Our Mini E is going away soon. There's not much left to say about it that we haven't already reported. But I did discover something new this weekend.
As I was driving the Mini E, my passenger had the window down and mine was up. so I heard the whirring in a different way. I never noticed before, but the Mini E sounds just like Luke Skywalker's X-34 landspeeder.
I tried to find a video clip of the landspeeder, but I couldn't.
I have a challenge for you. Can you find one?
Donna DeRosa, Managing Editor
brn says:
02:29 PM, 06/ 7/10
You didn't go for the lease extension or wasn't it offered?
ergsum says:
02:33 PM, 06/ 7/10
For landspeeder sound:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7yZp5hNjoIQ
ergsum says:
02:34 PM, 06/ 7/10
For Star Wars bonus fun:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=493ljyoox6o
kkastner says:
02:38 PM, 06/ 7/10
Check the wav file here:
http://starchives.tripod.com/wav/speeder.wav
kkastner says:
02:40 PM, 06/ 7/10
A (brief) wav audio file.
http://starchives.tripod.com/wav/speeder.wav
dderosa says:
02:44 PM, 06/ 7/10
@brn: We opted not to go for the lease extension.
@ergsum: That's terrific. Thank you.
@kkastner: I had to modify the link to get it to work: http://starchives.tripod.com/swwav.html
I'm saving that as one of my favorites.
-- Donna
subytrojan says:
03:21 PM, 06/ 7/10
FREE track day at Laguna Seca - http://www.refuelraces.com/
Donna/Scott, let's tow the MINI E up there with the Ram!
hybris says:
07:10 PM, 06/ 7/10
That would be a selling point for me but I wonder how long it would sound cool to me though?
With a rumbling exhaust note I can always say I have a angry god of war under the hood but I can't think what I could really describe or think of with the Mini E.
brn says:
09:33 AM, 06/ 8/10
Thanks Donna. Hopefully, you're making room for a Volt and/or Leaf.