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[Zara]

Getting to work 10 mins early and my manager being 10 mins late
Our carpark when I arrived :)


and then this happened!

What did you say to the manager?
There were UFOs drawing crop circles?

Lol mustve been.... I bet they had a right laugh doing it aswell!!

buggers.

[adam_93rio]

Heat dissipation, the crossing is a metal part under the bonnet.

Damn it ,i feel so dumb now

Yeh it's from the cross brace on the inside, not necessarily heat dissipation though. This was taken first thing in the morning so there was no 'heat' under there

I think it looks quite good now.
Bring on the decals..

Decals?

[rally515]

Heat dissipation, the crossing is a metal part under the bonnet.

Damn it ,i feel so dumb now

Yeh it's from the cross brace on the inside, not necessarily heat dissipation though. This was taken first thing in the morning so there was no 'heat' under there

I think it looks quite good now.
Bring on the decals..

Decals?

Yeah decals as in pinstriping ect... for my project mini.

[jaydee]

There always be heat dissipation believe me ;)

[1984mini25]

Unfortunately the only mini in the snow picks I have from this year are it sitting at the side of the road, 3 miles from home because a brand new ignition modual failed.

[AC&SONS]

It's even on Falkens

[DEXISWOLF]

So how as the guys with the big 13s been going on in the snow I ask as I've got them for mine when she's done and I'm worried about next year

[jaydee]

Wont handle like mini, will be just as the modern cars.

[DEXISWOLF]

I was worried about that but alot above look like they had wide wheels

[danm]

Brr!

[WillRunci]

Wont handle like mini, will be just as the modern cars.

i have 13s and it handles great in the snow

[jaydee]

Great is a big word mate..fine is more appropriate
Have you ever tried smaller width tyres in the snow? Its like night and day

Edited by jaydee, 23 January 2013 - 09:45 PM.

[The Otter]

^ This is true ^

I remember the bad winter 2 years ago and with 6x10s (165 tyres) on it was sliding around just as much as other cars, and I couldn't get up a hill from being stopped whereas a Peugeot 206 in front of me could. The handling was fine, it's a mini so obviously it's going to be fun to throw around and easy to control because it's light, so it's alright once it's moving.

However this year with the 3.5x10 steelies (145 tyres) it's SO much better it's unbelievable, the road holding in fresh snow is vastly improved and inspires much more confidence. Granted this may mean you do silly things like go 60 in the untouched, snow covered fast lane of a dual carriageway because you're bored of waiting behind sensible people driving at 30 in the slushy lane... but who would do a thing like that anyway...

[Andy!]

i got some 13x7's on my mini, hasn't let me down :) been really fun!

[Zara]

went for abit of a drive yesterday :)