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 Posted: Jul 2, 2015 04:44PM
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Originally Posted by jwakil

Wow, that is a cool car.  I love the mini and am willing to accept the  risk of being the sure loser in an accident, but looking at the G4, its pretty clear the other car would go right over you and cut your head off. 

hahaha, i totally agree, the only thing you can do is to wear a helmet while driving that thing to work,  but driving a car wearing a helmet and a neck tie is just dork hahaha.... i have a lot more privacy with my little mini than driving a G4 and a moke.(with a stache) ooops!

Have you ever ridden/driven a Ginnetta or a Moke? I sincerly doubt it. 
Until then keep your delusional opinions to yourself. Or to put it in words you might understand, F#ck Off.

 Posted: Jul 2, 2015 02:02PM
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Originally Posted by jwakil

Wow, that is a cool car.  I love the mini and am willing to accept the  risk of being the sure loser in an accident, but looking at the G4, its pretty clear the other car would go right over you and cut your head off. 

hahaha, i totally agree, the only thing you can do is to wear a helmet while driving that thing to work,  but driving a car wearing a helmet and a neck tie is just dork hahaha.... i have a lot more privacy with my little mini than driving a G4 and a moke.(with a stache) ooops!

 

 

 Posted: Jul 2, 2015 01:54PM
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Wow, that is amazingly small but still VERY smart looking. I have never seen this before. The picture of it next to the Porsche on the track is crazy. I mean, that Porsche is tiny and low in its own right. That and a Cobra and literally "mount" it. Very cool little car. Would love to know what its like to drive.

 Posted: Jul 2, 2015 06:00AM
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Originally Posted by Air2air

 

There's the Ginetta G4.  A Marcos towers over it.

Wheelbase: Mini: 80"   Ginetta G4: 80" 
Track: Mini: 48.5"   Ginetta G4: 46"
Weight: Mini: 1538 Ginetta G4: 1124 (73%)

 

 

BTW, I thought pre-90's minis were around 1400 lbs, not 1538

1992 1275 SPI Mini

1981 Porsche 911 Turbo (930)

 Posted: Jul 1, 2015 10:14AM
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That's a new yogurt position "The Mounting Cobra"

 Posted: Jul 1, 2015 09:59AM
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Originally Posted by jwakil

Wow, that is a cool car.  I love the mini and am willing to accept the  risk of being the sure loser in an accident, but looking at the G4, its pretty clear the other car would go right over you and cut your head off. 

Totally agree jwakil, I have to wonder what the advantages are of making it that crazy small other than being competitive in a small-cc class, like under 1000cc.  The picture of the Cobra is highly unpleasant, takes the fun out of it you could say.

 Posted: Jul 1, 2015 09:25AM
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Wow, that is a cool car.  I love the mini and am willing to accept the  risk of being the sure loser in an accident, but looking at the G4, its pretty clear the other car would go right over you and cut your head off. 

1992 1275 SPI Mini

1981 Porsche 911 Turbo (930)

 Posted: Jul 1, 2015 08:56AM
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I'm starting to hesitate to ask questions on this forum anymore. It's amazing how one sociopath can ruin everything.

 Posted: Jun 30, 2015 08:36PM
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Don't really want to have anything to do with a Boy-san post, but Tiger Balm seems appropriate for the burn that Turbo Dave applied. You forgot to apply matches to where he lives. 

i use "White Flower oil" not tiger balm, i'm Asian Remember?

and matches? old school...i use that back in my Boy Scout days., many many suns & moons ago.

 

google it!

 

 

 Posted: Jun 30, 2015 08:11PM
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Don't really want to have anything to do with a Boy-san post, but Tiger Balm seems appropriate for the burn that Turbo Dave applied. You forgot to apply matches to where he lives. 

 Posted: Jun 30, 2015 05:08PM
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on your avatar, it says "the beetle lost"...BUT clearly, if you look at the picture with an open mind, the beetle actually won!...


No it didn't. You weren't there.

 

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dave, $1000 is just nothing nowadays,

 I mean, no-one in their right kind is going to rent out their car to a scooter riding, auto-zone "kustomizing", naked-nipple obsessed numpty like you for $1000 a day, let alone a week. 

 

 

 

 

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i earn that amount in 0ne and a half days of working 9-5....just an fyi

 

No you don't. Otherwise you'd be riding on a better scooter, driving a better/nicer daily driver, living in a better house, driving a mini with at the very least a $500 maaco spray job, a set of $50 matching plug leads, and spending money at MiniMania instead of Pepboys. Note, please try harder to impress. I don't think your current approach is working.

