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Showing posts with label video. Show all posts
Showing posts with label video. Show all posts
Saturday, February 20, 2010
Wednesday, February 03, 2010
Tuesday, December 29, 2009
Crash Tuesday [VIDEO]
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."*
*From WTVR, Richmond, Virginia
Tuesday, October 06, 2009
Crash Tuesday (Racing Edition)
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
Tuesday, June 16, 2009
MINI 50 years - Rebel without Pause. (long version pt.1)
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.
Monday, May 11, 2009
Saturday, March 21, 2009
Rooftop MINI [video]
Bored on Saturday? Warming up for AMVIV? Both? Here's a short video of me goofing off with my MINI Cooper and HD video camera. Enjoy!
If you enjoyed this video, you'll enjoy my real, non goofing off video show about car culture at www.BehindTheVroom.com
:)
Wednesday, March 11, 2009
Jay Leno Reviews the MINI-E
It is quite refreshing to hear an honest, spin-free review of BMW's foray into the all electric
car market with the MINI-E. And while I never liked him on the Tonight Show, I certainly respect Jay's opinion when it comes to cars.
http://www.jaylenosgarage.com/video/video_player.shtml?vid=1052621
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Thursday, January 15, 2009
WORLD PREMIERE OF THE NEW MINI CABRIO AND THE MINI E.
Allow me to be the 6254th website and blog to discuss the "World Premiere" of the MINI Cabrio, and the MINI E At the North American International Auto Show in Detroit this past week. I put "World Premiere" in quotes because, well, if you're reading this, then you are probably a big fan of the MINI, and if you're a big fan of the MINI, you've seen the photos and videos circulating the Internet as early as 6 months ago.
But alas, how could I not write post about it. But even better than that, how about some video! :)
Now, the Cabrio showed up on the MINIUSA.com configurator a few weeks ago, but I didn't take notice because I've been drooling over the JCWs for the last six months. (More on this later). Alas, now I must decide if my next MINI is a Cabrio or JCW... :)
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Monday, September 08, 2008
How Many People Can Fit Into A MINI COOPER?
I'm pretty confident this Guiness World Records attempt is legit. (Captured from a spanish-language* TV show)...
*(Someone help me out with that, wouldja?)
Tuesday, September 02, 2008
MINI vs Killer Shopping Carts
Ah, the latest MINI promo from BSSP...
**UPDATE** The following embed is from www.kossan.se. But I still give credit to brentter.com for being one of the first sites to post it w/o requiring a login.
Kossan.se
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Friday, June 13, 2008
Video Friday: R56 Autocross...
Found on NorthAmericanMotoring.com...
"I get good comments like 'that can't be stock!' 'what do you have in that thing?' I'm pretty sure most of those guys think I'm a liar. My answer always is 'look at the ride height, if It wasn't stock would I have it riding so high' ..."
Friday, June 06, 2008
Video Friday: Thumb-sized R/C MINI Cooper
Thinkgeek.com is one of my favorite sites to look at stuff I'll never buy. I might actually buy this thumb-sized R/C MINI Cooper though!
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Tuesday, June 03, 2008
Cars.com asks, "Which MINI is best for Suburban Dads?"
Monday, June 02, 2008
Life Ball 2008 MINI [Video]
Yep, again with the Agent Provocateur MINI... but, it's so hot! Or is it the women?
Here's some heartwarming text to offset any NSFW guilt you may be experiencing:
The Life Ball MINI is traditionally designed by the fashion designer to whom the fashion show at the opening event is dedicated - in 2008 this was the English lingerie label Agent Provocateur. The starting point chosen for the exclusive one-off design was the new MINI Clubman. Agent Provocateur, founded by Serena Rees and her husband Joseph Corre, son of fashion doyenne Vivienne Westwood, is known for its wicked, burlesque collections - and this year’s Life Ball MINIM was designed accordingly.
