I think 2500 pounds is very heavy for such a small 4 cyl. car. Don't you?
Cars are really getting porky these days. The new Cobra Mustang is 3700
pounds, my Z28 is 3450, cramped 3-series BMWs bust the scales at 3500, I
could go on. I find that more often than not the car winning a multi-car
comparison in Car & Driver is the lightest one in its class. Light weight
means fun to drive. And so the Mini is very fun I'm sure, and it is light
by comparison to other cars, but it isn't the 1900-2200 pound car I'd hoped
for when I first heard it was coming.
Before I get e-mails telling me so, I know there are a number of benefits
we're getting for the weight in cars these days, including increased
structural rigidity, better braking, improved safety, more power, etc., but
I'd like more engineering put into weight reduction. Mercedes seems to be
moving in the right direction, the current S-class is a lot lighter than the
last and the forthcoming E-class appears no heavier despite added rigidity
and safety.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Brian Garfield" <bgarfield@adelphia.net>
To: "larryb" <larryb@cartct.com>; "Ted Drcar" <tdrcar@san.rr.com>
Cc: <autox@autox.team.net>
Sent: Sunday, May 26, 2002 8:04 PM
Subject: RE: Mini Cooper S
> Heavy??? Try under 2500lbs with minimal gas and no driver. But
apparently
> the Cooper weighed more than we thought, within 100lbs. Checked at the
> Petersburg Pro.
>
> Brian Garfield
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-autox@autox.team.net [mailto:owner-autox@autox.team.net]On
> Behalf Of larryb
> Sent: Friday, May 24, 2002 9:54 AM
> To: Ted Drcar
> Cc: autox@autox.team.net
> Subject: Re: Mini Cooper S
>
>
> At 03:26 PM 05/23/02 -0700, you wrote:
> >But it's so heavy.
>
> It may be heavy but it rides on rails. He tried it with the stability on
> and off and like it off because the tail would break loose a little in the
> turns. At the next event, he may put Kumho V700's on it instead of the
all
> season run-flats it came with. It should be interesting.
>
> LarryB
>
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