Any MINI owners here???

[ExaltBass]

Picking up our MINI Convertible tomorrow - NOT a gig-rig hauler, but a great weekend vehicle. Any other MINI bassists out there???

 

[Mon Rominee]

Does it come with a fez and smoking jacket?

kidding. I like 'em. The new clubman is super awesome.
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[peterbright]

Cute, but they would be better if the mileage was improved.

 

[FL Knifemaker]

My Dad and I owned several of the original British Mini's. I never even sat in a new one.

 

[peaveyuser]

Great cars! i like the originals better though.

 

[theshadow2001]

The new ones are for women as is the new beatle

 

[ExaltBass]

Where the heck did my pics go??? Trying again (from the phone)

 

[peaveyuser]

Where the heck did my pics go??? Trying again (from the phone)

well the important thing is you'll still look like a dude.

 

[ExaltBass]

well the important thing is you'll still look like a dude.

 

[HELLonWHEELS]

Last month i got to drive a MINI cooper S manual for a day. That car was so much fun. I don't think I would want to own one.

 

[Brad Johnson]

Mid-30's on the highway with a Mini Cooper S. Had it for a couple of years.

And the chick car thing? If you can say that after driving one, cool. You probably have issues... it's not the car. Anything that goes that fast and handles that well... maybe "chicks" are smarter than some guys.

 

[theshadow2001]

And the chick car thing? If you can say that after driving one, cool. You probably have issues... it's not the car. Anything that goes that fast and handles that well... maybe "chicks" are smarter than some guys.

The same way a person who thinks a handbag takes from their masculinity has issues

 

[ExaltBass]

It's a 6 Speed S - unfortunately we are expecting 5-8 inches of snow today. We are supposed to pick it up at 7PM, but I think we'll wait for clean roads.

 

[jimb213]

That's sweet, man! I drive a VW GTI. It's in the same class of "hot hatch" fast hatchback cars. Yours is smaller with RWD, though, so I bet it's even more fun to drive than mine
Congrats!

 

[dlloyd]

I drive an original Mini from time to time (it's my mother's), great fun car in the Summer. Too cold and noisy for regular use.

 

[Bruce Lindfield]

The same way a person who thinks a handbag takes from their masculinity has issues

Do you mean : "Man Bag" !!! ???

That doesn't affect your masculinity - see :

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[Hoover]

The new ones are for women

Sucks to be you.

 

[clarifixer]

Not quite like this little booger, but fun none the less--hopefully a bit more reliable. I had a couple of the originals, and they were an absolute ball to drive.

 

[Pilgrim]

Cute, but they would be better if the mileage was improved.

High 20's to 30+ isn't good enough??

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Model Engine Displacement Transmission Fuel City Highway
MINI Cooper S Convertible 4 cylinder 1.6 liter Manual-(6) Premium 21 city 28 highway
MINI Cooper S Convertible 4 cylinder 1.6 liter Automatic-(6) Premium 20 city 29 highway
MINI Cooper S 4 cylinder 1.6 liter Manual-(6) Premium 25 city 32 highway
MINI Cooper S 4 cylinder 1.6 liter Automatic-(6) Premium 23 city 30 highway
MINI Cooper 4 cylinder 1.6 liter Manual-(6) Premium 27 city 36 highway
MINI Cooper 4 cylinder 1.6 liter Automatic-(6) Premium 26 city 33 highway

 

[Bryan316]

I have a valid reason for hating the Cooper Mini.

I don't fit in it.

Not in the seats.... in the trunk.

We joked around and tried to trap each other in the trunks of certain small vehicles, a few years ago at the NAIAS. We couldn't fit me into the cargo area inside the hatchback of one of the Minis.

People.

If I cannot pack ME worth of anything, how the hell am I supposed to use this car? If I've got a family, or hell even just friends with me, and we stop to buy supplies for a backyard barbeque and campfire, it would be impossible. There is absolutely no room in that cargo area. I certainly can't fit one of my basses in it while still in its case, the thing's too narrow. If I packed my medium-sized cooler, the tailgate would never close.


The Cooper Mini is an impractical car. It is too small for anything I could ever envision doing with my friends.


Not to mention I don't even fit in the back seat, with Matt sitting in the front seat. He needs to slide it all the way back just to get his knees in. Then there's nowhere for my feet to fit under his seat. When we tried this, I was crying out to keep him from leaning back cuz his weight already started crushing my toes!

Most embarrassing car I've ever sat in. Shameful.