Yeah, it was below the glass pane. However, this bus had a metal bumper that stuck out as a buffer. And I lied, I also had to have the passenger tail light and quarter panel replaced as well if you wanna know everything.

 

ok i was wondering that.. i was about to be like wow that must have been a low riding school bus lmao

 

Lol yeah, it was slammed on some coilovers.

 

lol hit by a gangsta school bus

 

I have a feeling the doors were taken off after the fact to more easily show the interior.. What use would doing a crash test with the door off serve?!

 

Visual recording of the movement of the dummy. Granted, all of the joints and points of interest are instrumented, so they know what's moving, how fast and how far.

 

Sort of like the T-shirt I have that states "I hope there is intelligent life in space, I'm so lonely down here" (wife hates it when I wear that one!)

These little cars are TOUGH!!!!!

 

I have to share my experience this morning as we were dropping off my Husband's 2010 Kia Soul Shadow Dragon SE#3 "SMAUG" off for his Annual Check Up, he's 1 Year Old Tomorrow!! He pulled his Soul into the service drive, I pulled up and parked Molly, I always get L@@KS and asked if I want to sell her (not on your life), our Salesman let them know that she will never be for sale, he knows that she is my Baby and parrish the thought of her having to find another home!! As I was walking to meet my Husband one of the "Salesman" (I quoted this because...well you'll find out in a min.), started to tell the other salesmen how to tell the difference between the MINI and MINI S, apparently the "only" way to tell the difference is these little things on the Headlight...Oh, I said the Xenon Headlight Washers which come on when the Windshield Washers come on??!! And so I informed him that NO (moron) that is not the only way to tell them apart, the other salesmen there apparently knew about the different exhaust, and I had to explain to him about the Hood Scoop on the Hood of the S...My Husband knew that I was not amused having to set this "MORON" straight...I all the way home!!

 

 

You should tell such "ignorant" Salespeople, that the single difference between Cooper and Cooper-S is that the S has more expensive floor mats.

 

A little while ago, someone approached me as I was getting into the car and said (seriously), "I heard that those things aren't very fast."

At first, I was so floored, I could just stare at the guy. Politely, and without guffaw-ing at him, I suggested he was thinking of a different car, and gave him the brief schpiel. And then I zoomed away!

 

Truth is, they're not fast. They're quick.

 

They're pretty fast too. I can tell you that the digital readout speedometer goes higher than the dishplate. (For the record, I was on an unrestricted stretch of the autobahn...)

 

You can do 100+ all day, not much of a point to it if it takes you a decade to get there.

 

Surprisingly, I've never gotten a stupid comment about my MINI. People just comment on how it is really cute, or that it looks like a lot of fun.

Funniest stupid comments happened when my mom had her 911 with the 6-disk CD changer in the trunk. She'd have to pop the trunk the change out CDs, and sure enough some macho guy, looking to save the damsel, would come over and ask her if she was having engine trouble :rofl. They typically left pretty embarrassed.

I took a trip to Smart and Final once with my Z4, upon watching the little roadster swallow a cart of super-sized groceries, a gentleman came over and asked if he could see the size of my trunk. He was flabbergasted that it could be so big, and I showed him how you could even move the top up to make more room. He had one of those newer Ford Thunderbirds. He showed me the trunk of in, and I could not believe how a car that big could have such a useless trunk.

 

I think I will AND knowing the MORON he'd believe it??!!

 

The washer jets determine an S from a non-S?
That's just bizarre in a funny way. I wonder how he came to that conclusion? You should've asked him! lol It probably would've started with something like, "Well my friend and I were talking...."

Also, you'd THINK car sales folks would know more about cars than the average person. This case proves that this isn't the case, and man, that's just a wee bit scary. lol

 

That's nothing. The MA who "sold" me my Mini, knew very little about them, he had been selling GM's 3 weeks prior to dealing with me. He was juggling 2 other clients at the same time, which p'd me off. He KNEW I was already sold on the car, so didn't waste his time....he no longer works at the dealership..

 

I still chuckle when I remember the BMW sales guy telling me all about the V8-powered Infiniti G35. He had a used one on the lot that I had to check out.

 

Well, he did say "I have a Friend who buys these cars "exclusively""!! Yeah RIGHT!!

You would think that wouldn't you Mr Silverblood, but guess what...he didn't!! I am way more mechanically inclined than my Husband and as such I am the one to take care of "our" vehicles!! I don't bend a wrench of course, wish I could, but age and strength forbid this, my ASVAB test many moons ago said I should be a Mech-a-nic but dirt, grease, and grime are not my forte!!

 

"Nice Nissan. Do you guys have some sort of group?"

 

"Don't these come with a flower holder on the dashboard?"

 

I bought my JCW mini about a year ago. My step-son, mentioned to me that it "Must be slow," and could not figure out how something so "non-aerodynamic" could be fast. He said it very apologetically.

After dinner, I decided Jr. needed to go for a ride. Lucky for me, they had just repaved the back roads by me... http://tinyurl.com/3hjpyoc is the trip we took in google maps.

After taking about the 4th or 5th 25mph turn at about 50mph (Pa back roads are 55mph if unposted), he started to see my point about the car handling well, and being pretty quick. I do believe I took one 15mph turn at 50... car griped, and growled, but did it nicely.

For the record, I knew the roads pretty well, and am quite certain I could take them faster now (if only they'd close the roads for me)!

 

"EHH, its ok. It looks like every other small car on the road though"

 

Here's one for you ... although this does not pertain to MINI still a good one ... Prior to owning my JCW I owned 2008 STI ... I was at gas station when a red-neck look'n dude walks up an says with a red-neck voice ... Hey wudda-do put a dodge magnum in a dryer? I laughed so hard ... I still laugh when I think about it ... pretty funny ...