it would be hillclimbs. #mini
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    10/16/09

    In reply to Rally Gods Take To Monte Carlo Course In Convertible Mini
    What a great glimpse into the live's of two old racing hoons. Wish I could be a race car driver. #mini
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    10/16/09

    @Heavern2 stinks a poo: I hear you. If they asked me back in 40 years to write a memo on document retention policies, I doubt it will strike anyone with the same sense of history and awe as this video/commercial did. I doubt I'll ever be a race car driver, but it does inspire me to think carefully about what my next career may be. #mini
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    Image of Bob1967 - 999,999th visitor to this site. Bob1967 - 999,999th visitor to this site.
    08/27/09

    In reply to 50 Years Young: The Five Best Minis Ever
    eh? What idiot drew up that list? 1275GT? Sprint? Pick Up? and number 5, thats a BMW. I know I've been away but this is just silly.
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    Image of layabout layabout
    08/27/09

    In reply to 50 Years Young: The Five Best Minis Ever
    While i disagree with 4 out of the 5 suggested,i find it laughable that whoever compiled this joke of a list isn't even slightly aware of the 1275 GT,as if the were aware of it then it would be on the list
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    08/27/09

    @layabout: I dont know anything about that one but it certainly looks the business.
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    08/27/09

    In reply to 50 Years Young: The Five Best Minis Ever
    Odd list,clearly the moke shouldn't be on it at all. The original Mini was a good car in its day,the new Mini's are just shit & living off the back of the original & new Mini are generally bought by estate agents or people that have no clue about cars but think they're cool. I see nothing to celebrate here.
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    08/27/09

    @layabout: I have no problem with someone decrying the supposition that there's a real link between the original Mini and the new Mini-- I agree that they've got little to do with each other. I'll even agree that the new doesn't measure up to the old.

    But the new Mini is, on its own merits, a good car. The estate agents may just be getting lucky (first and second gen Miatas were bought by the boatload by people who had no clue about cars), but the new Mini is a better car than you're pretending.
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    Edited by area_educator at 08/27/09 11:17 AM area_educator was starred area_educator was unstarred
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    08/27/09

    @area_educator: After looking a bit more at initial quality information, I rescind a good deal of that.

    They're good cars when they're not falling apart.
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    08/27/09

    @area_educator: Dont get me wrong, i dont hate the new Mini,it is a good car but to me the original is superior & has a shed load of racing history. Sadly (in the U.K. anyway) most new Mini owners buy them to be "cool" not because they're good cars to drive
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    08/26/09

    In reply to 50 Years Young: The Five Best Minis Ever

    The only thing that could be better than the original Mini is a Mini with door lock improvement made by Mr. Bean
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    Image of Number_Six Number_Six
    08/26/09

    In reply to 50 Years Young: The Five Best Minis Ever
    I left a little piece of my skull behind in a red '69 Cooper, so I am pretty attached to that year and model.
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    Image of CaptMatt15 loves the Zoom-Zoom CaptMatt15 loves the Zoom-Zoom
    08/26/09

    In reply to 50 Years Young: The Five Best Minis Ever

    What about the Red Bull Mini?
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    GIC toasts the return of the old guard promoted this comment CaptMatt15 loves the Zoom-Zoom was starred CaptMatt15 loves the Zoom-Zoom was unstarred
    Image of GIC asks not for whom the bell tolls GIC asks not for whom the bell tolls
    08/26/09

    @CaptMatt15 loves the Zoom-Zoom: Every time I see those I think: "Dang, that would make a bitchin'..... cannon!"

    EDIT: Boo, no more strikethroughs?
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    Image of Maymar Maymar
    08/26/09

    @CaptMatt15 loves the Zoom-Zoom: Unfortuantly, they're probably all automatic (at least in North America) - something a 4-banger should never have.
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    08/26/09

    @CaptMatt15 loves the Zoom-Zoom: There's one of those which parks two streets away from my house.

    I used to have a MINI, it was shit.
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    Image of Sloop_John_B Sloop_John_B
    08/26/09

    In reply to 50 Years Young: The Five Best Minis Ever
    Some fine minis indeed. I present another fine Austin from Lazareth.org. Atleast, I hope to present to you after I hit submit.

    Edit, well it didn't post so go check it out here: [www.lazareth.org]
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    Image of CaptMatt15 loves the Zoom-Zoom CaptMatt15 loves the Zoom-Zoom
    08/26/09

    In reply to 50 Years Young: The Five Best Minis Ever
    My competition at the Autocross I was at this weekend was one of the JCW GP Minis. He beat me pretty good (by like 1.5 sec on 42 sec course).

    From talking to him, the GP is pretty hardcore - Stiffer everything, no back seat, etc. He said only 1000 were made, with about 400 making it to the States. (Taking that with a grain of salt after reading this post). The carbon fiber rear wing on it is pretty awesome/flashy/wonderfully mechanical all at the same time too.
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    beercheck promoted this comment Edited by CaptMatt15 loves the Zoom-Zoom at 08/26/09 3:57 PM CaptMatt15 loves the Zoom-Zoom was starred CaptMatt15 loves the Zoom-Zoom was unstarred
    Image of nerdwa nerdwa
    08/26/09

    In reply to 50 Years Young: The Five Best Minis Ever

    what about that mini pick up? I still find it absolutely hilarious that it exists!
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    Image of ploopsy ploopsy
    08/26/09

    In reply to 50 Years Young: The Five Best Minis Ever
    I never understood the Mini. Is it like a franchised model of a car that manufacturers pay to have the rights to make it?

    I cant think of any other situation where a car has been made by more than 2 manufacturers.
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    Image of Deartháir II Deartháir II
    08/26/09

    @ploopsy: Uh, no. It was made by the same company the entire time, but that company got bought-out / absorbed / incorporated / forcibly stuffed into various other companies, since the Mini was made for such a huge length of time. Austin, Rover, British Leyland... all the same companies from the bricks-and-mortar perspective, just under different supervision.
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    08/26/09

    @ploopsy: Fiat/SEAT/Zastava 128?
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    08/26/09

    @Deartháir II: The Return: Exactly. Kinda like the Bantam/Willys/Ford/AMC/Chrysler Jeep
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    08/26/09

    @discontinuuity is happy that everything has been set right in the Jalopverse. Now all we need is more of engineerd's Brefas Scotch!: Well, not exactly, exactly.
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    08/26/09

    @discontinuuity is happy that everything has been set right in the Jalopverse. Now all we need is more of engineerd's Brefas Scotch!: You left out Kaiser!
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    08/26/09

    @discontinuuity is happy that everything has been set right in the Jalopverse. Now all we need is more of engineerd's Brefas Scotch!: The Willys design beat out the Bantam design for the original production WWII Jeep. Otherwise you're right. Just saying.
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    brandegee promoted this comment CptSevere was starred CptSevere was unstarred
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    08/27/09

    @CptSevere: Bantam deserves to be included. The Jeep was really their car first. They made about 2,600 BRC-40s that are pretty close in design to the Willys MA and Ford GP, which were both made based on Bantam's blueprints.
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    08/27/09

    @Deartháir II: The Return:

    That's not entirely true. There were a lot of transformations, takeovers, and buyouts going on, but that doesn't account for all of the manufacturers. For example, Innocenti was an independent company but built Minis in Italy under license from BMC. Authi did the same thing in Spain. Along with other companies in Chile, South Africa, Brazil, etc. Both of mine, being an Austin and a Leyland were built directly under BMC, but not all Minis were.

    So ploopsy was right in a way, not really a franchise, but BMC would sell you the rights of manufacture in order to have the Mini more effectively permeate the global market.
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