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> MINI Cooper S
> S Speccin' by Aiden,Jim,Mo,Martin,Rakey,Sham,Washy and others !
| Tags: cooper s, s speccin, spec |
| View Poll Results: Forget what colour - Who's the maddest? Vote Now | |||
| Sham the car ho, who is lurking in the far north |    | 183 | 3.65% |
Washy who's still on course to set a record for most MINIs owned !  |    | 231 | 4.61% |
| Soggy who shacked up with Rakey, then thought better of it |    | 242 | 4.83% |
| Aiden, who's got litres & litres in the drive, |    | 174 | 3.48% |
| Cat Eating Rakey - he who spec's best at the pub |    | 187 | 3.73% |
ABG , who has Mod Mania ! and Porsche fever  |    | 149 | 2.98% |
| MartinL, back in a MINI, still the official beanie-type | | 136 | 2.72% |
Mo who's binning his Works and going even more elitist with a Cooper S LE  | | 108 | 2.16% |
| jimskater, who had to make a choice between a GP & MTI.... so he's doing both. | | 32 | 0.64% |
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puck, who's pullied, painted, and wants a new job ! | | 185 | 3.69% |
Shane, who's years too late.... and gone far, far away  | | 2 | 0.04% |
| mad brummie, who ate all of his alphabet soup and was left with a Zed | | 2014 | 40.22% |
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ONED, the diesel loving, Annie beating handyman ! | | 198 | 3.95% |
| lavs, who needs to start Speccin' something soon | | 178 | 3.56% |
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pappillon , who looks very good in all black | | 232 | 4.63% |
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CooperID who wants some big stoppers ! | | 139 | 2.78% |
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Wobert, who needs to do some last-minute Speccin..... | | 146 | 2.92% |
| Goonery, who is busy with very complicated recipies... | | 204 | 4.07% |
Ruthie, who is constantly smiling whilst driving her Lippy Red S !  | | 267 | 5.33% |
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Jan 22nd, 2006, 07:08 PM
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  Four Candles?  Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: Hardware Shop Local Time: 07:51 AM
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Offline | casino?? thought you were more of a Bingo player The only problem I have is knowing which one to drive?  |
  
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Jan 22nd, 2006, 07:15 PM
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| #1647 of 1960  Join Date: May 2003 Location: RS60ville Local Time: 02:51 AM
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Offline   | Speaking of busses.. this wild baby went for $4,000,000.00 on the Scottsdale, AZ Barrett-Jackson Classic Auto Auction (on the Speed Channel this weekend) 1950 GM Futurliner Tourbus |
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Jan 22nd, 2006, 07:24 PM
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| Mr 120d Sport  Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Chester, UK Local Time: 07:51 AM
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Offline | Evening All...... Well I survived my Ferrari challenge......great couple of hours.......not worth the £250 tbh, but then I paid less than half that......  Prestwold Hall is a great circuit, a bit like Hethel in it's layout, with a good mixture of slow and fast corners...... Rode for 4 laps with an instructor who I thought looked and sounded like JK......did a double take initially..... Then did 4 laps in a Scooby to sight lines through corners and get the feel of track driving. Then jumped into a 550 Marenello for 4 laps, handled very tidily for what is a 2 tonne car, bet the brakes suffer though......max'd that at 120mph. Then a break and into a 360 Spyder........very little flywheel effect, and completely different from the 550, much more taught, and less roll in the corners.....only managed 135mph in that, oh and I had the traction control activating through one corner at 100+mph....... Got scored at 96% on my driving, comments such as "very smooth", and "great braking control" were highlights of my instructor report...... he did ask if I drove a RWD car..... ......hmmmm maybe I should get the Elise now........wifey's Meriva felt a bit slow on the drive into Nottingham...... All in all, a great two hours.......just got to plan when I do my "free" drive at Donnington Park......  |
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Jan 22nd, 2006, 07:25 PM
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| Heading down the aisle  Join Date: May 2003 Location: San Diego Local Time: 11:51 PM
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Offline  | Chris, The guy who bought the bus (the Pratt Collection???? ), also bought this: Per the Barrett-Jackson website, it's a "1954 Pontiac Bonneville Special Motorama designed by GM legend Harley Earl.", and would have toured with the bus (or one of its mates). The car went for $3.024 million.  |
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Jan 22nd, 2006, 07:43 PM
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| Heading down the aisle Join Date: May 2003 Location: San Diego Local Time: 11:51 PM
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Offline | wobert. For those of you with more interest in the bus & concept car: http://www.barrett-jackson.com/about...bonneville.asp And here's more on the Parade of Progress/GM Motoramas through the 40's & 50's. http://www.futurliner.com/concept.htm Including some stuff on the 1933 World's Fair in Chicago. Chris might be interest in the Aero-Dome link. |
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Jan 22nd, 2006, 08:33 PM
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| Mr 120d Sport Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Chester, UK Local Time: 07:51 AM
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Offline | Well there's this one......as you can see, Michael Schumacher, I'm not....... This was the "official" photo, included in the day.....er.....2 hrs....  Although I did get into a 44" suit, so that pleased me.......down from 46" |
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Jan 22nd, 2006, 08:47 PM
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| Mr 120d Sport Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Chester, UK Local Time: 07:51 AM
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Offline | And these were some pics the missus snapped during the action......mainly in the paddock as you can see......  This was just as I'd finished my 4 laps in the 360.....  Out of these I drove all except the Gallardo, which sounded fantastic!   As you can see, my lad was well chuffed at being allowed inside the 550......and he only beat me by 31 years! |
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Jan 22nd, 2006, 08:54 PM
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| JCW GP  Join Date: May 2004 Location: on the move.... Local Time: 07:51 AM
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Offline | Chris... if you like the Aero-Dome, you'll love this http://travel.howstuffworks.com/cargolifter.htm It's over 100m high and one of the world's largest enclosed spaces ...I worked with a guy who did some of the initial concept design work on it about 8 years ago |