Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2011/08/18
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]They're very light and pretty rigid, structurally, and those little 10" tires don't have all the grip in the world... even the really high end models.? So it IS kind of like hitting a balloon or a ball.... it'll move away from you pretty easy and as long as there's nothing on the other side of them... I had a driver in a big sedan cut across in front of me one rainy night when I was doing about 30.... the body work was banged up but because the car was light and it was a little slick I wound up doing a 270 spin and that absorbed most of the energy.? Had to replace the front fenders and hood (got a fiberglass nose) but the car survived and none of us in it were hurt. ? R. Clayton McKee PhotoJournalist from somewhere just south of somewhere else... >________________________________ >From: Steve Unsworth <lug at steveunsworth.co.uk> >To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org> >Sent: Thursday, August 18, 2011 9:58 AM >Subject: Re: [Leica] red mini > >A number of years ago I hit a mini side on when I was doing about 30. Not >my fault I hasten to add, the driver pulled out straight in front of me >from a side road. The mini looked like a balloon that someone had pushed >their fist into. The whole of the side of the car seemed to have been >pushed into. No serious injury to the driver, concussion and some broken >ribs. > >Steve > >On 18 Aug 2011, at 10:18, Frank Dernie wrote: > >> Actually as contemporary cars went they were not bad in safety. Nothing >> was that good in that era but the design of the mini shell was miles >> better than anything else at the time, and was much copied later > > >_______________________________________________ >Leica Users Group. >See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > >