There was i , purring up the A1, when a car cut in front of me and went up the slip road, now it just happened to be mine as well, up i go and follow him around the roundabout. The way he was driving just begged a chase, so i thought i'd give him the lead and i would follow for a while, pretend to be outclassed and then unleash the full fury of a 3.0l V6 Twin Turbo 14psi monster, come up to him and pass as easy as you like. What do they say, the best laid plans of mice and men.... PASS him, i couldn't even catch the f00ker...

 

Whilst i was being humiliated, i managed to catch a glimpse of the model, it said something like Mimi, mint, mini, something like that and had some word on the boot looked like Coppet, copped or coope, well what ever it was, it has made me question my whole existence, i always thought i was showing restraint by not breaking limits and showing everyone a clean pair of heels, now i know what it was, i was already at full power and couldn't if i tried..

 

There is only 2 explanations, 1 my car desparately needs looking at because it's probably running on 3 cylinders..or 2 that car had a B1 bomer engine strapped to it,

 

So now thinking of selling up and buying a go cart!

 

Rich

You got your arse hended to you by a Mini Cooper?? :lol:

Maybe it was a mini cooper with a VG30DETT conversions, so don't be too dis-heartened bud :thumbup:

lol... maybe you should share your story with indianzx!

Joely's on the button

Don't fool for it peeps

lol so that was you, my daughter cut up when she was out learning to drive in her mini :D

 

it's only a (old) Yreg 995cc mini mayfair, with a cooper badge on it:lol:

I got confused when you said "when a car cut in front of me and went up the slip road, now it just happened to be mine as well, "

 

I thought you meant someone had stolen your car and you were giving chase in your other car??

 

Was it a new Mini or an old Mini??

With a supercharger the newer ones would be a very hard car to pass:crying:

With a supercharger the newer ones would be a very hard car to pass:crying:

 

are the new minis not turbos?

If you've seen the Mini Cooper at Time Attack events you would be almightily impressed with them!

Could be the mini cooper GT?

THe cooper is supercharged and can be upped to 250hp iirc with a new supercharger pulley,the turbo ones dont go so well from what i hear and they use peugeot engines.quick cars and great fun to drive.My mate has a works model and its rapid.

the new mini's are turbo's

the new mini's are turbo's

 

cooper s is supercharged

I bet by bottom dollar it was a John Cooper Works Mini. 210 Bhp IRC.

Got taken for a drive in one....it was a mad lil car.

cooper s is supercharged

 

:lol:

Whilst i was being humiliated, i managed to catch a glimpse of the model, it said something like Mimi, mint, mini, something like that and had some word on the boot looked like Coppet, copped or coope, well what ever it was, it has made me question my whole existence,

 

Rich

 

lol aint you seen a mini before?

 

anyways the mini cooper S Works is quite rapid. but i hear ya, sometimes it makes me wonder why i spend money on my zed when there are plenty of hot hatches now which are not far off zed performance that can still do 35mpg +

Laugh it up boys, wait till YOU get it handed to you on a plate...its not funny. It was the new shape mini, it said cooper and i definitely saw the flash of a red "S"

 

The king is dead, Long live the King...

^^^^^^ make sure the hand brake's off next time chief

cooper s is supercharged

 

:lol:

 

thinks you had better read this

 

http://www.google.co.uk/url?sa=t&source=web&cd=2&ved=0CBwQFjAB&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.honestjohn.co.uk%2Froad-tests%2Fmini%2Fmini-cooper-s-2007-r56&ei=xgyPTOTkNoiMswak2onkCw&usg=AFQjCNGMJ6ElaukDnMeJQOfOUEiuAejMcQ

If it was a std one you would kill it. There are quite a few out there now with 300hp + easy.

I agree with Car.Mad. As a standard car the 300 should nail the new mini, but as previously mentioned, we spend ££££££££££ trying to sqeeze extra donkeys out of our engines, so don't you think other models of car have had their owners tinkle and play with the power plant? This said, a poor performing 300 will struggle against a 'new out of the factory', under 7 second 0-62 hot hatch.

 

As more of these new hot hatch sport models are released, we will see more and more that challenge the 300's performance, but, these motors are also 'knocking on the door' of the Supercar perfomance also. Hasn't the 300's big sister the GTR just challenged all Supercars; can you imagine owning £300,000 of car and being out-run by a £60,000 car.

 

It's not all bad, you drive a Zed.

thinks you had better read this

 

http://www.google.co.uk/url?sa=t&source=web&cd=2&ved=0CBwQFjAB&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.honestjohn.co.uk%2Froad-tests%2Fmini%2Fmini-cooper-s-2007-r56&ei=xgyPTOTkNoiMswak2onkCw&usg=AFQjCNGMJ6ElaukDnMeJQOfOUEiuAejMcQ

 

:oops: so they binned the supercharger in the newer models... i stand corrected

 

It's not all bad, you drive a Zed.

 

Osty1..

 

Cheers for that, i think we need reminding exactly what we've got, and its not always about bhp...

 

Rich

Yeah that mini must've been majorly tweaked! Even if it was a Cooper Works, they take about 6 seconds to 60, so even a standard Z should outrun it, especially at higher speeds...

if jeff sees this thread, i think he might do the right thing again and offer your zed a free health check :wink: :lol: