OK we all own MINIs but what's your second car?
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12-22-2007, 08:13 PM
#677
12-22-2007, 08:35 PM
Not short, fun size!
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01-06-2008, 01:32 PM
Finally a nice day in New England. Poor car has been sitting in the garage for at least a month due to very cold weather, snow, and slick roads.
This is purely a pleasure vehicle and it is not practical at all... doesn't get great gas mileage, but it handles very well (unlike the previous model that was based on a 3-series chassis, the chassis on this car was designed from the start to be a convertible and therefore has extra reinforcement), has big tires, lots of horsepower, high redline and it loves to rev, exceptional brakes (very big drilled rotors all around), and it is a blast to drive with the top down.
This is purely a pleasure vehicle and it is not practical at all... doesn't get great gas mileage, but it handles very well (unlike the previous model that was based on a 3-series chassis, the chassis on this car was designed from the start to be a convertible and therefore has extra reinforcement), has big tires, lots of horsepower, high redline and it loves to rev, exceptional brakes (very big drilled rotors all around), and it is a blast to drive with the top down.
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01-07-2008, 07:25 AM
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01-09-2008, 07:08 AM
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Yep,
It's Called the London Cobra Show. It happens in London Ohio every June. It's a charity event for Cystic Fibrosis. Last year the Ohio Cobra Club cut a check to The Charity for $100,000. Usually about 200-300 Cobra replicas, Daytona Coupes, and GT-40's from around the country show up. The burnouts are done on mainstreet. The public can donate $10 to get a full blast ride down Main St. with the crowd watching and a Radar gun posting top speeds. It's about an 1/8 mile. The cars reach speeds of 75-108 mph. Most people just love doing a 100 ft burnout.
I usually ask if they want to go fast or do a burnout. 99% of the time it's a burnout.
The event is a cruise on friday, carshow/burnouts on saturday, and usually autocross on sunday. And a party every night.
Lots of fun. Check it out www.londoncobrashow.com
It's Called the London Cobra Show. It happens in London Ohio every June. It's a charity event for Cystic Fibrosis. Last year the Ohio Cobra Club cut a check to The Charity for $100,000. Usually about 200-300 Cobra replicas, Daytona Coupes, and GT-40's from around the country show up. The burnouts are done on mainstreet. The public can donate $10 to get a full blast ride down Main St. with the crowd watching and a Radar gun posting top speeds. It's about an 1/8 mile. The cars reach speeds of 75-108 mph. Most people just love doing a 100 ft burnout.
I usually ask if they want to go fast or do a burnout. 99% of the time it's a burnout.
The event is a cruise on friday, carshow/burnouts on saturday, and usually autocross on sunday. And a party every night.
Lots of fun. Check it out www.londoncobrashow.com
#684
01-09-2008, 08:59 AM
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01-25-2008, 07:45 AM
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#695
01-25-2008, 08:19 AM
My MINI is now my second car, only use it on the weekends for fun, and it sits in the garage most of the winter. Bought a 1999 Honda Civic last year when I decided I wanted to keep the MINI long term. In the past I would get bored and buy a new car every three years, but I plan on keeping the MINI for 10+ years, maybe longer, just love it to death. One thing I hate to admit, while the MINI has been into the dealer 7 times for 9 different problems in the past two years, nothing on Honda ever breaks, even with 123,000 miles on it, it's all original, just has no soul.
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01-25-2008, 08:22 AM
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01-25-2008, 09:24 AM
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Hubby has a white '07 Chevy HHR as a daily commuter and triathalon-bike hauler
I have a '05 Nissan Marshmallow.. er, Altima... family hauler
For fun Hubby has a '06 Kawasaki ZX-6R, graphite with red rims and flames
and I have this, my '06 Triumph Bonneville T100
I have a '05 Nissan Marshmallow.. er, Altima... family hauler
For fun Hubby has a '06 Kawasaki ZX-6R, graphite with red rims and flames
and I have this, my '06 Triumph Bonneville T100
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01-25-2008, 10:17 AM
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01-25-2008, 10:32 AM
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01-25-2008, 10:43 AM
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