Had your mini out in the snow yet?

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cookie1071
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Had your mini out in the snow yet?

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The gearbox may be whining like fook :roll: and the car's only got crappy Falkens on the front :oops: but she's still getting me about OK in the snow ;) as this pic from a few days ago shows..

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..and there's a load more forecast for tonight - might have to dig her out in the morning! :lol: ;)
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What mk Mini? 3,4 or 5? Not 1 or 2, surely?

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bpirie1000
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Re: Had your mini out in the snow yet?

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looks like its got a roof box on.........

I can't even get out the house to take a picture.........
InimiaD
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Had to get the missus to give me a shove.

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I wish. :twisted:
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Re: Had your mini out in the snow yet?

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Image or

http://www.garaget.org/?car=172506&image=1777591

OK, the 1071 are fix for fight!!!!! :twisted:


Anders in a very snowy Sweden
littler
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InimiaD wrote:Had to get the missus to give me a shove.

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I wish. :twisted:
haha man that looks illegal! tut tut
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littler wrote:
InimiaD wrote:Had to get the missus to give me a shove.

Image

I wish. :twisted:
haha man that looks illegal! tut tut
Secretaries will do anything, if you pay them enough...

I need to find a new secretary...
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Pandora
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my camper looks like it's got a high top!
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JC T ONE
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Anders Bohman wrote:Image or

http://www.garaget.org/?car=172506&image=1777591

OK, the 1071 are fix for fight!!!!! :twisted:


Anders in a very snowy Sweden
Hejsan Anders,

Does the name Steen Gudmansen say anything to you??
he was a famues ice racer in the 60ies, racing Saab,s before BMC Denmark Hijacked him ;) .

When racing in Swden & Norway, did he always bring tyres for the other drivers, as he had access to some better studs, or something?? or maybe it was the way he put them in ??
not shure, but anyway he sold many many tyres in those days, so maybe your set was made by him??
I have a friend who also has one of these sets, he scared the "sheit" out of a former Danish saloon car Champ, when he took him for a ride, on the local ice covered roads ;) he couldnt belive the grip they had.

Jens Christian
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I took my son (25 years old and racefan also) out for a ride last winter and he almost wet his pants when we come to the first corner..............Dad we are going to die!!!!!!!!!!!!!!


But as you say, the grip is wild really! You can drive faster on snow then you can on gravel!!


Sorry fore my very bad English :oops:

Best regards from
Anders in a very snowy and COLD Sweden
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Proper winter tyre! 4.40"by10" with 7/8" spikes. The 4,786 final drive was homologated for the Cooper S specially for these. Wheel is an early riveted one.The you have to find a lake with ice thick enough.

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Re: Had your mini out in the snow yet?

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Anders Bohman wrote:I took my son (25 years old and racefan also) out for a ride last winter and he almost wet his pants when we come to the first corner..............Dad we are going to die!!!!!!!!!!!!!!


But as you say, the grip is wild really! You can drive faster on snow then you can on gravel!!


Sorry fore my very bad English :oops:

Best regards from
Anders in a very snowy and COLD Sweden
Hi again :)

Do you know if any Ice races are planned this winter??

not TOO far up from DK ;)

I have got permission to borrow my friends studded winter tyres :mrgreen: could be fun to try them 8-)

Jens Christian
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Tulka wrote:Image
Proper winter tyre! 4.40"by10" with 7/8" spikes. The 4,786 final drive was homologated for the Cooper S specially for these. Wheel is an early riveted one.The you have to find a lake with ice thick enough.
Tulka
PUNK ROCK LIVES! 8-) , mini style. Love to go to an ice lake race. Must be a hell of an experience. Our weather has let us down, it was looking good last month, but now it is back to rain and fog, and any iced lakes has already melted! :evil:

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