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Goonery · Feb 26th, 2008, 06:19 AM

Quote: Originally Posted by Lawrothegreat (original)

Don't get me wrong the 500 seems like a great little car, but pitching the fastest 500 against the slowest MINI (just because they're the closest in pricing) is not the basis for a track test. Given the Fiat has more power and weighs 200kg less it should have been more than one second quicker than the MINI around the track. Shows how good a standard MINI is. But to be fair to the Fiat, Vicki did say it felt more 'alive'. I can't wait for the test between the Abarth SS and the Cooper S.

I think 'more alive' means more likely to leave you less alive

Feb 26th, 2008, 06:19 AM	#12
Goonery MINI2 Master My Classifieds Join Date: Aug 2003 Local Time: 05:30 PM Posts: 13,609 Offline	Quote: Originally Posted by Lawrothegreat (original) Don't get me wrong the 500 seems like a great little car, but pitching the fastest 500 against the slowest MINI (just because they're the closest in pricing) is not the basis for a track test. Given the Fiat has more power and weighs 200kg less it should have been more than one second quicker than the MINI around the track. Shows how good a standard MINI is. But to be fair to the Fiat, Vicki did say it felt more 'alive'. I can't wait for the test between the Abarth SS and the Cooper S. I think 'more alive' means more likely to leave you less alive