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  1. Metalman

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    #2 Metalman, Apr 13, 2017
    "colesion avoidance systems"

    MF......Whot ist thas colesion avoidance sistem yoz spak oves?

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    #3 Crashton, Apr 13, 2017
    I'd guess many of those over nanny'd cars are owned by lawyers. Didn't take them long. :)

    Read first on Jalopnik. :prrr:
     
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    #4 wmwny, Apr 13, 2017
    When I first started going to BMWCCA HPDEs in 2005, there were lots of New MINIs there. As the years passed, fewer and fewer MINIs were in attendance.
    I learned that a lot of the BMW drivers just could not accept a "Bimmer Lite" that was cheaper and could really stress out most of them on the track and were complaining to the organization. I stopped going to the track in 2012 and gave up my BMWCCA membership. I had the only MINI in attendance in the A/B group for the last 2 years. So, I can see that the B-Snobs got their way.

    Last year, BMWCCA sent me an email wanting to know my opinions, so I basically told them the above. They have not responded. It's THEIR loss.
     
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    #5 Crashton, Apr 13, 2017
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    I've never had a bad experience at any track day where I drove my MINI. I'm not as experienced as you are with BMWCCA track days. In the two that I attended I felt no animosity to me or my little BLU Brit car. Folks came over, talked with me about my car. I was made to feel very welcome. I only stopped running their track days due to costs, they ain't cheap.

    You must have passed too many BMW's Jeff. :)
     
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    #6 Brian_NEOMINIAC, Apr 13, 2017
    if must have been the comments on this forum that based their decision, soooo much outrage.
     
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    #7 Crashton, Apr 13, 2017
    Yes I'm sure that's it..... :lol:
     
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    #8 MrBlah, Apr 14, 2017
    not had bmw problems with my mini at the track, but the slow porsche drivers refuse to give a point by when I do formal hpde schools, the last one I did the instructor got so mad we moved up a class to get away from them

    when I do open track hpde like NASA, it's not been a problem
     
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    #9 Crashton, Apr 14, 2017
    I have found this to be a problem in the past. Ended doing what you did by moving up. Some guys don't seem to understand track day etiquette.