Comments on: BMW/William gives Ferrari F1 Team an MCS http://www.motoringfile.com/2004/09/12/bmwwilliam_gives_ferrari_f1_team_an_mcs/ MINI Cooper news, reviews and opinion. Sat, 20 Mar 2010 15:20:20 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: Rocketboy http://www.motoringfile.com/2004/09/12/bmwwilliam_gives_ferrari_f1_team_an_mcs/comment-page-1/#comment-10713 Rocketboy Wed, 15 Sep 2004 09:48:55 +0000 http://matthewgifford.com/2004/09/12/#comment-10713 <p>It looks like they were not exactally amused... http://www.homeoff1.com/news/item.aspx?id=8185</p> It looks like they were not exactally amused… http://www.homeoff1.com/news/item.aspx?id=8185

]]> By: Kurt Collins http://www.motoringfile.com/2004/09/12/bmwwilliam_gives_ferrari_f1_team_an_mcs/comment-page-1/#comment-10712 Kurt Collins Tue, 14 Sep 2004 22:09:37 +0000 http://matthewgifford.com/2004/09/12/#comment-10712 <p>Note the NON-spec configuration - white roof with black mirrors and stripes - could it secretely be a reject? :-)</p> Note the NON-spec configuration – white roof with black mirrors and stripes – could it secretely be a reject? :-)

]]> By: Chris K. http://www.motoringfile.com/2004/09/12/bmwwilliam_gives_ferrari_f1_team_an_mcs/comment-page-1/#comment-10711 Chris K. Mon, 13 Sep 2004 19:07:20 +0000 http://matthewgifford.com/2004/09/12/#comment-10711 <p>Michael Boice - Scuderia Ferrari Marlboro has won the F1 Constructor's Championship consecutively since 1999. That's 6 and counting.</p> <p>RB - That's an RS4 Avant at Silverstone, I believe. You can now get those 9-spoke 18" wheels on an A4. You're wife's A4 will look very nice with those on.</p> <p>iDiaz - they don't want JPM, they want Kimi Raikkonen.</p> Michael Boice – Scuderia Ferrari Marlboro has won the F1 Constructor's Championship consecutively since 1999. That's 6 and counting.

RB – That's an RS4 Avant at Silverstone, I believe. You can now get those 9-spoke 18″ wheels on an A4. You're wife's A4 will look very nice with those on.

iDiaz – they don't want JPM, they want Kimi Raikkonen.

]]> By: RB http://www.motoringfile.com/2004/09/12/bmwwilliam_gives_ferrari_f1_team_an_mcs/comment-page-1/#comment-10710 RB Mon, 13 Sep 2004 18:47:09 +0000 http://matthewgifford.com/2004/09/12/#comment-10710 <p>iDiaz...</p> <p>That's funny. But might come alive it that car.</p> <p>...RB</p> iDiaz…

That's funny. But might come alive it that car.

…RB

]]> By: iDiaz http://www.motoringfile.com/2004/09/12/bmwwilliam_gives_ferrari_f1_team_an_mcs/comment-page-1/#comment-10709 iDiaz Mon, 13 Sep 2004 17:58:58 +0000 http://matthewgifford.com/2004/09/12/#comment-10709 <p>They should have kept the MCS and given them Juan Pablo!</p> They should have kept the MCS and given them Juan Pablo!

]]> By: RB http://www.motoringfile.com/2004/09/12/bmwwilliam_gives_ferrari_f1_team_an_mcs/comment-page-1/#comment-10708 RB Mon, 13 Sep 2004 16:33:43 +0000 http://matthewgifford.com/2004/09/12/#comment-10708 <p>Chris K...</p> <p>I noticed on your website the Audi pictured looks like the Audi A4 with the Ultra Sport Package. My wife ordered the Audi A4t Quattro with the Premium & Ultra Sport package in red this weekend.</p> <p>Nice car.</p> <p>Well I think we ordered it they are having a standoff on price. </p> <p>...RB</p> Chris K…

I noticed on your website the Audi pictured looks like the Audi A4 with the Ultra Sport Package. My wife ordered the Audi A4t Quattro with the Premium & Ultra Sport package in red this weekend.

