Ouch alright...
I would like to know what happend..
Must have been moving pretty quick.
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| Author: | mattsmadmini [ Thu Sep 06, 2012 1:36 pm ] |
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http://www.copart.com/c2/individualLot. ... =onSaleNow ouch... |
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| Author: | Speedwell Racer [ Thu Sep 06, 2012 1:44 pm ] |
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Ouch alright...
I would like to know what happend.. Must have been moving pretty quick. |
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| Author: | simon k [ Thu Sep 06, 2012 1:56 pm ] |
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probably not moving all that fast - not as much damage as the picture Dr Mini often puts up of the car he was in that crashed at 60mph I'm impressed though, the basic structure still stayed intact. The motor folded under like it was meant to... but yeah, wouldn't have tickled |
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| Author: | min-E [ Thu Sep 06, 2012 2:21 pm ] |
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Looks like the steering wheel would have been fun to hold onto at the time. 
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| Author: | mini1990 [ Thu Sep 06, 2012 2:22 pm ] |
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Wow!  That wouldnt have been pleasant.
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| Author: | Cooper_Matrikon [ Thu Sep 06, 2012 2:32 pm ] |
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I'd like to see the Doc's 60mph piccy!
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| Author: | mini1990 [ Thu Sep 06, 2012 2:36 pm ] |
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Think this is it!
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| Author: | Cooper_Matrikon [ Thu Sep 06, 2012 2:37 pm ] |
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Shiiiiiite! |
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| Author: | drmini in aust [ Thu Sep 06, 2012 2:47 pm ] |
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I was in the front passenger's seat. We were run off the road by a dill in a Porsche 911 back in `65. We hit a (smallish) gum tree 1M above ground. Tree went through the radiator. No seatbelts back then. Speedo was stuck on 60MPH. My left leg was shattered in 100pcs, I spent 5 months in traction and 10 off work. Left arm was broken near the shoulder also. Took me 5 years to get any settlement (from NRMA) and then they settled out of court for $9K. About $5K of that went in doctor and hospital expenses. 
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| Author: | Cooper_Matrikon [ Thu Sep 06, 2012 2:48 pm ] |
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And you still hang around the little buggers! |
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| Author: | drmini in aust [ Thu Sep 06, 2012 2:49 pm ] |
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Cooper_Matrikon wrote: And you still hang around the little buggers!
11 months later, I took the 1058cc (997 Cooper) motor out of this car and put it into mine... 
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| Author: | Cooper_Matrikon [ Thu Sep 06, 2012 2:50 pm ] |
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...tore its heart out and made it your own.... so to speak. |
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| Author: | Rob1970 [ Thu Sep 06, 2012 3:13 pm ] |
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Christ on a bike...... Lucky to have lived to tell the tale. |
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| Author: | Harley [ Thu Sep 06, 2012 3:31 pm ] |
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simon k wrote: probably not moving all that fast - not as much damage as the picture Dr Mini often puts up of the car he was in that crashed at 60mph
I reckon you're right, not as fast as people would think. Firstly, no front panels, so the car clearly had a flip front (fasteners are visable on the A panel) which would've done nothing to help in a crash other than fly off, so the engine and subframe has taken the whack entirely. Since that won't have any give / crumple in it, the load had gone back into the car body just behind the subframe. |
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| Author: | clovus [ Thu Sep 06, 2012 4:14 pm ] |
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Whenever I see that crash picture it reminds me to drive slower...... |
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