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RE: Let's Talk Minis...

To: "'Carl Merritt'" <CMerritt@luminous.com>, "'Yeoh Yiu'"
Subject: RE: Let's Talk Minis...
From: "Thana, Peter {High~Palo Alto}" <PETER.THANA@ROCHE.COM>
Date: Tue, 09 Apr 2002 17:17:10 -0700
I think I found the thread that Yeoh was talking about.  Lots of answers
there.  The car did not have the sport plus and it was running Kumhos.
Sounds like they like it!

http://mini2.com/forum/showthread.php?s=89ba43fcdcbae9d2834d2746db2cb036&thr
eadid=4838

Peter


-----Original Message-----
From: Carl Merritt [mailto:CMerritt@luminous.com]
Sent: Tuesday, April 09, 2002 4:44 PM
To: 'Yeoh Yiu'; ba-autox@autox.team.net
Subject: RE: Let's Talk Minis...


I would presume the Mini in that picture has the stock "sport" suspension,
not the "Sport Plus".  Which do you have?

-Carl


> -----Original Message-----
> From: Yeoh Yiu [mailto:squid@panix.com]
> Sent: Tuesday, April 09, 2002 4:34 PM
> To: ba-autox@autox.team.net
> Subject: Re: Let's Talk Minis...
> 
> 
> Minis do roll.
> 
> http://omor.com/dc/mini/CooperCross.jpg
> (credits to Helix13)
> 
> The car is so short, you can't push on the bumper to get the
> leverage to compress the suspension.
> 
> I've had my Mini Cooper for 18 hours now.  :-)
> 
> squid@panix.com
> 
> "Thana, Peter {High~Palo Alto}" <PETER.THANA@ROCHE.COM> writes:
> 
> > The CRX was such a neat car, and it may well be far better 
> for autox than
> > the new MINI.  I made my comparison just to point out that 
> a light, nimble,
> > low powered car was such a great idea 10 years ago, I  
> don't see why the
> > idea can't work today when just about everything has 200hp. 
>  Except that now
> > we're spoiled:)
> > 
> > Peter

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