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Old Jan 8, 2009 | 06:11 PM
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Help! Can't find this!

Hey guys, Im looking for a video. It is of a Mini by itself on a highway at night.

It makes a couple of extremely fast passes and its exhaust is really loud.
Its amazing how quick it is. I dont think the video tapers speak english in it.

My mustang friend is showing me these stang vids and I would like to show him up. Sooo if you have this vid or any other videos that show ridiculous new Minis it would be nice!
 
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Old Jan 8, 2009 | 07:00 PM
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Show your friend this one...
http://video.google.com/videoplay?do...90720&q=300+hp
 
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Old Jan 8, 2009 | 07:04 PM
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Originally Posted by Partsman
impressed but not as crazy as that one video i was talking about
 
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Old Jan 9, 2009 | 02:20 PM
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i dont get why it should be underivable with 300hp
 
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Old Jan 9, 2009 | 06:08 PM
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i dont get why it should be underivable with 300hp
You can't ask the front wheels to put down that kind of power, steer the car, and provide more than 75% of the braking. There just isn't enough grip.
 
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Old Jan 9, 2009 | 07:51 PM
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Originally Posted by nabeshin
You can't ask the front wheels to put down that kind of power, steer the car, and provide more than 75% of the braking. There just isn't enough grip.
Not all at the same time, but if you understand the friction circle it's not a problem at all. Just takes judicious use of the throttle. Like the dude in the video says it's not an on off switch.

See http://www.bentleypublishers.com/gal...&galleryId=831 to learn about the friction circle.
 
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