MINI & Mini + Paddy Hopkirk video

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Jul 27, 2007 | 03:09 PM

Mab01uk

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MINI & Mini + Paddy Hopkirk video

Nice video of the MINI and classic Mini 0n the Monte roads with Paddy Hopkirk but with a French commentary.

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Jul 27, 2007 | 08:45 PM

gokartride

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Nice...wish we'd coulda seen that three years ago when it was produced!! One is left w/ the impression the Mini could still whup the MINI...it looks so tiny comparised to the modern car.

Jul 27, 2007 | 09:00 PM

Jeremy1026

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Originally Posted by gokartride

Nice...wish we'd coulda seen that three years ago when it was produced!! One is left w/ the impression the Mini could still whup the MINI...it looks so tiny comparised to the modern car.

I think a properly tuned (like, in working condition) Mini could out run a modern MINI on the twisties anyday. They are so much smaller and nimbler then our 'beasts' (they are SOOO tiny compared to the MINI)