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Nov 11, 2006 | 12:19 AM

Stun

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Is there any harm that can be done by bottoming out a mini cooper s????

Nov 11, 2006 | 03:51 AM

SpiderX

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Is there any harm that can be done by bottoming out a mini cooper s????

I just heard an extreme case..... Eric at Helix told me that "Cosmic Purple" caught "air" at a track day and destroyed his tranmission in the landing.....

Nov 11, 2006 | 03:26 PM

herbie hind

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so much for driving outa run off dranes.

Nov 11, 2006 | 03:45 PM

ma78

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Is there any harm that can be done by bottoming out a mini cooper s????

It's hard to do, but possible.

When I was 16 I bottomed out my Mom's BMW in a movie parking lot. The transmission moved about 9 inches back and I had to have it towed home.