Sounds plausable...hehehe :-D I know that it sure FEELS like you are doing Mach 3 when you are going down the backstraight at Ruapuna Racetrack with a hot little mini ;-)
Jeremy -----Original Message----- From: Kurt at DBC <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: NZ Borland Developers Group - Offtopic List <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Tue, 20 Apr 2004 09:53:27 +1200 Subject: Re: [DUG-Offtopic] Hmmmm > Jeremy Coulter wrote: > > Well...Everyone is missing the seriously obvious..... Mini Cooper S ! > > lets face it, it out lasted everyone of the cars below in > > production....it won Bathurst, its got class, a certain amount of > chick > > pulling power (speaking from experience), can kick arse when the > engine > > is tweaked, easy to drive, sticks to the road.....you can still buy > > brand new parts for them, cheap to run....except when you put bigger > > needles in the twin carbs ;-) and generally, a good car...AND kept > nice, > > they still fetch a damn good price ! > > A guy at my work has a cooper in bits in his garage, was offered $10k > no > > questions asked and thecar was not even seen by the prespective > > buyer.....unfortunitly mine is just a Mini GT, but one day I will get > a > > cooper :-D > > > > Oh and one factory extra...if you get the right kind of mini, it will > > give it self an oil change every few months...hehehe > > > > Well, I after reading this at the bbc last night, I too was about to > add > the mighty Mini. Much as I'd love to summarise for the people who can't > be stuffed following a petrolhead link, I don't want to spoil it. So: > > http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/3613715.stm > > The comment where I found the link was "But honestly--what kind of gas > mileage can you expect" > > Cheers, Kurt. > _______________________________________________ > Offtopic mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://ns3.123.co.nz/mailman/listinfo/offtopic _______________________________________________ Offtopic mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://ns3.123.co.nz/mailman/listinfo/offtopic