Nice car.

Well I think we ordered it they are having a standoff on price.

…RB

]]> By: RB http://www.motoringfile.com/2004/09/12/bmwwilliam_gives_ferrari_f1_team_an_mcs/comment-page-1/#comment-10707 RB Mon, 13 Sep 2004 16:24:10 +0000 http://matthewgifford.com/2004/09/12/#comment-10707 <p>Shawn.... it's an applied vinyl graphic, pretty simple stuff.</p> <p>Ya gotta wonder why they choose yellow. I know Ferrari's come in yellow but why would Williams make that chioce? GOOFY.</p> <p>I'd say in less than 100 hundred years Scuderia/Ferrari better be looking over their shoulders. I'm a Ferrari fan but I think the other teams are catching up....maybe.</p> <p>ALLE HAGELN MICHAEL!</p> <p>...RB</p> Shawn…. it's an applied vinyl graphic, pretty simple stuff.

Ya gotta wonder why they choose yellow. I know Ferrari's come in yellow but why would Williams make that chioce? GOOFY.

I'd say in less than 100 hundred years Scuderia/Ferrari better be looking over their shoulders. I'm a Ferrari fan but I think the other teams are catching up….maybe.

ALLE HAGELN MICHAEL!

…RB

]]> By: michael Boice http://www.motoringfile.com/2004/09/12/bmwwilliam_gives_ferrari_f1_team_an_mcs/comment-page-1/#comment-10706 michael Boice Mon, 13 Sep 2004 16:19:52 +0000 http://matthewgifford.com/2004/09/12/#comment-10706 <p>The motering world is full of back-handed comments. But I guess winning the Constrcuter's Championship, what, four years in a row gives some insight into the egos involved. The gesture was indeed professional. ...I wonder if we'll see the Chrono Package copied and applied to Ferrari's 2005 F1 chasis...na!</p> The motering world is full of back-handed comments. But I guess winning the Constrcuter's Championship, what, four years in a row gives some insight into the egos involved. The gesture was indeed professional. …I wonder if we'll see the Chrono Package copied and applied to Ferrari's 2005 F1 chasis…na!

]]> By: Chris K. http://www.motoringfile.com/2004/09/12/bmwwilliam_gives_ferrari_f1_team_an_mcs/comment-page-1/#comment-10705 Chris K. Mon, 13 Sep 2004 15:52:09 +0000 http://matthewgifford.com/2004/09/12/#comment-10705 <p>I think it was a nice gesture from the Williams team. I'd like to see what Schumacher could do with it around Fiorano.</p> I think it was a nice gesture from the Williams team. I'd like to see what Schumacher could do with it around Fiorano.

]]> By: Wraith http://www.motoringfile.com/2004/09/12/bmwwilliam_gives_ferrari_f1_team_an_mcs/comment-page-1/#comment-10704 Wraith Mon, 13 Sep 2004 14:08:37 +0000 http://matthewgifford.com/2004/09/12/#comment-10704 <p>it sounds almost like this MINI is gonna become a travelling trophy, like what they have in college football. i've just never heard of a car filling that role</p> it sounds almost like this MINI is gonna become a travelling trophy, like what they have in college football. i've just never heard of a car filling that role

]]> By: d.j. derek http://www.motoringfile.com/2004/09/12/bmwwilliam_gives_ferrari_f1_team_an_mcs/comment-page-1/#comment-10703 d.j. derek Mon, 13 Sep 2004 09:27:19 +0000 http://matthewgifford.com/2004/09/12/#comment-10703 <p>Gabe,</p> <p>What month of the year would I be able to buy a MINI COOPER S and get a good deal on it from the dealer?</p> Gabe,

What month of the year would I be able to buy a MINI COOPER S and get a good deal on it from the dealer?

