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[Trail of Dead]

Here is a better version....actually it is the full episode from Project Free TV. It is from Season 6, it is Episode 12 "Long John Peter". Enjoy!

[Ethel]

Actually I like the look of that Douchenberger.
Do you think they're prone to rust ?

Looked rot free and so much quieter than a Mini - I'd buy one

[Laaly_30]

must be a Douchenberger.... its too quiet on the motorway to be a mini! hehe

[GreaseMonkey]

I love Kings of Queens

Spoiler

From what I remember, they go to abandon the mini to get it stolen but in the end the getaway car doesnt start and they end up driving away in the mini

Edited by GreaseMonkey, 24 January 2010 - 05:25 PM.

[floydrob]

thats a pretty poor show. lol

OH! i have an idea! lets stick a chevrolet camaro in eastenders, and call it a penis extention built in antartica. oooh...it's hilareous! (sarcasim)*

[george91]

Family Guy, 'Long John Peter'.

my favourite episode ever!

[taffy1967]

As a come back at America (okay we're talking about a crazy but obscure film from 1969 here that starred everyone including Ringo Starr of The Beatles), I think they did it pretty well. Just listen to what Peter Sellers has so say at around 1:55 in this clip and then see what American style monstrosity is considered in that animated film: -

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The old bloke with the Cigar was actor 'Fred Emney', who you may recall was the old bloke who planted those electronic devices to knock out the CCTV cameras in 'The Italian Job'?

Oh and check out the priestess of the whip and the naked galley slave girls at 2:10 & 2:32 in the movie trailer: -

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So there take that you Americans you.



The soundtrack song might sound familiar too?: -

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Edited by taffy1967, 25 January 2010 - 12:54 AM.

[bjielsl]

Did you really expect factual accuracy from americans, seriously!

I'm American and I don't. I don't believe anything on TV regardless of the country of origin. Hell, my favorite show is Top Gear and Jay Leno stole ideas from that show.

[timmins]

I love King of Queens.

I'm English and moved to the USA a couple of years ago. I'm driving a white '78 Clubman as my daily driver, you wouldn't believe the looks it gets! Americans tend to have the mentality that the bigger your car, the more of a man you are. So driving a mini around is pretty much like walking around with no trousers on. No one can understand why you'd do it.

It's pretty terrifying being surrounded by Escalades and Ford F-250 pickups though.

[Ethel]

Is Escalades Spanish for ladder?

[WillMini]

yeah, it is scary being surrounded by giant trucks and such, Toronto's not as bad as the rest of Canada or the US but there are still many large vehicles. But people love them here. Its very multicultural and there are lots of immigrants from Trinidad and Jamaica in my area and they LOVE minis. They go nuts when i drive by, and in parking lots they are always coming up to me and telling about how they learned to drive on one and their families back home race them. Its pretty cool, you here lots of crazy stories.

[Trail of Dead]

I love King of Queens.

I'm English and moved to the USA a couple of years ago. I'm driving a white '78 Clubman as my daily driver, you wouldn't believe the looks it gets! Americans tend to have the mentality that the bigger your car, the more of a man you are. So driving a mini around is pretty much like walking around with no trousers on. No one can understand why you'd do it.

It's pretty terrifying being surrounded by Escalades and Ford F-250 pickups though.

That is EXACTLY what I am worried about. My home town has true "Rednecks"....the kind that drive F250s that require step ladders to get inside, and once you get in it you see a big gun rack with 2 shotguns and 3 deer rifles. CRAZY rednecks. I'm worried my Mini might draw unwanted attention, possibly get damaged for fun. Your right, Americans....well the younger ones ( the demographic is probably from 35 years old down to 12 years old...all males of course) just don't understand. How could they? The Mini was officially in the states in the Mid sixties (and gone only a few years later).....heck my Dad had just graduated from High-school when the Mini was being sold in the US.

So these younger Americans are going to see the classic Mini and a good amount of them are going to poke fun, plot about "egging" it while it its parked. I'm sure many are going to plan getting a few buddies gathered up so they can pickup the Mini and move it somewhere else. I've been to a few parties back home where guys did that to small cars.

There will be some Americans that will absolutely LOVE the car, but far more will scoff at it. You have to understand the difference between us (American/Brit). I understand you guys are being sarcastic but often times true feelings shine through sarcasm. America is HUGE. Great Britain is tiny. We have big houses and garages (with big yards), you have teeny tiny houses with even smaller garages (with small gardens). We have oil producing states, you guys have to get your oil from Libya and other places, there are no oil producing places in the UK. Many of you grew up watching "Dr. Who", I grew up watching Inspector Gadget and Transformers (and Fraggle Rock!!!). You eat beans on toast, we ate hot dogs. We have screens on our Windows, I have yet to see a British house with screens (do you guys like Mosquitos!?).

I am saying we are different. We don't "understand" because we aren't British (well....I should say, no longer British). Many Brits (especially Clarkson) don't understand why the Ford Mustang does so well in sales. They say it has antique rear suspension, and that America has no turns in the roads. That is true when one of the most popular states is California, where you can drive 500 miles in a straight line. But everywhere I have been in the US would give a Maserati or Aston Martin a SERIOUS run for it's money. I have driven some tight turns. My Mustang GT excelled in tight corners. LOTS of grip, the "old" solid axle setup worked just fine. I guess the whole point to my rant is it's just fine to poke fun, seriously....I find the British funny all the time. But it is good to know "why" we are different, "how" we are different" and truly understand the reasons. This whole thing about Americans vs. Britain (well, actually vs. The World) is kind of old news.

Please don't flame me, I am just making a valid point. I'm not offended, just making a serious point is all.

Edited by Trail of Dead, 27 January 2010 - 04:03 PM.

[baggy33minis]

I built some minis for guys that worked at mildenhall and they have now taken them back to the states.mildenhall is like little america but on our land.Do we have the same setup in your country?.trail of dead.

You have some great stuff in those shops down there.
I made some good friends down there and just because they are american and different to us doesn't really matter.

[samski]

hahaha was quite good. truck thing is so true lol

[minivanman]

I've been to Titusville ToD, went to the drake oil well museum. My dad has a "half-breed" oilfield engine from the pennsylvania fields that some friends of ours shipped over a few years ago. England does actually produce some of its own oil - there are a lot of wells around sherwood forest and up towards doncaster Most of the americans we know are really into old stuff, and would really appreciate the mini, its just the ignorant rednecks that give the country its reputation for stupidity - kind of like judging everyone in britain on the cranial capacity of your average chav scratter.