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Had your mini out in the snow yet?
Posted: Sat Nov 27, 2010 1:14 pm
by cookie1071
The gearbox may be whining like fook
and the car's only got crappy Falkens on the front
but she's still getting me about OK in the snow
as this pic from a few days ago shows..
..and there's a load more forecast for tonight - might have to dig her out in the morning!
Re: Had your mini out in the snow yet?
Posted: Sat Nov 27, 2010 4:01 pm
by austinisuseless
What mk Mini? 3,4 or 5? Not 1 or 2, surely?
Re: Had your mini out in the snow yet?
Posted: Sun Nov 28, 2010 8:29 am
by bpirie1000
looks like its got a roof box on.........
I can't even get out the house to take a picture.........
Re: Had your mini out in the snow yet?
Posted: Sun Nov 28, 2010 3:29 pm
by InimiaD
Had to get the missus to give me a shove.
I wish.
Re: Had your mini out in the snow yet?
Posted: Sun Nov 28, 2010 4:04 pm
by Anders Bohman
or
http://www.garaget.org/?car=172506&image=1777591
OK, the 1071 are fix for fight!!!!!
Anders in a very snowy Sweden
Re: Had your mini out in the snow yet?
Posted: Sun Nov 28, 2010 5:46 pm
by littler
InimiaD wrote:Had to get the missus to give me a shove.
I wish.
haha man that looks illegal! tut tut
Re: Had your mini out in the snow yet?
Posted: Mon Nov 29, 2010 3:25 pm
by austinisuseless
littler wrote:InimiaD wrote:Had to get the missus to give me a shove.
I wish.
haha man that looks illegal! tut tut
Secretaries will do anything, if you pay them enough...
I need to find a new secretary...
Re: Had your mini out in the snow yet?
Posted: Mon Nov 29, 2010 3:34 pm
by Pandora
my camper looks like it's got a high top!
Re: Had your mini out in the snow yet?
Posted: Mon Nov 29, 2010 9:01 pm
by austinisuseless
Re: Had your mini out in the snow yet?
Posted: Mon Nov 29, 2010 9:58 pm
by JC T ONE
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
Re: Had your mini out in the snow yet?
Posted: Mon Nov 29, 2010 10:11 pm
by Anders Bohman
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
Best regards from
Anders in a very snowy and COLD Sweden
Re: Had your mini out in the snow yet?
Posted: Tue Nov 30, 2010 3:21 pm
by Tulka
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
Re: Had your mini out in the snow yet?
Posted: Tue Jan 04, 2011 9:47 pm
by JC T ONE
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
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
could be fun to try them
Jens Christian
Re: Had your mini out in the snow yet?
Posted: Thu Jan 06, 2011 1:01 am
by austinisuseless
Tulka wrote:
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!
, 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!
