MotoringFile MINI Workers at Plant Oxford Set for Strike

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  1. JoeClubman

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    It looks like a MINI strike is a reality. MINI workers at Plant Oxford are set to enact a series of 24 hour strikes...The post MINI Workers at Plant Oxford Set for Strike appeared first on MotoringFile.

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  2. Brian_NEOMINIAC

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    Should move their plants to the USA - Donald!!!!!! Get on it!
     
  3. Dave.0

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    You think MINI quality and reliability suck now just think if they were made here. :lol::lol::lol::lol:
     
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    Could be an improvement.
     
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    :lol::lol::lol::lol::lol::lol::lol::lol::lol::lol::lol::lol:
     
  6. Qik

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    Who cares! Nobody wants that big ugly thing they're building anywayz :D
     
  7. Metalman

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    Well.... If you really drill down into the worker's reasoning for the upcoming strike....

    It's because they really miss working on and making the lovely R56 JCW...

    Some of them are experiencing the long term mental anguish of being in close vicinity with the new models....

    Sadly... It's negatively affecting the assembly workers..... And they aren't going to take it anymore....

    Rumor has it that there is a hidden 3rd shift skunk works that still are producing the R56 JCW in Dark Silver with black top (but only with manual transmissions)and sneaking them onto the delivery boats... But you need to know someone....
     
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    Fixed that typo for you. :devil:

     
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    Everyone likes the sound of a Supercharger over a silly little turbo. Vroon pop hisss.
     
  11. 00Mini

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    It is true that the sound of a R53 supercharger is awe inspiring !!
     
  12. Crashton

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    I'm not saying the R53 song at full chat isn't great because it is, but it comes in second place to a Porsche flat six singing its song. :arf:
     
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    Yeah a R53 is no match for the sound of a flat 6 Porsche or any Porsche for that matter.
     
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    There's nothing as cool as the sound of a V-12 at full revs.
     
  15. Brian_NEOMINIAC

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    If we're headed off topic, I'd like to vote the V10 in the Porsche Carrera GT as being the greatest song of all.
     
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    Sorry but almost all motor sound awards go to Ferrari. (Old and New ones)
     
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    Oh you mean like the twin-turbo F40? or was it supercharged, I forget :biggrin5:
     
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    Don't leave out the SAAB 2 stroke. Ring ding ding ding - Ring ding ding ding..... Plus a load of 2 stroke smoke following close behind. :smilewinkgrin:
     
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    I had a Saab dealer on my paper route and they were a very unique car ... well more like a very oddball car but lovable.
     
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    [ame="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S4nUULU_DjQ"]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S4nUULU_DjQ[/ame]

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    The Ferrari 375 Plus was among the quickest and most powerful racing cars of its time, notching up victories at Le Mans and Silverstone in 1954.
     

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