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Old Dec 3rd, 2002, 05:53 PM
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See MINI Being Built

Just go to http://www.mini.co.uk skip the intro, and click on "see MINI being built" on the front menu page. A time lapse video showing how MINI is constructed.

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Old Dec 3rd, 2002, 06:44 PM
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Thanks for posting the link, Andy! It was nice to see how MINIs are built, especially since the hubby and I toured the BMW plant recently.
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Old Dec 3rd, 2002, 06:57 PM
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Way Cool!!!!

Even though the MINI is a small car, it's still car-sized. The robots assembling the body shell must be huge!

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Old Dec 3rd, 2002, 06:58 PM
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Thumbs up

That is truly an outstanding presentation, don't miss all of the side info and videos linked off of the main mosaic pieces either. Love it!

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Old Dec 3rd, 2002, 08:37 PM
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Sweet... downloading it right now.

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can you really download this? how?

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Old Dec 3rd, 2002, 10:12 PM
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That is SO neat! Gives me a real appreciation of all that went into building my MCS. Thanks!

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that was awesome , thanks for the link.
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That's a great video!!

I was surprised how automated the early stages of production were vs. all the manual assembly later on.

Did you know they must mask the roof off by hand to paint it a contrasting color? I sure never suspected that. And how about the fact that under the contrasting roof paint it's all body color?

I also liked how the fuel filler cap rode up in the front window opening when the car was being painted.

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Amazing stuff

I've visted many different plants in the last year for academic stuff, but that video was just plain cool. (And makes watching Little Tike's Cozy Coupe's being made pretty lame) Its the perfect combination of marketing along with just fascinating beauty of something we all love coming together.

My random notice thing was when they were driving the car off the line at the end how a bunch of random warning lights were blinking on the speedo.

Magic 8-ball was correct. All be in awe of Magic 8 ball.
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can you really download this? how?

Ya, I can... total 25.6MB for the high res wmv file.
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I've been trawling the net for any info on MINI and agree that its a wonderful thing. They've done a top job in producing that one.

My other favourite is the "Clown Car" vid on the US Mini site - its a classic.
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Arrow Awesome!

This production videos really enhance your pride in ownership of the MINI!

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Did you see mine in there? Being built this week (week 49 2002)
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Thanks! That was SOOO cool, even my 14 month old daughter couldn't stop saying "WOW!" Now if they would just let me in this month to see mine being born..ahhhh
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