What did you do to your mini today?
Thanks guys.... I hope its fixable. i like mine, i dont want another
well....maybe a JCW or a GP
well....maybe a JCW or a GP
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Joined: Mar 2012
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From: FT Campbell KY
What did I do today??? I just paid mine off last month!!!! yeah!! This happened yesterday
Left work early and got a text from my sister-in-law, she locked her keys in her car. I go up to her house to see if I can get them out. Leaving, i pulled out of her driveway, cars were coming but I had plenty of time. A big black truck passed the car infront of him and me. Then a jeep grand cherokee tried to do the same. By the time the jeep was next to me she lost control and side swiped me. She spun out and hit a tree. I was OK luckily but they had to cut her out and take her to the hospital.
The kicker was the black truck was her boyfriend and they were going less then a mile to drop off his truck at a garage. The jeep belonged to the girls boyfriends mother. I just mapped it out it was 0.3 miles from my siter-in-laws to the accident site. Funny thing, on the police report, the bf is one of the witnesses. He told the cops that the guy in front of him was going like 20mph in a 45mph. The guy he passed confirmed my story. Even the cop said and pointed at the jeep "she wasnt going 20mph with damage like that"
So i hope its not totalled.....I'll just lay down and bawl.
http://www.gettysburgtimes.com/news/...=image&photo=0
Left work early and got a text from my sister-in-law, she locked her keys in her car. I go up to her house to see if I can get them out. Leaving, i pulled out of her driveway, cars were coming but I had plenty of time. A big black truck passed the car infront of him and me. Then a jeep grand cherokee tried to do the same. By the time the jeep was next to me she lost control and side swiped me. She spun out and hit a tree. I was OK luckily but they had to cut her out and take her to the hospital.
The kicker was the black truck was her boyfriend and they were going less then a mile to drop off his truck at a garage. The jeep belonged to the girls boyfriends mother. I just mapped it out it was 0.3 miles from my siter-in-laws to the accident site. Funny thing, on the police report, the bf is one of the witnesses. He told the cops that the guy in front of him was going like 20mph in a 45mph. The guy he passed confirmed my story. Even the cop said and pointed at the jeep "she wasnt going 20mph with damage like that"
So i hope its not totalled.....I'll just lay down and bawl.
http://www.gettysburgtimes.com/news/...=image&photo=0
I installed a 17% pulley on my r53 yesterday. What a difference! Especially with the straight pipes, it goes faaaast
Now to get it tuned....
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Joined: Jun 2010
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Those 17 or 18"?
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Joined: Feb 2010
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From: Seabrook, TX
What did I do today??? I just paid mine off last month!!!! yeah!! This happened yesterday
Left work early and got a text from my sister-in-law, she locked her keys in her car. I go up to her house to see if I can get them out. Leaving, i pulled out of her driveway, cars were coming but I had plenty of time. A big black truck passed the car infront of him and me. Then a jeep grand cherokee tried to do the same. By the time the jeep was next to me she lost control and side swiped me. She spun out and hit a tree. I was OK luckily but they had to cut her out and take her to the hospital.
The kicker was the black truck was her boyfriend and they were going less then a mile to drop off his truck at a garage. The jeep belonged to the girls boyfriends mother. I just mapped it out it was 0.3 miles from my siter-in-laws to the accident site. Funny thing, on the police report, the bf is one of the witnesses. He told the cops that the guy in front of him was going like 20mph in a 45mph. The guy he passed confirmed my story. Even the cop said and pointed at the jeep "she wasnt going 20mph with damage like that"
So i hope its not totalled.....I'll just lay down and bawl.
http://www.gettysburgtimes.com/news/...=image&photo=0
Left work early and got a text from my sister-in-law, she locked her keys in her car. I go up to her house to see if I can get them out. Leaving, i pulled out of her driveway, cars were coming but I had plenty of time. A big black truck passed the car infront of him and me. Then a jeep grand cherokee tried to do the same. By the time the jeep was next to me she lost control and side swiped me. She spun out and hit a tree. I was OK luckily but they had to cut her out and take her to the hospital.
The kicker was the black truck was her boyfriend and they were going less then a mile to drop off his truck at a garage. The jeep belonged to the girls boyfriends mother. I just mapped it out it was 0.3 miles from my siter-in-laws to the accident site. Funny thing, on the police report, the bf is one of the witnesses. He told the cops that the guy in front of him was going like 20mph in a 45mph. The guy he passed confirmed my story. Even the cop said and pointed at the jeep "she wasnt going 20mph with damage like that"
So i hope its not totalled.....I'll just lay down and bawl.
http://www.gettysburgtimes.com/news/...=image&photo=0
I have a question for you though.
did your air bags deploy, and do you have them messed up passenger seat occupant sensor problem, and did the passenger airbag deploy even though there was no passenger?
no airbags went off, which i think is funny because isnt there a rear curtain airbag? I remembered seeing the components when i did by stereo.
