Chuckability

JRS · 26 Mar 2007 at 16:48

digitalwolf said:
And the BMW Mini had what to do with rover?

What, other than the vast majority of the design work?

al123 · 26 Mar 2007 at 16:49

digitalwolf said:
Whats that, BMW Mini? Or Saxo?

BMW Mini.

digitalwolf · 26 Mar 2007 at 16:51

JRS said:
What, other than the vast majority of the design work?

I hope you are not trying to compare the old Mini to the new one.

Look at the size of the new one, you could fit the old mini inside it twice over

Did rover have anything to do with the new mini at all. I know BMW took a lot of the ideas from the old one, but making a 1.1 ton car handle like the old 500gram one.......surely thats the Germans doing what they do best?

JRS · 26 Mar 2007 at 17:13

digitalwolf said:
I hope you are not trying to compare the old Mini to the new one.

Nope, simply pointing out that a lot of the development work was done by a joint BMW/Rover team when BMW still owned them. When BMW offloaded the Rover group, they took the MINI project with them.

digitalwolf said:
Look at the size of the new one, you could fit the old mini inside it twice over

Surprisingly enough, I was aware that the current MINI is larger than the older Mini....

digitalwolf said:
Did rover have anything to do with the new mini at all.

Yes, they did. See above.

digitalwolf · 26 Mar 2007 at 17:15

Rover already had designs to bring out a bigger/ revised mini before they we're taken over by BMW?

JRS · 26 Mar 2007 at 17:20

digitalwolf said:
Rover already had designs to bring out a bigger/ revised mini before they we're taken over by BMW?

Well, they had various plans over the years (Issigonis' 9X was one, there were several others). The one that became the BMW MINI was developed while BMW owned them though, with BMW retaining it after geting shot of Rover to the Phoenix Fve.

digitalwolf · 26 Mar 2007 at 17:23

Sounds very cunning on BMW's part.

If the Mini (new one) was owned by Rover now, would we still have rover?

JRS · 26 Mar 2007 at 17:24

digitalwolf said:
If the Mini (new one) was owned by Rover now, would we still have rover?

Doubt it. I'm sure Longbridge would have found a way to screw it all up.

digitalwolf · 26 Mar 2007 at 17:28

Probably on build quality and reliabillity.

Drop the old K series in

BigT · 26 Mar 2007 at 17:44

Well it's all relative but I would say my car is rubbish in the twisties in the grand scheme of things. Weighing nearly two tonnes and having a very detatched driving experience, it doesn't make for a capable point-to-point car. However it is the second best handling car I've had, behind a 330Ci, but that's because my other cars were rubbish middle of the road FWD saloons. More importantly, it's way better in the twisties than I have the courage or skill to drive it at, meaning we get along just fine.

HEADRAT · 26 Mar 2007 at 17:46

Note to self "never let teenage son borrow car so he can hoon around in it with his friends"

HEADRAT

digitalwolf · 26 Mar 2007 at 17:48

HEADRAT said:
Note to self "never let teenage son borrow car so he can hoon around in it with his friends"

HEADRAT

I have my own car that I "hoon" around in.

I'm quite aware of the mini's capabillities which are quite minimal compared to the Saxo.

HEADRAT · 26 Mar 2007 at 17:51

Ah teenage boys and cars it always makes me

HEADRAT

digitalwolf · 26 Mar 2007 at 17:52

HEADRAT said:
Ah teenage boys and cars, always makes me

HEADRAT

Yeh, it's all boys, boys boys boys.

Girls never race........ever

HEADRAT · 26 Mar 2007 at 17:53

Well girls don't post on this forum expressing how "chuckable" their Mums mini (FNARR) is !

HEADRAT

digitalwolf · 26 Mar 2007 at 17:55

HEADRAT said:
Well they don't post on this forum expressing how "chuckable" their Mums mini (FNARR) is !

HEADRAT

And what the hell has that got to do with anything?

The fact that I have owned a car that is quite easily, twice as chuckable as this car for 1 year and not gone on about how chuckable it is. All I was asking for was peoples oppinions on how chuckable they find the new mini's.

As you do not seem to own one, why bother replying?

HEADRAT · 26 Mar 2007 at 17:58

Because boys who think they can drive tend to "chuck" their (or Mums) cars into things

you've been driving for a whole 1 year, wow I take it all back you obviously the next STIG!

I will comment in thread I feel like thanks!

HEADRAT

digitalwolf · 26 Mar 2007 at 18:02

HEADRAT said:
Because boys who think they can drive tend to "chuck" their (or Mums) cars into things you've been driving for a whole 1 year, wow I take it all back you obviously the next STIG!

I will comment in thread I feel like thanks!

HEADRAT

And please show me where I have bragged about breaking speed limits and putting my mums car into slides to see how chuckable it was, to find when I would end upside down in a field?

And for the measure, I've nearly been driving 2 years

HEADRAT · 26 Mar 2007 at 18:08

digitalwolf said:
And please show me where I have bragged about breaking speed limits and putting my mums car into slides

digitalwolf said:
It does handle well, I think he prevokes the understeer a lot.

digitalwolf said:
I felt the rear going a tad lighter than I would have liked at times.

There ya go! having driven a number of mini's I know you'd have to be driving it pretty hard to make it display these characteristics

digitalwolf said:
As you do not seem to own one, why bother replying?

Well I have driven my friends Cooper S many times but I own a Z4.

digitalwolf said:
And for the measure, I've nearly been driving 2 years

Oooh a whole 2 years

HEADRAT

digitalwolf · 26 Mar 2007 at 18:13

HEADRAT said:
There ya go! having driven a number of mini's I know you'd have to be driving it pretty hard to make it display these characteristics

Well I have driven my friends Cooper S many times but I own a Z4.

Oooh a whole 2 years

HEADRAT

And what I have not mentioned was the surface and condition of tyres.