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Old Jun 11, 2003 | 02:56 PM
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I've searched but haven't found any mention of this - have any of you noticed the similarity between this:



and this:

http://mail.roadfly.org/Session/638-...e/MiniLogo.jpg

I just noticed it myself a couple of weeks ago - the wings logo is on the HVAC unit. How clever !

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Old Jun 11, 2003 | 02:57 PM
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Here's the 2nd photo:


 
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Old Jun 11, 2003 | 02:57 PM
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very observant

I never noticed it (I don't have the upgraded AC), but now it makes perfect sense. It has to be intentional, right?

 
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Old Jun 11, 2003 | 03:10 PM
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Yes.

Good job though - not everyone notices it!
 
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Old Jun 11, 2003 | 03:12 PM
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There are others too...keep looking.
 
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Old Jun 11, 2003 | 03:13 PM
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Now, when you drive your car backwards does the engine utter strange satanic noises?

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Old Jun 11, 2003 | 03:17 PM
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Frank Stephenson strikes again!

...keep looking :smile:

 
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Old Jun 11, 2003 | 03:17 PM
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I think it is definitely connected. Someone did the design work with the Mini logo in mind.
This is quite clever- thanks for mentioning it. It's like that small arrow pointing left on the gas tank symbol.
The arrow points to the side of the car that has the fuel door. Lets see if we can find more hidden things like where the designers all signed their names in a back or hidden panel somewhere on the car.
 
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Old Jun 11, 2003 | 03:27 PM
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Lets see if we can find more hidden things like where the designers all signed their names in a back or hidden panel somewhere on the car.
An Easter Egg hunt!
 
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Old Jun 11, 2003 | 03:37 PM
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pretty cool, I never knew they were satanic noises, hahahahaha
 
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Old Jun 11, 2003 | 04:45 PM
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I keep looking for little Logo’s in my MCS, But can’t seen to find any.

I did come across a hidden tunnel from the bonnet to the boot and an elaborate set of engineering. To my amazement I also found two dwarves living under my car the other day.

Hans and Dexter, as they call themselves, they have been living under my MCS for nearly a year now. Claiming their escaped laborers from a disc brake manufacture in Düsseldorf, Germany and ex miners, they made their way for Oxford England and hid in some factory there. To keep from being detected in the factory, the started using scraps of unused exhaust pipe to build an elaborate set of tunnels under and through a car in the factory.

Over the months as I drove down the road I kept hearing something that sounded so calming, like faint soft sounds of Hi-Ho as the wheels spin faster. Only once did this calm and gentle sound differ. For two days at Deals Gap, driving the Tail of the Dragon, my soft gentle voices seemed too turned to loud cries of “OH *****, OH F@*K. They disappeared as sudden as they came about, after leaving the Gap.

Nope don’t know of any little MINI Logo’s in my MCS, but I’m going to keep looking. Han’s and Dexter keep tell me it’s only your imagination.


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Old Jun 11, 2003 | 04:54 PM
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WOA!
 
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Old Jun 11, 2003 | 04:58 PM
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Your MFSW has buttons arranged in the wing pattern too.

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Old Jun 11, 2003 | 05:05 PM
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I saw the same design in a crop pattern once. Coincidence? I think not!

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Old Jun 11, 2003 | 05:18 PM
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>>I've searched but haven't found any mention of this - have any of you noticed the similarity between this:
>>

Geoff -- you might also open up the glove compartment and look at the door


Tom
 
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Old Jun 11, 2003 | 07:01 PM
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It's the coin holder in the glove box door!!!!!!

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Old Jun 11, 2003 | 07:40 PM
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Woah!
 
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Old Jun 11, 2003 | 07:52 PM
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Old Jun 11, 2003 | 11:35 PM
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Aaiieee! Broken links make browser go ouchie...

So no, don't see it..

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Old Jun 12, 2003 | 04:51 AM
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Keep searching you all :smile:
 
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Old Jun 12, 2003 | 08:44 AM
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Are the visor mirrors one? It's like your face is th center and the lights are the wings???

I could be wrong, looked like one to me.
 
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