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Griff
30-09-2019, 10:33
I was out supporting my local car meet raising money for a hospice. Conversation turned to how cars have got bigger over the years.
So for comparison purposes we parked an original mini with the new Rolls Royce Cullinan, both designed for 4 passengers and luggage, thoughts and comments?

ChrisCar6
30-09-2019, 10:47
I have been told that the wheelbase of the current BMW mini is the same as the original Range Rover.

LPH_UK
30-09-2019, 11:13
All new cars are massive compared to what they were when I was a kid. Saw a new shape Micra yesterday, it was the size of an original Focus I reckon.

Garages in new builds and car parking spaces haven't got any bigger though!

https://www.thisismoney.co.uk/money/cars/article-5874689/Modern-cars-big-DONT-fit-UK-parking-space.html

Apologies for the daily Mail related website link but it's a relevant article to this subject.

Normb666
30-09-2019, 11:21
The RR is a poster star for conspicuous consumption...a tad over the top in terms of simply transporting 4 people. On the other hand, you may well be able to get 4 in a Mini, but I wouldn't want to be one of them! (Actually, I'm probably 2 of them...so maybe I would want to be just the one!) So I guess the optimum car for modern peeps is something Focus-sized, where you could get out at the other end without needing the attentions of a chiropractor.

I wonder how much longer BMW can go before they have to rename the MINI brand, cos none of the current ones are even close to being small...

Griff
30-09-2019, 12:38
Yes, I was alluding to the fact that Mini and Rolls Royce are BMW brands these days

Gordon Caro
30-09-2019, 13:33
With advent of electric cars the government will be looking for a new way to raise tax, how about a volume tax the bigger it is the more you pay. You make your choice and pay your money.

Normb666
30-09-2019, 15:49
Volume tax? Excellent idea! So the louder people have their in-car music, the more they have to pay!

...talking of which...why is it that the people who have their systems turned up loud (usually with the windows down too), are always playing crap music???

Normb666
30-09-2019, 15:52
"the bigger it is the more you pay"....mmmm....not so sure about that one though.... ;)

renmure
30-09-2019, 16:33
On the subject, here's a couple of Porsche Spyders.

2 cute bums but they've got bigger over the years!!

https://i.imgur.com/E5CRXCT.jpg

Griff
30-09-2019, 21:04
Both factory rally cars, both Minis!! yep I'm with you Norm, might be a bit of trade description required
For clarity, they are both the same scale (1/32)

Normb666
30-09-2019, 22:31
Bloody L, that original Mini looks like it might fit inside the modern one, which might still seat 4...

Of the 2 Porsches though, I'll take the modern one, even though it does have a number plate that seems to reflect what people might call ya....ahem.

renmure
30-09-2019, 22:51
.... even though it does have a number plate that seems to reflect what people might call ya....ahem.

Ouch!! ;)

LPH_UK
01-10-2019, 01:09
As cars get bigger so do the keys! A pic taken by my brother at the SMMT test day recently. BMW X3M.... BIC biro n for scale.

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/EFZG6ZNW4AEExrG.jpg

Griff
01-10-2019, 09:58
'kin 'ell, that's enormous!!

On a separate note I used to go to the SMMT test day (originally a day and a half) , at Donnington Park, and latterly at the Millbrook test facility, but over just the day.

Used to be held in May, is that still the case?

LPH_UK
01-10-2019, 10:32
Looks like it was on the 26 Sept, not sure if they more than one these days?

Normb666
01-10-2019, 14:42
Ouch!! ;)


Oops! Sorry Jim, is that your car? Good job you don't give a toss, eh. ;)

renmure
01-10-2019, 14:49
Ach, don't worry about it. I've been called worse. :cool:


Perhaps not from a bloke from Yorkshire tho!!!
(well, maybe once eh Craig) ;)

Normb666
01-10-2019, 20:10
No, I've heard him say it a few times... :)

Those Yorkshire people can have cruel tongues (and other bits). Not like us salt-of-the-earth Merseyside folk....

Griff
06-10-2019, 16:52
I swear that I only put it in the tumble dryer for a few minutes!!

renmure
06-10-2019, 19:45
It's not just cars. I washed my German Shepherd and he shrunk back into puppy size!!

https://i.imgur.com/obooJ5R.jpg

https://i.imgur.com/JegeLEg.jpg

Normb666
06-10-2019, 20:19
Doggone! Jim, looks like you've been sold a pup...

Dead cute tho :)