 

It's been fun, but this place is done. I have no hatred, and appreciate the good times. But this place now belongs to Tony and his pink mini. 

 Posted: Jun 30, 2015 01:43PM
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our minis are not the smallest indeed, go to Micro Car Club of UK.com (which i'm a member of btw) and you'll see tons of uncommon rare tiny cars.

 

 

 Posted: Jun 29, 2015 05:02PM
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I believe the car in the background of the Cobra is a Ginetta rear engine - saw one last year at the Laguna Seca Historics - very very nice. 

Yeah the G12 was the next step up - a mini-GT40; where the G4 (as miniestate says) was a mini-Testa Rossa.  The G20 was only barely larger than the Mini; 10 inches longer wheelbase, 3 inches wider track and 200lb. heavier.  But up to 200hp Ford crossflows.  Drool drool.

Ginettas are hot in Japan, often seen and photographed with Minis - same crowd.  Still a surprisingly small community compared to, say TVR or Marcos.

I've been seriously messed up about these for awhile but for street use you'd need a flashing sign on a rooftop pole or something.  And a train horn.

 

 Posted: Jun 29, 2015 02:37PM
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When ZipTph was over here for IMM2007 and stayed for the Historic Grand Prix, there were a host of them (Ginetta, front engined) from the UK flying around the city's road course; at full chat, they have a fantastic exhaust note.  It's a real pity that they haven't been here in years - the past few years there haven't hardly been any UK drivers attending. 

They've moved the venue from the shaded park in Østerbro to just around the corner from my garage, but nary a tree in sight. 

Heck, one can't even find open-air 'tri' or 'quad' urinals anymore.  (Zip would understand...)  The times are changing...

The peasants are revolting...          

"Gone with the Wind" - a brief yet moving vignette concerning lactose intolerance

 Posted: Jun 29, 2015 02:11PM
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Originally Posted by Air2air

 

There's the Ginetta G4.  A Marcos towers over it.

1000 lb. empty, 200hp Ford crossflows were common.

 

I believe the car in the background of the Cobra is a Ginetta rear engine - saw one last year at the Laguna Seca Historics - very very nice. Fell in love again but going to stay with my Mini (for now) The front engine ones remind me of an Elan but even smaller. Which reminds me, we are looking for an Elan body or partial clips if anyone runs into any in Cali, a friend of mine is putting parts together and has the frame & suspension.

 Posted: Jun 29, 2015 01:52PM
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this is what im going to do in case somebody would let me borrow their Ginetta for a week.

 

//youtu.be/GXzR17LktSg

 

 

 Posted: Jun 29, 2015 01:46PM
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94 thousand dollars???????????? MYGAD!!!!!! my two daschund dogs won't even fit in there., but i must admit whoever designed that car is a real genius and has an eye for beauty.   Maybe not a chick magnet but that car is a real eye catcher.

haaay, i wish i'm already retired so i can have all the time to design my dream car. right now i am so tied up with work. i've maxed out my contribution on my 401K so i can have a brighter future...

 

 

 Posted: Jun 29, 2015 01:35PM
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the blue one in the first photo seems to be up for sale. There's no date, so i'm not sure how old is the listing. Seller is in San Francisco

//www.hemmings.com/classifieds/cars-for-sale/ginetta/g4/1724661.html

 

 

 Posted: Jun 29, 2015 01:19PM
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on your avatar, it says "the beetle lost"...BUT clearly, if you look at the picture with an open mind, the beetle actually won!...

 

dave, $1000 is just nothing nowadays, i earn that amount in 0ne and a half days of working 9-5....just an fyi

 

 

 

 

 epilogue:

  in denial... misinformed......(!!!)

 

 

 Posted: Jun 29, 2015 01:05PM
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Originally Posted by Boison

wow! very nice! might be race track legal but not street legal...

Wrong. It is street legal.

 

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if anyone has one, i will rent it for a week for $1000. 


No you won't.

 

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I will make a fiberglass mold out of it. 

 No you won't

 

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i saw in auto trade a decent Ginetta g40 cost about 20K euros....yes euros!!!!

 Why the exclamation? What, you surprised that you have to pay to play? Why? Why? Why?

 

 

It's been fun, but this place is done. I have no hatred, and appreciate the good times. But this place now belongs to Tony and his pink mini. 

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