Yikes!

[skitelluride531]

[SandiePepper]

WTF

[tdm156]

Oh my!

[geotek]

UH??? as a non-GP owner, what am I missing??

[skitelluride531]

Originally Posted by geotek

UH??? as a non-GP owner, what am I missing??

Take a look at the wheels .

[geotek]

Ahh ok, I see it now.

[mcdbrendan]

they must be remounting some new tires or something. if not they should be tracked down and forced to wear these...

[mcdbrendan]

wait. why doesn't it have the red mirror caps. i smell somthing fishy...

[GoodFinder]

I guess it makes sense to change out to winter wheels and tires if your GP 1551 is located in Maastricht! At least it's mighty clean for the picture.

[mcdbrendan]

Originally Posted by GoodFinder

I guess it makes sense to change out to winter wheels and tires if your GP 1551 is located in Maastricht! At least it's mighty clean for the picture.

hrmmm. i thought it was located in texas. are the red mirror caps an american only thing???

[GoodFinder]

GP 1551 is located across the pond. Take a look at this website for more pics:

http://www.autogespot.com/eng/viewca...type&type=Mini

Yes, all GP's had the red mirror caps, but some GP owners have changed them out.

And, a number of GP's have changed out the tires, and some have changed the wheels, too (either for "daily driver" duty, and/or for winter use).

[SoCal_Mini]

What is this 'winter' I keep hearing you talk about? You need special tires for driving during thie 'winter'? That's crazy.... - I have no understanding of this... please explain

San Diego Baby!!!! Ow Ow Ow

[mcdbrendan]

yea i found it on the site and those are the winter tires/wheels. plus i learned german in the process

[Louisxiii]

OMG, ofcourse it's for winter...steelies FTW! Although, he should of got them black...oh well, too far to tell them...

[simplekid15]

OMG!!! lol

[azminiman]

Originally Posted by SoCal_Mini

What is this 'winter' I keep hearing you talk about? You need special tires for driving during thie 'winter'? That's crazy.... - I have no understanding of this... please explain

San Diego Baby!!!! Ow Ow Ow

YEA!!! What he said

[89AKurt]

Originally Posted by SoCal_Mini

... You need special tires for driving during thie 'winter'? That's crazy.... - I have no understanding of this...

Some people are crazy enough to have "special tires" for only track use. I can see using cheap wheels for rally tires for the winter.

[abuzavi]

But I thought winter was canclled this year, except for Denver. Those tires / rims look speed-rated for wheelchair speeds.

[SMSgt Bo]

This is the first year here in Germany that snow tires are mandatory after 1 January. Ours has the M+S runflats which keeps us legal.

[AntiqueCarNut]

Originally Posted by SoCal_Mini

What is this 'winter' I keep hearing you talk about? You need special tires for driving during thie 'winter'? That's crazy.... - I have no understanding of this... please explain

San Diego Baby!!!! Ow Ow Ow

As a native California boy, now living in New England, I say... c'mon up heah with yah big ol' summah tie-ahs and we'll show ya' why ya' need wintah tie-ahs - after ya' crash inta that tree ovah they-ah. E-yuh. .

Heck, a bunch of us are driving on the Arctic MINI Run to the eastern most point in Labrador, next month. You can have fun driving in the snow, that just ain't possible in sunny SoCal - until the next Ice Age, anyway.

[Grumpee]

What's the problem The wheels are Pure Silver, perfect match to the roof.