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Old Jul 11, 2002 | 11:38 AM
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Tree vs. Mini

It's a nice day in Germany the sun is out and.... oh **** there a tree on my new Mini. this sucks
http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/wor...00/2122282.stm
Old Jul 11, 2002 | 12:45 PM
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Re: Tree vs. Mini

Originally posted by David
It's a nice day in Germany the sun is out and.... oh **** there a tree on my new Mini. this sucks
http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/wor...00/2122282.stm


Damn, that thing is SLAMMED... I wonder what kind of springs is has?
Old Jul 11, 2002 | 12:48 PM
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Poor little Mini! She didn't have a chance...

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Old Jul 11, 2002 | 02:08 PM
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Talking Just Leave It There!

Hey, just leave it there on the car and drive around with it! It could be a new ricer addition nobody else has thought of, yet!
Old Jul 11, 2002 | 02:10 PM
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Re: Just Leave It There!

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Hey, just leave it there on the car and drive around with it! It could be a new ricer addition nobody else has thought of, yet!
the tree gives you mad downforce y0!!!!
Old Jul 12, 2002 | 04:10 PM
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Good lord...how is the Mini's roof supporting the weight of that entire tree?!
Old Jul 12, 2002 | 04:56 PM
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Originally posted by NegatiZE
Good lord...how is the Mini's roof supporting the weight of that entire tree?!
The tree's branches that are out of the pics are probably supporting a lot of the weight....or maybe more cars got nailed! Ouch! LOL!!
Old Jul 12, 2002 | 10:08 PM
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That pictures an obvious set up. Look. How did that tree get exactly where it was? If it would have fallen just as it appears in the picture, it would have had to be growing out of the pavment. (note specific lack of hole in pavement where tree should have existed)

Besides, I've seen many downed trees in my life, enough to know that a falling tree would never pull it's roots out of the ground like that... err... it's physics... leverage, what-ever the hell.

And what kind of root system is that!!! Christ, it's amazing that those roots grew naturally to look like someone sawed them all off!!!
Old Jul 15, 2002 | 08:04 AM
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Originally posted by Brubeck
That pictures an obvious set up. Look. How did that tree get exactly where it was? If it would have fallen just as it appears in the picture, it would have had to be growing out of the pavment. (note specific lack of hole in pavement where tree should have existed)

Besides, I've seen many downed trees in my life, enough to know that a falling tree would never pull it's roots out of the ground like that... err... it's physics... leverage, what-ever the hell.

And what kind of root system is that!!! Christ, it's amazing that those roots grew naturally to look like someone sawed them all off!!!
I think that your wrong did you not look at the link. this came from the BBC. they don't stage stuff.
Old Jul 15, 2002 | 03:14 PM
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that storm musta been hella strong in order to rip a tree out from the ground!!!! do you know how much torque a truck needs in order to do something like that? but this storm did it just by high winds!!
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Old Jul 15, 2002 | 03:29 PM
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It wasn't just one tree, it was a lot of them, check out the pics in the link. Why the hell would these pictures be 'staged'???? What the hell would have been gained from it?

OMG, there are just some things that there would be no benefit from calling BS on. This is one of those situations.
Old Jul 15, 2002 | 03:30 PM
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Yeah... what really suprises me the most is that the wind picked up the tree and moved it at least 10 feet over before dropping it, yet that mini didn't even move an inch. That thing must have a hell of parking brake!
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