Counterfeit MINI Coopers

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  1. djb1986

    djb1986 Gutsy Member

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    That's got tot be a joke site. Otherwise they deserve to be taken. On the subject of fakes though. I've seen a couple of Ferrari kit cars that you'd be hard pressed to figure out if they were original or not. You'd have to take a close look or know what the engine should sound like to be able to tell.
     
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    uh they show commercials on the tv... liek all the friggin time... dont think is just a joke...
     
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    Yakumo Pillar of the Community *****

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    Just took a real look at the site. It's got to be a fake site. If not then some people are really stupid :D

    Yakumo
     
  6. madhatter256

    madhatter256 Illustrious Member

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    It's a joke site. I've seen some of the cars on other sites that say how crappy they look. Other than that I saw a corvette but it had a ferrari body kit. Who in the world would think the corvette can pass off as a ferrari let alone that there is a company that actually makes them in a first place. I think of it as an insult to both the corvette and the ferrari.
     
  7. Blur2040

    Blur2040 Game Genie

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    Ok...I've got two reasons that scream "joke"

    First...it's called the Counter Counterfit Comission....cmon...

    And on their examples page...there are two motorcycles taped together...
     
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    Usually Fiat's were used as the bodies for Ferrari kits. That's what they used for the car in Ferris Buller's day off. Fake or not I'd have taken it.
     
  9. Paulo

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    If there are tv adverts then its most likely a publicity stunt!
     
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    retro Resigned from mod duty 15 March 2018

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    Of course it is a joke! Noone in their right mind would take that seriously!

    Maybe they are taking the piss out of said advert?

    I mean, c'mon - we all know what a Mini looks like. It looks nothing like that yellow stretch thing, which is about 6 foot too long. We also all know damn well that the Union Jack is painted on, not just a flag draped on the roof!!

    It is a joke, although its not an amazingly funny one.
     
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    i will bet money that it is a paid advertising campaign, both site and tv spots, by BMW/mini, along the lines of the old lee 'supergreg' site and all that stuff
     
  12. Mr. Casual

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    This isnt a joke? C'mon...
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  13. SpetsnazC4

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    I'm surprised that anyone could believe it isn't a joke :)
     
  14. djb1986

    djb1986 Gutsy Member

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    But why waste all of that money to advertise a joke?
     
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    btw. did anyone see the pictures of some uk maniacs that put 20" rims on their mini s wow
     
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    I just saw a tv commercial for this last night. It was pretty funny actually.
     
  17. LeGIt

    LeGIt I'm a cunt or so I'm told :P

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    Totally a joke/publicity stunt. It's just a mini advertisement.
     
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