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| I have a few streets in the nieghbourhood with speed bumps or the politically correct name "traffic calming devices" I have yet to make contact with one. The Mini is able to clear. I will be able to make contact in the snow on the approuch so I have to use caution other than that no problems. Charles BRG/W MCS |
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| When I took a MCS for a test drive I was dreading Speed Bumps Not because I thought it would ground but because there are millions of them on London and I go over at least 50 a day to and from work - I thoght I would need a spine replacement after 6 months if the MINI rode them badly. To my surprise the MCS rode them BETTER than my wifes car ( Audi A2 ) and mine - VW Golf. I couldn't beleive it! - and zero grounding |
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| no problem here either, the cooper seems to handle bumps well. a note on the wheels, it doesn't matter whether you get the 17inch s-spokes or the 16inch standards - the diameter of the wheel is the same, the 17inch is just a lower profile tire. only thing to watch out for is lowering the suspension. cooper s '05 x brg/white/chrome, cordoba/anthracite/chrome, flik wasp 17x7 x delivered july 26th 2005 cooper '02 replaced x brg/white, R83 white, chrome, cordoba x built june 21st, arrived july 15th on the traviata, delivered july 26th 2002 |
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| Some ' Might'y ' big speed HUMPS over here , no Prob's . The only car's that I have noticed that have problem's are those with long ' Overhang's ' , such as big Merc's , Jag's , Volvo's etc. Or the Young Boy's that think it is ' HIP ' to remove all the suspension from their Pug 106's , Nova's . Golf's Etc. You will be fine. Lumspeed. Lumspeed |
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I've been over a lot of these speed bumps and humps at various velocities and never scraped bottom. btw. I never saw them called "humps" until I was in a neigborhood in Baltimore, Maryland last year. Had to snap a pic! |
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| When I bought my Cooper the dealer warned me that taking speed bumps too fast could cause the engine cut out switch to trigger when the car eventually hit the ground. So far so good. |
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