Path: utzoo!utgpu!alliant.com!UUCP Reply-To: british-cars@alliant.com Errors-To: british-cars-request@alliant.com Sender: british-cars-request@alliant.com Return-Path: Date: Tue, 6 Feb 90 12:22:52 EST Message-ID: <1427.25CF865B@busker.FIDONET.ORG> From: George.Emery@p42.f4.n105.z1.fidonet.org (George Emery) Subject: Re: mini's and MG 1100's? To: utah-cs!hoosier!sol@cs.utexas.edu X-Mailer: mailout v1.26 released Newsgroups: list.british-cars Distribution: ut Approved: devnull@gpu.utcs.toronto.edu > My lasting impression was that the steering wheel was a little off centre > for the driver, off to the left (towards the passenger seat!) a bit. I > felt that I had to sit turned to the left a smidgeon to drive it. Oops! I forgot to mention that as one of the prime characteristics of these little beasts! To from one of these to a GT-6 is a rather bizarre act... the GT-6 has the pedals offset in the other direction. > Parts of the interior could be swapped, I > suppose. The front seats maybe? Yes. The front seats are more desireable than the Mini's because they have additional padding, a headrest, and more of a bucket to keep your derierre from sliding into the other seat while cornering. There's a slight disadvantage because they'll sit higher than Mini seats and just barely fit the width of a Mini. The extra padding is nice, but if you're over 5'10", then your head will be constantly brushing the headliner... I use the seats for autocrossing because I can then see the fenders clearly. -- George Emery - via FidoNet node 1:105/14 UUCP: ...!{uunet!oresoft, tektronix!reed}!busker!4.42!George.Emery ARPA: George.Emery@p42.f4.n105.z1.FIDONET.ORG