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| Addict | Beer Can Exhaust? Well, i was goofing off on the web and came across a funky little story about the MINI exhaust. I haven't seen this mentioned before, but if it has sorry. I was just wondering if anyone knows if this is true, or just a cool story. "Another little detail has purely something to do with the design of the mini. It is about the exhaust pipe. (One on the cooper, two on the S). The story goes, (and I do not quite know where I got it from), that the design team at BMW was about to show the full size model of the car in a preliminary presentation. Everything seemed pretty much designed. Except for the exhaust pipe. It was just this typically shaped piece of pipe. It was late at night, (which makes the story sound true) and one of the designers just had a beer (true?, maybe a soda)... And so she just cut of the top of the can, spray painted it silver and stuck it onto the then exhaust pipe. Just for fun. The designer in Chief liked the look, as did everybody else, and so all minis now have exhausts that look like a bottom of a Beer-can. True story?... I hope it is. I really hope it is. Maybe you know more than me?, maybe you can find out. Call BMW, ask them." http://www.witoldriedel.com/MT/archives/000300.html Whatever. |
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| MINI2 Master Join Date: Jun 2001 Location: Philadelphia, PA, US Local Time: 01:44 AM
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Offline | The early model Looked like this perhaps? ![]() Jason Livingood | personal web site 2002 DS/W MINI Cooper S Thank you for signing my rear fog light petition. Now we have rear fogs! :-) |
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| MINI2 Master Join Date: Jun 2001 Location: Philadelphia, PA, US Local Time: 01:44 AM
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Offline | Absolutely! Jason Livingood | personal web site 2002 DS/W MINI Cooper S Thank you for signing my rear fog light petition. Now we have rear fogs! :-) |
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| I'm baaaaack!! Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Milwaukee, WI USA Local Time: 08:44 PM
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Offline | It is definitely a true story. It was passed down to all of us who had the fortune of going to the MINI corporate training when the car was launched here in the states. It was actually a can of Budweiser. ![]() Snow creates a chemical imbalance in most peoples brains that makes them forget how to drive. |
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| Trained Monkey Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Bedfordshire Local Time: 01:44 AM
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Offline | It is true. Reported on here many times in the 'early days' confirmed to me by Frank Stephenson himself over a beer and a meal in Munich (how sweet is that!). It was indeed a Bud can. ![]() Our trials and tribulations living in a "bleeding edge" eco house... Oxley Woods Living |
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