http://jalopnik.com/5096933/chevy-tahoe-messes-with-texas-mini-cooper-pays-price

Guess who wins.

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99 Gurkha with OM616 IDI turbo

2015 Gurkha with OM616 DI turbo

2014 Rexton W with OM612 VGT

nice

Nope. Crazy talk, doctored photos. "I wouldn't want to be in one if..."

I dont know where to start....

If those little European cars weren't so G'damn socialistic ...

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LOL. My sister said its still cute when smashed!

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91 560 SEC AMG - other dogs dd
01 Honda S2000 - dogs dd
07 MB ML320 CDI - dd
16 Lexus IS250 - wifes dd

it's automatic.

Its should be ever cuter now that its smaller

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1982 300GD Carmine Red (DB3535) Cabriolet Parting Out
1990 300SEL Smoke Silver (Parting out)
1991 350SDL Blackberry Metallic (481)

"The thing is Bob, its not that I'm lazy...its that I just don't care."

Wouldn't they be nice to have "Over Here"
Only in Europa so far.

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'84 300SD sold
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I was thinking part of the story was missing like "the Tahoe swerved after being t-boned, hitting and rolling over."

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1980 300TD-China Blue/Blue MBTex-2nd Owner, 107K (Alt Blau) OBK #15
'06 Chevy Tahoe Z71 (for the wife & 4 kids, current mule) '03 Honda Odyssey (son #1's ride, reluctantly) '99 GMC Suburban (255K+ miles, semi-retired mule) 21' SeaRay Seville (summer escape pod)

Those big SUV's roll pretty easy. My uncle has some pictures of a late model Trailblazer that flipped over in FL. I guess the lady lost control on the highway in the rain and over it went. The scary part is that the entire roof just crush's in! The thing is sitting on an angle from the front of the back doors to the hood! Somehow the driver managed to not get crushed.

I don't think they are very safe at all. I would rather be in a big sedan than a truck or SUV in a crash. I have seen pictures of a number of rolled Mercedes with the windows unbroken!

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1969 280SE
2023 Ram 1500
2007 Tiara 3200

Its basic physics, high CG and the right angle of impact and they will turn turtle, although I see very few G Wagen or TLCs flipped over.

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99 Gurkha with OM616 IDI turbo

2015 Gurkha with OM616 DI turbo

2014 Rexton W with OM612 VGT

The thibng about it is that even thought he truck flipped over, the driver was unhurt. I say let the truck absorb the impact not the people. These trucks are pretty easy to turn on its side. Ask the man who did it last winter. The big soft sidewalls of the tires allow the truck to go over pretty quickly. When I rolled the Suburban last winter on black ice, the only damage was to the side glass which hit a rock. Once she was flipped back on her feet, she was fine.

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Current
Monika '74 450 SL
BrownHilda '79 280SL
FoxyCleopatra '99 Chevy Suburban
Scarlett 2014 Jeep Cherokee
Krystal 2004 Volvo S60
Gone
'74 Jeep CJ5
'97 Jeep ZJ Laredo
Rudolf ‘86 300SDL
Bruno '81 300SD
Fritzi '84 BMW
'92 Subaru
'96 Impala SS
'71 Buick GS conv
'67 GTO conv
'63 Corvair conv
'57 Nomad

Fricking propaganda. The whole thing was staged!

That's pretty impressive.

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1998 Lincoln Continental - Sold
Max 1984 300TD 285,000 miles - Sold
The Dee8gonator 1987 560SEC 196,000 miles - Sold
Orgasmatron - 2006 CLS500 90,000 miles
2002 C320 Wagon 122,000 miles
2016 AMG GTS 12,000 miles

That's pretty much it. The Tahoe ran a red light and the guy in the Mini didn't see it, which means the Mini was probably rolling at least 30 or 40 mph - there's a ton of kinetic energy being released into the side of the Tahoe. I find it interesting that the Mini's windshield still appears to be in place - I'd have though that the airbags deploying would have dislodged it.

The Mini does seem to take a frontal hit very well. But if it was the other way around, with the Tahoe t-boning the Mini at 30 or 40 mph, this would have had a very different ending.

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2011 Mazda2
2000 E320 4Matic Wagon
1994 C280 (retired)