]]> By: Mike http://www.motoringfile.com/2004/09/12/bmwwilliam_gives_ferrari_f1_team_an_mcs/comment-page-1/#comment-10702 Mike Mon, 13 Sep 2004 09:12:10 +0000 http://matthewgifford.com/2004/09/12/#comment-10702 <p>Darren I had the exact same thoughts. :-/</p> Darren I had the exact same thoughts. :-/

]]> By: Darren http://www.motoringfile.com/2004/09/12/bmwwilliam_gives_ferrari_f1_team_an_mcs/comment-page-1/#comment-10701 Darren Mon, 13 Sep 2004 08:54:09 +0000 http://matthewgifford.com/2004/09/12/#comment-10701 <p>doesn't that seem like a bit of a backhanded compliment (100 years...)? the panda looks like a vw golf; not a fair trade as i see it.</p> doesn't that seem like a bit of a backhanded compliment (100 years…)? the panda looks like a vw golf; not a fair trade as i see it.

]]> By: Shawn http://www.motoringfile.com/2004/09/12/bmwwilliam_gives_ferrari_f1_team_an_mcs/comment-page-1/#comment-10700 Shawn Mon, 13 Sep 2004 08:22:48 +0000 http://matthewgifford.com/2004/09/12/#comment-10700 <p>...I've to give high marks to whoever did the Ferrari logo on the roof.</p> <p>...I wonder if the logo was painted on;or,is it a graphic stick-on?</p> …I've to give high marks to whoever did the Ferrari logo on the roof.

…I wonder if the logo was painted on;or,is it a graphic stick-on?

]]> By: Stuart http://www.motoringfile.com/2004/09/12/bmwwilliam_gives_ferrari_f1_team_an_mcs/comment-page-1/#comment-10699 Stuart Mon, 13 Sep 2004 07:10:36 +0000 http://matthewgifford.com/2004/09/12/#comment-10699 <p>Its Photoshop !</p> Its Photoshop !

]]> By: Gabe http://www.motoringfile.com/2004/09/12/bmwwilliam_gives_ferrari_f1_team_an_mcs/comment-page-1/#comment-10698 Gabe Mon, 13 Sep 2004 06:11:32 +0000 http://matthewgifford.com/2004/09/12/#comment-10698 <p>fyi that's the same link in the story above...</p> fyi that's the same link in the story above…

]]> By: dc http://www.motoringfile.com/2004/09/12/bmwwilliam_gives_ferrari_f1_team_an_mcs/comment-page-1/#comment-10697 dc Mon, 13 Sep 2004 06:07:16 +0000 http://matthewgifford.com/2004/09/12/#comment-10697 <p>link http://www.f1racing.net/en/news.php?newsID=62955</p> <p>It's yellow ! (not red)</p> link http://www.f1racing.net/en/news.php?newsID=62955

It's yellow ! (not red)

]]> By: Gabe http://www.motoringfile.com/2004/09/12/bmwwilliam_gives_ferrari_f1_team_an_mcs/comment-page-1/#comment-10696 Gabe Mon, 13 Sep 2004 06:06:51 +0000 http://matthewgifford.com/2004/09/12/#comment-10696 <p>click away...</p> click away…

]]> By: Big Jimmy http://www.motoringfile.com/2004/09/12/bmwwilliam_gives_ferrari_f1_team_an_mcs/comment-page-1/#comment-10695 Big Jimmy Mon, 13 Sep 2004 06:04:03 +0000 http://matthewgifford.com/2004/09/12/#comment-10695 <p>Link is broken, but it sounds like a cool Cooper they gave them. I want a free MCS =-)</p> Link is broken, but it sounds like a cool Cooper they gave them. I want a free MCS =-)

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