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Author:  Bubbacluby [ Wed Sep 09, 2009 3:34 pm ]
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This was on the ninemsn page, im not sure for what reason.

gotta love those wheel spaces :shock: :shock:

http://video.ninemsn.com.au/video.aspx? ... 6b12e72a48
Author:  simon k [ Wed Sep 09, 2009 3:51 pm ]
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I wonder what the point of that exercise was....

he might have been trying to get the front wheels up the 2 ramps, and the car between them, and make the car do a dirt-bike style flip - whatever he was trying to do, it couldn't have ended much differently to what actually happened
Author:  poeee [ Wed Sep 09, 2009 4:17 pm ]
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The text in the film. "197# a stunt driver sees how easy it is to flip a Mini." "Not too hard apparently."

I don't get it. They drove it up a ramp.

:?:
Author:  simon k [ Wed Sep 09, 2009 4:21 pm ]
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poeee wrote:
The text in the film. "197# a stunt driver sees how easy it is to flip a Mini." "Not too hard apparently."

I don't get it. They drove it up a ramp.

:?:


that's what I mean, I reckon they were trying to do a full front-back flip and land it back on it's wheels, but only one wheel went up the ramp
Author:  mickmini [ Wed Sep 09, 2009 4:37 pm ]
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not exactly the best construction on the ramp, no roll cage, poor execution.

it was only ever going to end the way it did :roll:
Author:  miki [ Wed Sep 09, 2009 4:43 pm ]
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It could have only ended better if the car caught fire and all those responsible for killing a harmless mini to prove an obvious fact all burnt to a cinder.
Drive old car up ramp.. hurt car.. hurt self.. DUH :roll:
What a shame he didnt make it to the darwin files.
Author:  rehab1964 [ Wed Sep 09, 2009 4:44 pm ]
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perhaps the front wheels weren't spaced out far enough?

oh and thanks for the testra ad - just what I needed
Author:  Fiji [ Wed Sep 09, 2009 4:46 pm ]
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wow i didn't realise that if u drove any car up a ramp with only its right hand side wheels on it it'd flip/ roll.

at least he could have tried without the ramp . that'd be better watch seeing as the mini had no chance to make it out of that one.
Author:  mini maxx [ Wed Sep 09, 2009 4:48 pm ]
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I think the ramp splayed apart wen he went up it, nice to see a good rollcage..... NOT :shock:
Author:  superSeven [ Wed Sep 09, 2009 5:18 pm ]
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miki wrote:
It could have only ended better if the car caught fire and all those responsible for killing a harmless mini to prove an obvious fact all burnt to a cinder.


dude it was 1978, mini's were a common as poo.

anyway, I'm quite impressed how well the little car stood up to the roll
Author:  IwannaMini [ Wed Sep 09, 2009 5:33 pm ]
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Thats just stupid......... Its like something you would expect to see on A Current Affair or that other mindless "we are going to twist the truth so you think that this is the way it is but really we are just proving the point that we can guide your uneducated thinking..." :roll:

but i agree... it stood up pretty well to it all...
Author:  Austin850 [ Wed Sep 09, 2009 5:57 pm ]
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rehab1964 wrote:
oh and thanks for the testra ad - just what I needed


Yep. Buy our super fast broadband so that you can watch our ads quicker. :shock:
Author:  850 GT [ Wed Sep 09, 2009 6:45 pm ]
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Check out the number plate DYL blah blah, perfect i would say!
Author:  graham in aus [ Thu Sep 10, 2009 2:16 pm ]
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The Mini has a G registration, making it a 1968 car, so (in 1978) it was a ten year old banger, around this time in the 70's Mini production had just peaked, they were as common as ... well you know.

Looked like some low key stunt at some event or another, check out the crowd behind the 'safety' fence! :lol:
Author:  FOO_SAYS [ Thu Sep 10, 2009 3:21 pm ]
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it just needed some rockets, then it would have working swimmingly :D
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