Yeah go folks. Us too we , my wife and I are both the same. .obsessed with all things mini. If we won the lottery wed have one off each sort. Don't you just look at all those others in their sad boring boxes and feel sorry for them.
MINIs have ruined me
I've been without a car since my R56 blew up. Fortunately I can work from home, but I've been slowly going stir crazy and counting the milliseconds until who-knows-when in December when I will get my F56.
I finally snapped and rented a car. The rental agent seemed to think it was a nice upgrade from a bare-bones car (It's a Camry). It is a decent car, but driving it around I feel like I'm trapped in a soulless, zero-fun hamster wheel of a vehicle.
A couple of times I borrowed the kid's Honda Civic Hybrid (which I previously drove for 10 years) before I got the rental. I felt like a little part of me was dying every time I drove it. The Camry is the same.
I have concluded that the MINI has irredeemably ruined me, and that I am forever cursed to only drive fun, cute cars or suffer a slow lingering death behind the wheel of a boring, gutless normal car.
Anyone else feel ruined by MINIs?
I finally snapped and rented a car. The rental agent seemed to think it was a nice upgrade from a bare-bones car (It's a Camry). It is a decent car, but driving it around I feel like I'm trapped in a soulless, zero-fun hamster wheel of a vehicle.
A couple of times I borrowed the kid's Honda Civic Hybrid (which I previously drove for 10 years) before I got the rental. I felt like a little part of me was dying every time I drove it. The Camry is the same.
I have concluded that the MINI has irredeemably ruined me, and that I am forever cursed to only drive fun, cute cars or suffer a slow lingering death behind the wheel of a boring, gutless normal car.
Anyone else feel ruined by MINIs?
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Love it sting Ray . To be fair the pug engine in turbo forms at least Is fast fun and frugal. Mind you my 3 cylinder Cooper engine feels far more refined!I had been saving and planning for a Mini since 1979. They stopped selling them here in 1980 so I had to wait another 20 years. When the gen 1 came out I held off because I didn't want a Mini with a Dodge Neon engine. When the gen 2 came out I held off because I didn't want one with a Peugot engine. Now that they have made the perfect Mini, I am tempted to buy 3 or 4 spares and store them away so I can drive a new one for the rest of my life!
I am never driving anything else ever!
...and they will all be red with white roof.
I've always liked this sort of car. Mg metro,then citroen axgt(vfast and light) Mazda 323f, Toyota mr2 mk 2 then golf r32 which just felt too big. Then r56 cooper s and now f56 cooper. Devout hot hatch fan!
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