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[ben]

after watching 5 gear where they roll a range rover i was wondering how easy a mini would roll.

when a jaguar followed the lead car and it braked the jag steered left to dodge then right and it just skidded but when the range rover did it at a lower speed it rolled.

so how easy would a mini roll.

cheers

[tom]

It's not easy. Especially on 10"s or 12"s and decent suspension.

[Sam]

I've seen quite a lot go over!

Not with normal type driving though!

[tom]

I've seen quite a lot go over!

Not with normal type driving though!

Heh, ya, racing is a little different.

[philster]

i've done it!
did it in my first road mini while on my way to work, just had new yokos on that weekend. Anyway combination of wet road, diesel, a rather large kurbstone and sliding on roof for about 50 yards and mini was no more. Then to top it off the insurance argued the toss about the £1000 agreed value insurance. In the end after a two year battle we got just £250 after the excesses.

[miniman5]

lol i should think it would take AGES! it would have to be a very dry day and u would have to be doing 90 and just yank the wheel lol they stick to the road like any thing! :grin:

[jeffberg]

any car can be flipped
you just have to get to a high enough speed then, simultaneously crank the wheel as far as you can and hit the brakes as hard as you can.

[TimS]

surely it will just skid... the tyres and mechanical grip arnt that high

[lewis]

minis are apparently like go karts, and go karts are very hard to flip

[CharlieBrown]

Well lets not put this one to the test!

[Wil_h]

Not so hard when you have plenty of grip! Never roll this time.

[CharlieBrown]

Thats one cool picture! :cool:

[Alburglar]

looks like curborough

[Miniman]

u meen curboruogh sprint track live 2 mins from dere