Exterior/interior:
"We really enjoyed giving the MINI Clubman our unique brand look. The new shape of the MINI is so reminiscent of the old Mini police car that we immediately came up with the idea of giving the interior a makeover in the Agent Provocateur style, so that you’d actually want to be arrested. The classic exterior has been pepped up a little, using the Agent Provocateur signature colours of Pink and Black and finished off with a pink flashing light. Inside there is a truly seductive prison cell which is fitted out with leather loops as manacles that are attached directly to the walls, as well as mirrored windows and metallic prison bars.
"Always under the assumption that the long arm of the law requires plenty of space when questioning a prisoner, we fitted our Agent Provocateur police MINI Van with couch seats in the back and leg restraints for forensic examinations. The quilted leather seats and tailor-made compartments for notebook and pen, the Agent Provocateur MINI police car is the perfect vehicle for finding a criminal’s hidden treasures, don’t you think?" says Joseph Corre, founder of lingerie label Agent Provocateur.
The designer MINI 2008 made its debut in front of 40,000 spectators at this year’s Life Ball in Vienna’s town hall square. Escorted by four models, with Joseph Corre at the wheel and Sophie Ellis Bextor as the front-seat passenger, the Life Ball MINI 2008 opened the fantastic show on Vienna’s town hall square.
[source: lifeball.org]
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Thursday, March 13, 2008
Mini Cooper Driver Identified After 80-Foot Plunge
ORLANDO, Fla. -- Orlando police late Thursday morning released the identity of the 37-year-old man who plunged more than 80 feet into a pond when he lost control of his vehicle early Thursday morning. Eyewitnesses said they never even saw 37-year-old Scot A. Morrison's brake lights when he sped off the Universal exit along I-4...
[source: www.wftv.com]
Get the rest of this article, photos, and video: http://www.wftv.com/news/15582086/detail.html
Wednesday, February 20, 2008
Video: Rally MINI!
Here's a video of a MINI wallowing in its Rally heritage.
[From a MINI USA Press Release, 08/07]*
"...[In] 1960, the MINI for the first time won a rally in its category, the Geneva Rally, with brothers Don and Erle Morley at the wheel....[T]wo years later the MINI was even able to clinch overall victory in rally racing, with Pat Moss, the sister of world-famous Formula 1 driver Stirling Moss, and co-driver Ann Wisdom bringing home the Tulip Rally in the Netherlands.
Another two years later the MINI works team entered the annals of motorsport once and for all: No less than six MINIs showed up for the 1964 Monte Carlo Rally, already the most famous rally in the world. Four of the cars were MINI Coopers developing maximum output of approximately 70 hp from 997 cc in Group 3 trim (close to production standard) and two were MINI Cooper S with maximum output of approximately 90 hp from 1,071 cc in Group 2 trim (improved), together facing more than 290 competitors in the event. Some of the other cars entering the 1964 Monte Carlo Rally had more than twice as much horsepower, such as the 4.7-litre Ford Falcon, the Mercedes-Benz 300 SE, the Volvo 544 “Humpback”, or the Alpine Renault.
In a genuine struggle of David against Goliath, the MINI quickly proved its fortes. With its compact exterior dimensions and broad “stance on the wheels”, as well as its long wheelbase, the MINI excelled through its optimum roadholding and above all its superior grip in bends even at the car’s top speed of 160 km/h or 100 mph..."
*Read the full press release at Motoringfile.com
Saturday, February 16, 2008
Street-racing Crash Kills 7
[Ed. note: Well, this sucks....]
[From: CNN.com] A car plowed into a crowd that had gathered to watch a drag race on a suburban road early Saturday, killing seven people and injuring at least four, police said.
A witness said two cars in the illegal street race sped past just before a car without its lights on came up behind the crowd of about 50.
Read the full article at CNN.com
Sunday, February 10, 2008
Camtasia Captures MINIUSA!
Doing research for something completely unrelated, I found myself amused at the Camtasia website, and the website it chose for its short video demonstration...
Click the link below for a fun little demo*
www.techsmith.com/camtasia.asp
*not trying to sell you Camtasia
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