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Originally posted by ThurgreedMarshall
Jesus H. Christ. Do you make all your decisions based on how they will look to other fucking people?
It's a small car. It's quick (the turbo) and it handles very well. I like the way it looks. Who gives a shit whether some idjit like SD is handing out cool points or not if I drive it? If I ever did buy one (and I'll never own a car in the city), I wouldn't buy it because I wanted to get laid. I'd buy it because it's a fun car that I could park anywhere.
I think the reason why you and SD hate it so much is because you picture a certain type of person driving it. That's just stupid and should not be the basis for any decision anyone makes.
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Its a fuckin status car. It says "I'm hip".
Car nuts are excused for buying a mini. If they truly like it for what it is, thats fine. Most people are not car nuts. Mini makes its money selling to silly women, Eurofools and doctors who pick one up for their daughters as an afterthought while picking up their own new 5 Series. Oh, and they sell a lot to the young urban coffe house crowd.
I'm on my 14th car since I was 16. I've bought and sold piles of metal, and you wouldn't get me near a trendy silly piece of shit like a Mini if the goddamn thing had a handjob machine inside it.
Its a statement car in the same sense that your 60 year old dad's foreign convertible screams overcompensation. I can at least find the mid life crisis 500 SL amusing, since its way overthe top. The statement that Mini makes is "Hey, I'm a hip urban guy with Eurotrash tendencies. I know a great car bargain when I see it, and my like minded friends who scorn American gas consumption will think a hot little ride like this which is environmentally frinedly is the coolest thing since roadhead." That's not a fun statement. That cat should save his money and hurry up with my fucking coffee.
My ultimate ride? An old suicide door Lincoln Convertible, Caddy Fleetwood or a New behemoth 600 S, all in black with black interior.
