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[Nic9252]

I beat a modified seat leon last night at a set of traffic lights where the road was like a giant roundabout, by the way i beat him on the outside.

[Cooperman]

Results for East Anglian Classic National Rally. My son Michael & I finished first after the 200 mile event ended beating a Lotus Cortina and two Porsche 911's.

Overall Results

Position Car Penalties Class Ability Driver Navigator Car Club

1 15 1535 1 B2 1 M Peter Valentine/Michael Valentine Morris Cooper S HRCR / HRCR

2 24 1684 1 B4 2 M Jim Deacon/Dave Wilson Ford Lotus Cortina MK I HRCR / HRCR

3 40 1765 1 B5 3 M Peter Stonor/Paul Doe Porsche 911 HRCR/HRCR

4 52 1778 1 C2 4 M Adam Wiseberg/Peter Blackett Porsche 911S Targa HRCR / HRCR

Edited by Cooperman, 13 December 2012 - 07:51 PM.

[konyo]

Beat a Toyota celia or whatever there called few weeks ago, he was right up my ass following me home along the seafront. So pretty much lost him on all the roundabouts and corners When I say pretty much lost him, he soon caught up with me on the straights haha!

[cradley-heathen]

I got the upper hand against a 2.0 VW Bora today coming home from work. The chap kept looking at the Mini and i floored it on green till i got to the island and had to slow down.

Naughty, i know

that would have been in my car then!
blimey this is an old thread! i dont think he even comes on here now?

[momini]

Golf Gti at lights for about 30 meters then . Then I did him on the roundabout whizzed through..

Mini are great in town especially if you know the town/city well. Backstreets etc.

[Mini_Magic]

Ferrari F430. No joke.

Flew past him at 65mph on the M1 on the way back from MITP.

[iMurray]

Cooperman I'm in so much awe

[Cooperman]

Mick (my son) and I did a Welsh Road-Rally Championship qualifier a few years ago which has an Historic Section. We hoped to win the Historics, which we did, but we were 2nd Overall against all the top Welsh modern rally competitors with the winner being in a Mk.2 Escort RS2000. There was surprise and some consternation that my little Mini actually caught and passed a former Welsh Champion in his Escort on a gravel forest section.
But I did strip & check the engine & transmission after that event as it was so hard on the car. On twisty roads there is still little that will beat a Mini with about 115 bhp and very low gearing and well set-up suspension. I was using 165/70 x 10 knobbly tyres with slightly raised ride height by the way.
The key to my car is that it handles so well, although the road-holding on tarmac on knobbly tyres is not all that good. But in the forests on gravel it's awesome - sideways everywhere .

[mars red mike]

I got the upper hand against a 2.0 VW Bora today coming home from work. The chap kept looking at the Mini and i floored it on green till i got to the island and had to slow down.

Naughty, i know

that would have been in my car then!
blimey this is an old thread! i dont think he even comes on here now?

Nah he doesnt. I think he became disillusioned with Mini ownership after getting ripped off with both buying the car and a certain Brum Mini 'specialist' that he paid to change his clutch and they very obviously didnt. I put right ALOT of bodges on the car when he first had it just to get it useable. Ive still got pictures of it here if you want them

[Ado1379]

I flew past trans am that was doing about 60 on the m6. Only to slow down in front of him to hear him roar past me, he actually waved on the way past!

[jb93]

Cooperman is God

[Ibexx]

This one:



On a very rainy day

It has a 600 hp engine from a Corvette

[TehMarchant]

Doing about 35, Dropped down to 3rd, pulled up to about 50 then to 4th hit 55, straight line drag.The tractor had no chance.

[tommo10]

that did make me laugh hahaha

[anthonysjb]

Kept up with a Cayman R down some country roads earlier, he only got away on the straights. Fully adhered to speed limits obviously. :)