Dont buy a mini cooper

[RyanbabZ71]

5 mph angle front crash and the frame twists  

 

anyone else see the dateline special (its on now)

[Kansas Kid]

Wonder if its anything at all like the 73-87 GM trucks with the exploding fuel tanks that Dateline rigged up?  Since then I take anything that is on that show with a grain of salt.

[Larry]

Wonder if its anything at all like the 73-87 GM trucks with the exploding fuel tanks that Dateline rigged up?  Since then I take anything that is on that show with a grain of salt.

Exactly.  Don’t believe anything you hear and only half of what you see!

[Torque Junkie]

Thats sad!  Those things are tiny little death traps as it is, but to not even take a slight bump w/ out the frame twisting is rediculous.

 

Reason 41,203 why I wil buy only American vehicles.

[chevy4x4trucks]

Dont buy a mini cooper

 

No problem here

[Z71GUY]

5 mph angle front crash and the frame twists  

 

anyone else see the dateline special (its on now)

LOL, I dont buy this for a minute.  You mean to tell me a company such as BMW overlooked something like this...or even worse....engineered a car that would do this poorly?  Nah, I'll take one please...."S" version if possible...

 

 

Eric

[MiSdIrEcTeD_1]

I dont buy it... But even if it were true, a Mini isnt on my list of things to buy anyway...

[Import Hater]

I've driven one.  Fun little car.  Not alot of steam, but I guess you don't need it when the car is that light.  I imagine it'd be fun to autocross in it.  But I already knew just by looking at it that it would be a total (maybe even total the occupants too) if it got in even the slightest accident.

 

Rob

[BDBWTE]

It a MINI!! that's all I'm going to say..

[Kania2k1]

Don't beleive it till ya see it, and then see it twice! -311

[Shaners]

I'd love to have a mini cooper S.  Superb handling, great power to weight ratio, cool retro styling, and BMW engineering.  If I remember right I think they come with front and side airbags too... (not that it would help you much if you were to have the misfortune of meeting a tractor trailer).

[CMNTMXR81]

Don't buy a Mini Cooper

 

Don't worry, I wasn't planning on it.

[General Lee 01]

"It's not the size that matters, mate! It's how you  use it!"  

 

I personally like the Minis, They're cool little cars.

 

I'd get one if I could.

[SnakeEyeSS]

I don't believe it for a second, BMW spent well over 1 billion US dollars developing(MINI had money problem until BMW bought them) that car, they would not skip out on frame strength. the Mini is one of the best value on the market today, as 80% of the parts used on the car are UNIQUE to the Mini Cooper and developed especially for it(what do I mean? well 80% isn't used on any other car in the world, such as GM uses the same dash on about 6 or so different trucks)

 

evidence? my brother rolled(3-4 rolls, he was racing Supra) a 1986 BMW 325e with 3 OTHER people in the car and the worst injury was a bump on the head one cut amoung them all.

[The SPEEDY]

If I remember right I think they come with front and side airbags too... (not that it would help you much if you were to have the misfortune of meeting a tractor trailer).

Some of the trucks that you guys drive could do plenty of damage, I bet that little car isn't even higher than the hood on a 2wd truck.  If they were to be T-boned by a semi there wouldnt be anything left.