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Joined: Jun 2011
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From: Las Vegas, NV
Unfortunately, it wouldn't have help you out here. Accidents happen. Hopefully everybody is OK.
Having said that, some people just suck. Some people shouldn't be allowed a license. I believe most people need to slow down, and take their time.
Since I drive a MINI, I understand being in a hurry. I drive like a crazy person sometimes, (as all good MINI owners should), but I don't do it around other drivers. I keep it under control until I find some empty, open road.
As a fellow Electric Blue owner, I'm heart-broken to see your MINI like that!
Hope it is fixed QUICKLY!! Keep us posted!
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From: Robertsdale, Alabama
Ran the beach road from Pensacola to Destin yesterday and with the wind and blowing sand I spent an hour just vacuuming out sand on the inside. Then went to a power washer and got all the external sand out. Also vacuumed out the engine bay. All clean again.
Then on the way home a car cut me off big time. That was close. The car was following a camper (same plates, No. Carolina). I guess they were together.....and almost apart.
Idiot's.
Then on the way home a car cut me off big time. That was close. The car was following a camper (same plates, No. Carolina). I guess they were together.....and almost apart.
Idiot's.
Many drivers on the road today flat out terrify me. Many people don't give driving their car any more thought than when using a computer. Love my wife to death, but she uses the gas and break as on/off switches. Don't get me started on how her car is like a second bedroom...
I joke that we need to actually go back to less advance cars at times to teach people they are operating a machine, not playing a video game. Maybe that's just the farm boy in me.
I joke that we need to actually go back to less advance cars at times to teach people they are operating a machine, not playing a video game. Maybe that's just the farm boy in me.
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Joined: Sep 2011
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From: Robertsdale, Alabama
Many drivers on the road today flat out terrify me. Many people don't give driving their car any more thought than when using a computer. Love my wife to death, but she uses the gas and break as on/off switches. Don't get me started on how her car is like a second bedroom...
I joke that we need to actually go back to less advance cars at times to teach people they are operating a machine, not playing a video game. Maybe that's just the farm boy in me.
I joke that we need to actually go back to less advance cars at times to teach people they are operating a machine, not playing a video game. Maybe that's just the farm boy in me.
That is one reason I'm selling my Harley. Hopefully it'll be gone by Wed.
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Joined: Nov 2009
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From: Mount Doom, Mordor
Sorry to hear about your MINI getting clobbered, PA-MCS, but it will likely mend if the airbags didn't go off. Good luck!
C ya,
Dutch
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From: Tehachapi, CA
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From: Mount Pleasant, Wisconsin
Are we married to the same woman???
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From: Cedar Rapids, IA, NW side
...The kicker was the black truck was her boyfriend and they were going less then a mile to drop off his truck at a garage. The jeep belonged to the girls boyfriends mother. I just mapped it out it was 0.3 miles from my siter-in-laws to the accident site. Funny thing, on the police report, the bf is one of the witnesses. He told the cops that the guy in front of him was going like 20mph in a 45mph. The guy he passed confirmed my story. Even the cop said and pointed at the jeep "she wasnt going 20mph with damage like that"
So i hope its not totalled.....I'll just lay down and bawl.
http://www.gettysburgtimes.com/news/...=image&photo=0
So i hope its not totalled.....I'll just lay down and bawl.
http://www.gettysburgtimes.com/news/...=image&photo=0
O....M....G.... You mean the idiot BF actuallly tried to sell THAT amount of damage to her jeep as a 20mph crash? I wish I had ***** that brassy. At least the cop knew he was being snowed. You didnt include pics of your car... but, I hope you dont have to get another, although if the damage is bad enough, maybe you'll be glad you did.
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It appears people are given licenses by just showing up to the test and putting their car in drive.
I've done so much to my mini and just forget to take pictures of the weekly work that's put into it...
Right now the estimate is around $3200. But that is without seeing what is messed up behind the door. They said that would be the most expensive part and could double, worse case scenario. But with the $3200 its only 20% of the value of the car so its a ways off from being cheaper to replace the entire car. Now all can do is now is wait for the insurance companies to get on the ball
No more micro bread van!
New NM Alpha springs installed, with similar results to the many other posts. Lowered just enough, with a bit more settle to come, no bad effect on the ride, a nice boost to handling, and what I've noticed most: dive / squat are just about eliminated. Great mod! Photos when I get a chance.