F55/F56 What's your age?
47 and 3/4 years.
It would be interesting to start another thread with the question, "What's your height"? I may be a bit tall (6' 3"), but I can't tell you the number of people who ask if I can really fit in my Mini. My stock answer has become, it's not difficult getting in, but getting out can be a challenge
It would be interesting to start another thread with the question, "What's your height"? I may be a bit tall (6' 3"), but I can't tell you the number of people who ask if I can really fit in my Mini. My stock answer has become, it's not difficult getting in, but getting out can be a challenge
47 and 3/4 years.
It would be interesting to start another thread with the question, "What's your height"? I may be a bit tall (6' 3"), but I can't tell you the number of people who ask if I can really fit in my Mini. My stock answer has become, it's not difficult getting in, but getting out can be a challenge
It would be interesting to start another thread with the question, "What's your height"? I may be a bit tall (6' 3"), but I can't tell you the number of people who ask if I can really fit in my Mini. My stock answer has become, it's not difficult getting in, but getting out can be a challenge

How much do you weigh?
Do you have trouble getting out of the sport seats?
My bolsters are lubricated!!
It's not so much the weight as the low(er) clearance. Even though I say it mostly as a joke, there are time when I use the handle to help thrust me back into the upright position.
So glad to see this thread revived! At age 65 I just picked up my first Mini, a MC manual, a week ago. I just assumed I was WAY beyond the average age for owners. When I told friends and family I was buying a Mini, I sensed some polite tolerance for a geezer making a bad, ill-formed, decision. You know, a mid-life crisis 20 years too late. Now I see I've joined an enthusuastic never-say-die club! I never imagined so many seniors were having so much fun in these joyous cars! Boomers manage to keep their youthful spirit (some would say self-indulgent immaturity) way past any generation in history. I read not too long ago we are also buying more CDs than any other age group, though the market generally ignores us.
Even my wife didn't get it at first; now she's loving just being a passenger and realizes a Mini is not what she'd thought it'd be.
Even my wife didn't get it at first; now she's loving just being a passenger and realizes a Mini is not what she'd thought it'd be.
So glad to see this thread revived! At age 65 I just picked up my first Mini, a MC manual, a week ago. I just assumed I was WAY beyond the average age for owners. When I told friends and family I was buying a Mini, I sensed some polite tolerance for a geezer making a bad, ill-formed, decision. You know, a mid-life crisis 20 years too late. Now I see I've joined an enthusuastic never-say-die club! I never imagined so many seniors were having so much fun in these joyous cars! Boomers manage to keep their youthful spirit (some would say self-indulgent immaturity) way past any generation in history. I read not too long ago we are also buying more CDs than any other age group, though the market generally ignores us.
Even my wife didn't get it at first; now she's loving just being a passenger and realizes a Mini is not what she'd thought it'd be.
Even my wife didn't get it at first; now she's loving just being a passenger and realizes a Mini is not what she'd thought it'd be.
You are not alone, I turned 70 in May this year, and got my first MINI on June 2. A very fun car.


