New England Off Topic and Banter as Most Brilliantly Proposed by Cape Cod MINI

[pezboy]

Quote: Originally Posted by yellowmininy

Don't you hate it when people get a life and forget about posting inane nonsense with the rest of us?

That's okay...he still talks about inane nonsense with some of us, heh.

[yellowmininy]

Good to know. I'd hate to think he'd become, you know, normal.

[MetalMiniMayhem]

"The oil industry's record third-quarter profits - at a time when motorists were reeling from unprecedentedly high gasoline costs and warned of huge heating bills this winter - have caught the attention of both Republicans and Democrats in Congress. Some analysts predict the 29 largest oil companies will earn $96 billion this year."


http://apnews.myway.com/article/20051109/D8DP7VAO1.html

Nice!.. always glad to see exactly how much I'm lining "the man's" pockets.. sad part is, they're going to get away with it and it'll get even worse because there's only about 29 states with anti-price gouging laws and those laws are vague and hard to adhere to as it is....

[GBMINI]

Theo - many thanks for posting the proclamation pics; I will work with Aaron to get them up on the MOT web site.

[Windshadow]

Well some times I mean to post but then I forget to hit the send key
Just noticed this on the net and quite frankly I am both shocked and saddened by this...
Half of motorists would drive off if they hit a parked car
Mon Nov 7, 2005 2:18 PM GMT
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LONDON (Reuters) - Up to 50 percent of motorists who damaged a parked car would drive away without leaving contact details if they thought they could get away with it, according to findings from an insurance company.

A survey of 1,300 motorists also found that half had already been the victim of people dubbed "Road Runners" by insurers, Cornhill Direct said on Monday.

Government figures suggest the trend is growing.

Just under 30,000 people were prosecuted in 2003 for various offences related to failing to stop, provide details or report an accident, a rise of 4 percent on 2002 and 11 percent higher than 2000.

The survey also found that women were more likely to stop and leave details than men and that younger drivers were least likely to do the right thing.

Cornhill Direct said all drivers were paying an extra 30 pounds a year on their policies to pay for the damage and injury caused by untraced and uninsured drivers.

"Comprehensively insured motorists can claim on their own policy but many will risk losing their No Claims Discount," Cornhill Direct's Ian Firth said.

"For the 20 percent of policyholders who are not comprehensively insured, they have little choice but to go to the Motor Insurers' Bureau (MIB) for compensation," Firth said in a statement.

Last year the MIB paid out 78.2 million pounds dealing with more than 17,500 untraced-driver claims from motorists.

[MetalMiniMayhem]

Quote: Originally Posted by MINIRANDOLPH

Are you afraid of the dark?

yes, I'm extremely afraid of the dark... paralyzingly so.. ! A bit childish a realllly embarassing, but true..

also bees... I hate bees.. good lord, I will scream like a little girl if a bee ever flies near me.. I fly into full-fledged panic mode when they get near me..... eeeeeeeesh!!! (now I've gone and given myself the "heebie jeebies"..LMAO!)


Check this out.. the most extensive phobia list I've ever seen..

http://www.phobialist.com/

[LordWinslow]

Quote: Originally Posted by MetalMiniMayhem

I have been eyeing this light kit since I had the "old" cooper.. I really want it and I think it'd look "bad-ass" on the new MCS, esp with it blk on blk... please talk me out of this rediculous project...

Lets do a group buy for them. We can also get one for NoNo...

Winslow

[chs4]

Quote:

We can also get one for NoNo...

Yeah, just what she needs...SIX deer in the headlights....

[NoNo]

Har Har. I can just imagine coming up behind some old lady in a Buick, flashing the lights to get her out of the way, only to vaporize her in the intense heat eminating from them. And then I'd drive off without leaving any details.

[LordWinslow]

Quote: Originally Posted by NoNo

Har Har. I can just imagine coming up behind some old lady in a Buick, flashing the lights to get her out of the way, only to vaporize her in the intense heat eminating from them. And then I'd drive off without leaving any details.

Why pass the big bad SUV, when you can look right through him...works for me. Besides that box of Q-Tips (old lady in buick) should of been at home baking cookies or some such sugary confection...


Winslow

[jwardell]

Randolph! Welcome back! Glad to see you are still around.

Quote: Originally Posted by GadgetGav

Is anyone using the new MINI for Rally..? I know the wheelbase is too short for it to become a full WRC car

I thought the MINI was not eligible for WRC because you need a 2.0L engine?

[Cape Cod MINI]

http://64.202.182.8/BatDay.WMV

[MetalMiniMayhem]

Quote: Originally Posted by jwardell

I thought the MINI was not eligible for WRC because you need a 2.0L engine?

Yeah, they've been trying to exclude MINI's ever since the 60's, when we went in and smoked everyone four years straight (of course they posthumosely (spelling?) took away the trophy a couple of times for small infringements such as the lighting, etc... to please the Porche crowd I'm sure..



NONO.. see?.. all the more reason to get that light fixture, it's like your own little "blaster ray"..

[MetalMiniMayhem]

Quote: Originally Posted by Cape Cod MINI

http://64.202.182.8/BatDay.WMV

An eery glimpse into the future of Steve Barnatt... !

[GBMINI]

Quote: Originally Posted by MetalMiniMayhem

they've been trying to exclude MINI's ever since the 60's, when we went in and smoked everyone ...

How old are you exactly, Derek