A special "video" crash Tuesday today. Enjoy!
Fire Truck + MINI COOPER = Never a good outcome!
"According to investigators, a fire crew heading to an emergency-medical call collided with a Mini-Cooper. We're told the fire truck did have its emergency lights turned on at the time."*
"A one car accident sent a Wagram man to the hospital Wednesday morning after his 2006 Mini Cooper struck a bridge pillar and overturned on Highway 15-501, according to officials on the scene. His injuries were believed to be minor." [Source: www.laurinburgexchange.com]
"A Mini Cooper reportedly collided with a cement truck headed to a job site in Burney this morning on Deschutes Road, about a half-mile south of Highway 299 in Bella Vista." [Source: www.redding.com]
On a more somber note, this in from NorCal...
"The 19-year-old driver of a Mini Cooper who crashed into a mini-van last weekend, killing a Sonoma family of four, was arrested for drunken driving when he was 17, according to the CHP..."
This CGI'd Cooper S showed up on my radar this morning.
Road racing doesn't usually count for "Crash Tuesday", considering that there is always at least one crash per any auto race (which is partially why auto racing is such a popular spectator sport!). However, for this installment, I thought a nice compilation video would be appropriate! Enjoy!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X5-w7H5Duyw
Headline: Targa goes off course in Freshwater
A car competing in Targa Newfoundland’s Placentia leg of the race met an untimely end in Freshwater Monday, Sept. 15 when it careened off the road and rolled into a ditch after rolling two or three times.
A staged photo*
By HERNANDO TODAY STAFF
Published: July 21, 2009
SPRING HILL - Deputies seized a combined 129 grams of marijuana packaged for sale on Monday and Tuesday.
The first arrest came as a deputy noticed a speeding black Mini Cooper fail to dim 
its lights as it traveled south on Shoal Line Boulevard, a report states.
The car was pulled over and the deputy said he smelled marijuana coming from the car. The driver, Darrin Foreman, 18, told the deputy the pot was in a white grocery bag on the back seat, a report states.
Foreman reportedly added that he was given the drug for free to sell. He was arrested on a charge of possession of more than 20 grams of marijuana. A deputy weighed the bag at 114 grams..."
Full story at: hernandotoday.com
Lesson: Don't forget to kill your high-beams! LOL get it- high... beams... :)
Sucks to be this guy!!
Hartford Man, Apparently Fueled By Heroin, Crashes Into Hydrant - Courant.com
Sometimes its entertaining to take a look from the outsiders' view, as I found in this post off a Dodge Magnum Forum:
Mag R/T vs. Mini Cooper Dinan S w/ mods
So I'm commuting to work this morning and just went through the toll both on 92 West San Mateo Bridge. I hit the gas to merge as the lanes all consolidate and wind up behind a Mini Cooper Dinan S, it was black with black wheels, hood scoop, lowered and had some sort of lights mounted on the front bumper. I wasn't really looking for a race just some one to get behind and dodge traffic. Then the Mini nails the gas and takes off. I say ok, I'll stay behind this fool since I know he can't go far due to traffic. I catch up quickly then we hit another gap in traffic, then he does something that just surprised me and pissed me off at the same time. He waves his hand at me like a girl, not out the window but from inside the cabin hand turned backward and just waves his fingers like he is making a fist and saying bye bye. So I hit it and catch up to him again. Oh, it was on at this point, we were starting at 60mph with traffic I see the break coming and I drop it to 3rd. This TURD actually does the sissy wave to me again. Then I kill the gas pedal and pass the guy on the right hand side. I wish I could have seen his face. We hit traffic again and I slow down and maintain speed with traffic. The mini goes to the right lane behind me and I think that may have been when he spotted the HEMI badge and gave up or maybe he was putting his make up on and had mascara in his eye, because he shed a tear after loosing to a wagon. He kept his distance after that. Not that I would have kept racing because once you get off the bridge traffic sucks and it's just too dangerous. I LOVE MY HEMI. Can't wait to get a diablo so I can really put it on someone. Does any one know how much power the mini cooper dinan S has, just curious?
Someone once told me track cars shouldn't count for "Crash Tuesday". What do you think?
If you're reading this, then you've probably seen at least the "short version" of the "MINI 50 years - Rebel without Pause". The long version is even better! Here's part one... "
Watch Part Two on the official MINI Youtube Channel.
This was sent to me in a MIINI-related online group... I'm looking for the complete article (if anyone can point me in the right direction)...
(Blatantly lifted from my InBox):
In honor of World Environment Day, let's set aside a day when, no matter what kind of car we drive, we come together for the higher purpose of leaving it in the garage. One day where we unfasten our seat belts and take the pedal off the metal. Shift our mindset, instead of gears. Tear up the sidewalk, instead of the asphalt. Let's put some miles on our inner odometers for a change and together prove just how far not driving a single mile can really take us.
On Friday, June 5th, join other motorists in a promise to leave their cars in the garage on World Environment Day.
PLEDGE THE MILES YOU AREN'T GOING TO MOTOR:
http://insiders.miniusa.com/cgi-bin5/DM/y/eq1n0HQJDs0Pzi0CacO0Eg&pid=3184548
LET'S NOT MOTOR DAY - JUNE 5
As seen on ToyTalk.co.uk...
The latest model to roll off the Scalextric production line is the BMW Mini Cooper, as driven by Gareth Nixon in the 2006 Mini Challenge. Nixon enjoyed a triumphant season, winning 13 of the 16 starts, including the last 11 races on the trot, to win both the Club Class and Overall competitions.
(slightly edited)*
"At 23:15 on January 28, 2007, Taiwanese actress Beatrice Hsu Wei Lun (许玮伦)'s Mini Cooper was driven by her assistant and she was sitting in the front seat of the car. The car smashed into a pretective fence on the Taichung stretch of Taiwan’s National Highway and spun out to the other side of the highway and the car stopped horizontally between outer lane and the road shoulder. According to witness, her Mini Cooper was travelling at around 120-130km/h.
Wei Lun unbuckled her seat belt as she thought it was safe after the car stopped. The Mini Cooper’s rear-end was hit by a freight vehicle immediately. The collision cause the Mini Cooper tailstock serious hollow aberration. The front airbag failed to deploy during the collission occured as airbags are not designed to deploy in rear impact collission.
Wei Lun’s head was seriously fractured and she fell into a deep coma. After 43 hours of emergency treatment, her heartbeat stopped at 17:09 and she passed away on January 28, 2007 local time due to hydrocephalus."
*[source: http://www.malaysiaminilover.com/mini-cooper-and-beatrice-hsu-wei-lun]
It's been awhile since I've shamelessly promoted another MINI related website- not that there aren't plenty to go around, but simply because once you're deep enough inside the MINI bubble, you forget that not everyone knows everything that's going on. Sorry for that.
For example, a few days ago the latest MINI forum to come online, MotoringAlliance.com opened up to the public. Forged by seasoned forum pros and Mini/MINI diehards, I look forward to seeing how this online community develops. (Bonus: They've also got a Facebook group too!)
