R60 Ages of R60 owners?
3rd Gear
Joined: Dec 2011
Posts: 170
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From: GA
30 y/o Female and 31 y/o Male
(though it is MY car
so I should have just put my age
)
1st Mini! Have always wanted one, but until now could not get one because there wasn't enough room for all the Beasts AND the Hubby
. Now with the Countryman it's my Best of Both Worlds!!!
Woot Woot!!!
(though it is MY car
so I should have just put my age)1st Mini! Have always wanted one, but until now could not get one because there wasn't enough room for all the Beasts AND the Hubby
. Now with the Countryman it's my Best of Both Worlds!!! Woot Woot!!!
Neutral
Joined: Jan 2012
Posts: 2
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From: Honolulu
39.95 (will be 40 in April, ugh!)
Female
Sold Honda Odyssey since my hubby & I just missed the fun factor of driving, and needed 4 dr since we have a 20 month old daughter. Our second MINI, Taking delivery of a 2012 CMS All4 tomorrow! Light coffee, auto, premium, cold wx, tech, connect w/Nav, leather/cloth, black top/mirrors & black anth wheels, bench seat, flat load floor, xenon & all seasons. Can't wait for FRIDAAAAY!
Female
Sold Honda Odyssey since my hubby & I just missed the fun factor of driving, and needed 4 dr since we have a 20 month old daughter. Our second MINI, Taking delivery of a 2012 CMS All4 tomorrow! Light coffee, auto, premium, cold wx, tech, connect w/Nav, leather/cloth, black top/mirrors & black anth wheels, bench seat, flat load floor, xenon & all seasons. Can't wait for FRIDAAAAY!
1st Gear
Joined: Oct 2011
Posts: 13
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From: New York
64 Male
All4 is our second Mini. Leased our first Mini, the Mini-E (electric) for two years and fell in love with the car. Since my wife and I are new grandparents of a beautiful girl, Lexi Victoria, born last October, we needed four doors so we could more easily transport her when we babysit.
All4 is our second Mini. Leased our first Mini, the Mini-E (electric) for two years and fell in love with the car. Since my wife and I are new grandparents of a beautiful girl, Lexi Victoria, born last October, we needed four doors so we could more easily transport her when we babysit.
2nd Gear
Joined: Nov 2009
Posts: 67
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From: Leesburg VA
49 1/2 Male....2nd MINI.
Bought my 02 Cooper as my mid-life crisis vehicle when I turned 40. 6 month later I met my wife and, bless her, even after 2 kids she never pressured me to sell it. Now the back seat is just to small for the (not so) little ones so along comes the CMS. It was a sad day last day last Sunday when I watched little Cooper drive away with her new owner but I'll continue to be a MINI owner as long as I can!
Bought my 02 Cooper as my mid-life crisis vehicle when I turned 40. 6 month later I met my wife and, bless her, even after 2 kids she never pressured me to sell it. Now the back seat is just to small for the (not so) little ones so along comes the CMS. It was a sad day last day last Sunday when I watched little Cooper drive away with her new owner but I'll continue to be a MINI owner as long as I can!
2nd Gear
Joined: Oct 2011
Posts: 93
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From: VS, NY
30 Male
Sold my K20 swapped Honda Fit, clean out my deb. I worked so hard and got the Countryman ALL4 S as my x'mas gift. I got it on New Year Eve......so every birthday will remind me how hard I worked. Fall in love with the ALL4S everyday.
Sold my K20 swapped Honda Fit, clean out my deb. I worked so hard and got the Countryman ALL4 S as my x'mas gift. I got it on New Year Eve......so every birthday will remind me how hard I worked. Fall in love with the ALL4S everyday.
3rd Gear
Joined: Feb 2003
Posts: 297
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From: Massachusetts
39
Male
Third MINI
It's our family car. Sadly sold the last MINI to get four doors and AWD years ago and we came motoring back once AWD and 4 doors entered the MINI lineup.
Male
Third MINI
It's our family car. Sadly sold the last MINI to get four doors and AWD years ago and we came motoring back once AWD and 4 doors entered the MINI lineup.
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1st Gear
Joined: Feb 2008
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From: Oslo, Norway
36 Male (and 34 female co-owner) from Norway
We have a CM SD all4 with almost all options on order for mid March delivery.
This is our 2nd Mini. We had a 2007 R56 MC that was sold 3 years ago in favor of something bigger, but when we saw the CM, we knew we had to have one
We have a CM SD all4 with almost all options on order for mid March delivery.
