Idiocracy

[straightfairy]

The Mini ...... is basically a 1 series in a dress

Ian.

No, it isn't.
different body (obviously)
different engines,
different chassis, entailed by
MINI is front-drive, the BMW 1 series is rear-drive,
different construction.

[straightfairy]

Morgan, I think is the 3rd largest UK based and owned manufacturer.
The largest is the company that makes London black cabs
I think Caterham is the 2nd largest now
and now we go into the really small/exclusive stuff.
Westfield,
Bristol,
Melling (recent start)
Ginetta (doing well)
plus a variety of other kit cars etc.

However, Most of the formula 1 grid cars are still engineered and built in the UK, and a proportion of NASCARS, unbelievably.
The expertise exists still - it just needs to be used.

[Since1982]

How'd we get on a car thread from the Idiocracy thread? We going to discuss AIG next?

[Milfmog]

The Mini ...... is basically a 1 series in a dress

Ian.

No, it isn't.
different body (obviously)
different engines,
different chassis, entailed by
MINI is front-drive, the BMW 1 series is rear-drive,
different construction.

Happy to be corrected (it's far too small for me ever to look seriously at either model). Interestingly the person who described it to me as such sells minis for a living... may be not for much longer

Have fun,


Ian.

[Sarongman]

Now that this thread is so totally corrupted, I'll add my 2 bob's worth. I had a 1928 Essex tourer, which i restored from the ground up. A sidevalve 6 of abt. 2.8 litres capacity. Whilst an adequate performer, it was not really capable of much tweaking. Later engines, before it became the Hudson Terraplane, were goers and the British Railton Special was powered by same engines. A bit of early transatlantic cross pollinisation. Stop swearing Skip, this is fun

[Since1982]

Rictafracta gumablooie garbanzoseater sixseater British Small Arms motorcycles, British Motor Works cars..Harley Davidson houses..(aka biker bars)..The World's Fastest Indian...Imagine Sir Anthony Hopkins playing an Indian..riiiight.."What one man can do another can do".. "I'm going to KILL the bear".."Fletcher, I'll SEE you hanged"..27 women, 15 children and John Adams..18 years later..Serene Screen...Raquel Welch is 63...she still wears skirts..a hold out...rictafracta...alien attack..Attack of the Greenpeace warriors...Maranza maru # 2....harpooning...seals ... bait balls...Albatrosses..White Death...sharks..etc etc etc..blah blah..

Mindless babble returns to Idiocracy country..

[straightfairy]

What's slightly worrying is how you came out with all that lot.

What's REALLY REALLY worrying is that I understood it all.

[Since1982]

HAHAAHAHAHAHAAHAHAHAHA You did huh? I'm a Tony Hopkins fan. Can you or anyone name the movie his first major screen role was in, and who his co-star was and what role the co-star played?