scoobyis2cool
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posted on 31/7/07 at 04:26 PM |
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New Mini Clubman
This may be old news but it's the first I've heard of it - BMW have ruined the Clubman now as well as the standard Mini...
New Clubman
Pete
It's not that I'm lazy, it's that I just don't care...
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donut
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posted on 31/7/07 at 04:30 PM |
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But it has the same front as the BMW mini and the orig clubman was very different to the round nose jobby.
Twonks!
Andy
When I die, I want to go peacefully like my Grandfather did, in his sleep -- not screaming, like the passengers in his car.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/andywest1/
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scoobyis2cool
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posted on 31/7/07 at 04:46 PM |
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Yeah exactly, they've messed with the back and not the front. I guess they wanted to keep the standard front because (some) people like it, but
then it isn't a clubman is it! Still, I guess I'm not really their target audience, I'm a classic mini fan myself.
Pete
It's not that I'm lazy, it's that I just don't care...
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donut
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posted on 31/7/07 at 04:56 PM |
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quote:
but then it isn't a clubman is it!
It's NOT a mini at all !!!!
Heres mine that i built a few years ago. It was my 11th mini!
gulf mini
Andy
When I die, I want to go peacefully like my Grandfather did, in his sleep -- not screaming, like the passengers in his car.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/andywest1/
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scoobyis2cool
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posted on 31/7/07 at 04:57 PM |
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Now that's what I call a Mini
Never owned one myself but that's what I want next, once I've got some cash together.
Pete
It's not that I'm lazy, it's that I just don't care...
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MikeR
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posted on 31/7/07 at 05:05 PM |
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that is gorgeous!
Still pine for HPM350L ....... officially black tulip Mini 1000, reality very dark deep purple i've started see on other cars in the last few
years.
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DIY Si
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posted on 31/7/07 at 05:06 PM |
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Now, a really proper mini has the hinges on the outside! BUt not bad at all there Mr Donut. I never got around to getting my minis sprayed, too busy
tuning them and breaking gearboxes!
Let your plans be dark and as impenetratable as night, and when you move, fall like a thunderbolt.
Sun Tzu, The Art of War
My new blog: http://spritecave.blogspot.co.uk/
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donut
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posted on 31/7/07 at 05:08 PM |
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Cheers chaps, Yeah you can't beat a Mk1. I expect i'll have a few more before i keel over!
Andy
When I die, I want to go peacefully like my Grandfather did, in his sleep -- not screaming, like the passengers in his car.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/andywest1/
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britishtrident
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posted on 31/7/07 at 06:33 PM |
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Changing the front would cause major expense -- crash testing also pedestrian impact rules would be veryhard to meet with a Clubman/1275Gt style
nose.
[I] What use our work, Bennet, if we cannot care for those we love? .
― From BBC TV/Amazon's Ripper Street.
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Donners90
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posted on 31/7/07 at 07:30 PM |
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Saw them testing the New Clubman in Austria. On a LHD it's got two doors on the passenger side and one on the driver's!! Doesn't
look right in the flesh.
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rusty nuts
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posted on 31/7/07 at 07:49 PM |
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At least they haven't tried to make a pick up!
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DIY Si
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posted on 31/7/07 at 07:56 PM |
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Don't say that! They'll go off and make one now, and ruin yet another mini variant!
Let your plans be dark and as impenetratable as night, and when you move, fall like a thunderbolt.
Sun Tzu, The Art of War
My new blog: http://spritecave.blogspot.co.uk/
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Simon
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posted on 31/7/07 at 08:53 PM |
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Why's it got two exhausts - my cynicism says it's so bmw can con you out of twice as much for an exhaust.
Or has it got a V8
ATB
Simon
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rusty nuts
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posted on 31/7/07 at 09:16 PM |
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That'll be a "wheel barrow " with two exhausts
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chriscook
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posted on 31/7/07 at 10:13 PM |
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They could have done this. (linked from sniffpetrol site but I took the photo myself - just
can't find it on my pc right now)
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DIY Si
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posted on 31/7/07 at 10:19 PM |
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At least that has some character.
Let your plans be dark and as impenetratable as night, and when you move, fall like a thunderbolt.
Sun Tzu, The Art of War
My new blog: http://spritecave.blogspot.co.uk/
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MikeR
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posted on 3/8/07 at 12:33 PM |
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now that's funny.
Saw caption on the back of a rusty mini 1000, went something like,
"100% british 0% german - the real mini"
couldn't help laughing considering the state it was in.
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britishtrident
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posted on 3/8/07 at 06:00 PM |
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BMW's best Mini con was to charge you for a key to unlock the wheels.
They really don't understand what the Mini was about.
[I] What use our work, Bennet, if we cannot care for those we love? .
― From BBC TV/Amazon's Ripper Street.
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britishtrident
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posted on 4/8/07 at 09:07 AM |
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quote: Originally posted by DIY Si
Don't say that! They'll go off and make one now, and ruin yet another mini variant!
I bet they have a Moke planned ---- it will have full leather interior, air conditioning 19" alloys and be the size of a Discovery.
[I] What use our work, Bennet, if we cannot care for those we love? .
― From BBC TV/Amazon's Ripper Street.
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