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General MINI TalkShared experiences, motoring minutes, and other general MINI-related discussion that applies to all MINIs, regardless of model, year or trim.
Show is SPEED IS THE NEW BLACK on Wednesday night at 9:00 pm EST. Only saw it for a second but I recognized a Mini being worked as the focus of the show.The Channel is VELOCITY.
Not sure if the woman in this episode deserved to have a 72 Mini. She blew the engine up by not changing the oil and obviously did not take care of the car. Throw money at the answer and the crew wedged a Honda Civic engine under the bonnet. Power to weight ratio was tremendous but lost the soul of the Mini along the way.
most other shows like this will give credit to the source of the 'custom built subframe' they used
just my opinion as a long time classic owner ...
with that kind of HP vs weight and what the owner said she planned to do with the car (kill herself!) they would have been wize to put in a roll cage while they had it apart!
Cheaply made reality TV shows are not known for in depth research. They couldn't possibly afford to hire experts or people to spend hours acquiring the knowledge to satisfy the .0001% of people who might catch the flubs.
Every time I consider a Classic car of small size I consider if I want to be smashed to death by an inattentive texter. If I go classic, probably be some 20 foot Caddy.