This is our 2nd Mini. We had a 2007 R56 MC that was sold 3 years ago in favor of something bigger, but when we saw the CM, we knew we had to have one
Neutral
Joined: Jan 2012
Posts: 5
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From: Elmira, NY
40, Female (answering for my wife)
As a curiosity, this is a 4th car for us (though we will likely go down to 3 shortly after it arrives in a few weeks) and all four have the ignition in a different place (right side of dash, left side of dash, right side of steering column, between the seats).
As a curiosity, this is a 4th car for us (though we will likely go down to 3 shortly after it arrives in a few weeks) and all four have the ignition in a different place (right side of dash, left side of dash, right side of steering column, between the seats).
2nd Gear
Joined: Jun 2008
Posts: 82
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From: San Jose, CA
41, Female
Where are all the ladies??? There are only a handful of us in this thread so far.
This is my 2nd MINI. Currently own a 2008 Clubman (non S, my mistake) named Austin that I love dearly. Moved from TX to CA in 2010 (where the parking spaces are smaller!) and the Clubbie has become much less practical. And somehow my 4-year-old girl grew into a nearly 8-year-old girl, and can't get out of the Clubbie on her own. It's just too cramped in there for her now. Took me 8 months to decide on the CM after driving it a few times, plus the Audi A3, Prius V, Lexus CT200h, Mazda 3, Subaru Outback, and a few others I no longer remember.
Ordered a Surf Blue on 1/29/12 (took me nearly 8 months to decide on a color) with white roof, didn't go with leather (!), Connected but no nav, definitely S, and had to have Comfort Access!
Where are all the ladies??? There are only a handful of us in this thread so far.
This is my 2nd MINI. Currently own a 2008 Clubman (non S, my mistake) named Austin that I love dearly. Moved from TX to CA in 2010 (where the parking spaces are smaller!) and the Clubbie has become much less practical. And somehow my 4-year-old girl grew into a nearly 8-year-old girl, and can't get out of the Clubbie on her own. It's just too cramped in there for her now. Took me 8 months to decide on the CM after driving it a few times, plus the Audi A3, Prius V, Lexus CT200h, Mazda 3, Subaru Outback, and a few others I no longer remember.
Ordered a Surf Blue on 1/29/12 (took me nearly 8 months to decide on a color) with white roof, didn't go with leather (!), Connected but no nav, definitely S, and had to have Comfort Access!
2nd Gear
Joined: Jun 2008
Posts: 82
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From: San Jose, CA
kart58 -- love the tunnel spokes with the Royal Grey! That was my 2nd color choice and IMHO the tunnel spokes look fabulous with it! I ordered tunnel spokes on my Surf Blue since they are the easiest to keep clean with all the brake dust that MINIs are famous for. I know a lot of people don't like them, but I think they are unique!
3rd Gear
Joined: Aug 2011
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From: N. Muskegon, Mi
30 year old Female. First MINI, but since buying it we now own two as my husband bought a '12 R56 in November.
The first time I saw the MINI Countryman commercial with it blasting out of the garage in a snow storm I knew I wanted one. I have been modifying cars for 15 years now and have always loved cars. I have had nothing but turbo cars for the past 6 years and wanted a daily driver I wouldn't try to modify so we bought the FWD Non-S 6MT. Even though it is slow, my previous car was a 300+ whp Subaru, the Countryman feels like a tank and I love it every time I drive it.
I will say the funniest part about owning this car is that I have people come up to me all the time and ask about it. I think this probably happens 2 times a week at least. Just a couple of days ago my husband and I were coming out of the grocery store and he said to me "Someone is stalking your car again while
." A lady was on the phone talking to her daughter describing the car as she was looking in the windows and such. We came out and she kept asking tons of questions and telling us how much she loved it.
The first time I saw the MINI Countryman commercial with it blasting out of the garage in a snow storm I knew I wanted one. I have been modifying cars for 15 years now and have always loved cars. I have had nothing but turbo cars for the past 6 years and wanted a daily driver I wouldn't try to modify so we bought the FWD Non-S 6MT. Even though it is slow, my previous car was a 300+ whp Subaru, the Countryman feels like a tank and I love it every time I drive it.
I will say the funniest part about owning this car is that I have people come up to me all the time and ask about it. I think this probably happens 2 times a week at least. Just a couple of days ago my husband and I were coming out of the grocery store and he said to me "Someone is stalking your car again while
." A lady was on the phone talking to her daughter describing the car as she was looking in the windows and such. We came out and she kept asking tons of questions and telling us how much she loved it.