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F55/F56 What's your age?

Old Jul 6, 2014 | 06:30 PM
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29 and purchasing my first mini. Previous Cars: Merc Tracer, Honda Civic, and Scion tC. Been dreaming of Mini since 2003.
 
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Old Jul 7, 2014 | 02:35 AM
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Djpic, so you ordered a '15? I assume so. You're going to love it! I count the minutes before I can take mine out again.
 
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Old Jul 7, 2014 | 03:18 AM
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Originally Posted by CobraBob
Djpic, so you ordered a '15? I assume so. You're going to love it! I count the minutes before I can take mine out again.
Yep, 2015 MCS.
 
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Old Jul 7, 2014 | 08:45 AM
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71 and on my third mini, pepper white f56 cooper
 
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Old Aug 3, 2014 | 03:51 AM
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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
 
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Old Aug 3, 2014 | 06:07 AM
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I'm currently 57 and feeling energized every time I climb into Pepper.
 
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Old Aug 3, 2014 | 07:15 AM
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I am 48. I'll probably be 49 when my 2015 becomes sellable.
 
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Old Aug 3, 2014 | 09:25 AM
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58 lolololol hehehehehe
 
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Old Aug 3, 2014 | 03:51 PM
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Mid-40's, but I refuse to act my age (most of the time, anyway).

Or: Old enough to know better, young enough not to care
 
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Old Aug 3, 2014 | 04:02 PM
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Originally Posted by Dannno
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

How much do you weigh?
Do you have trouble getting out of the sport seats?
My bolsters are lubricated!!
 
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Old Aug 3, 2014 | 07:56 PM
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Originally Posted by Mrdi
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.
 
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Old Aug 3, 2014 | 08:18 PM
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I'm still only 18. It fuels my need for speed as well, if not better, than my grandparents BMW Z4, Jaguar SType and '82 Vette combined. Love this little monster and all it's quirks.
 
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Old Aug 3, 2014 | 10:13 PM
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22. First mini acquired at 18, just picked up my second a few weeks back. Feels good to work hard and achieve goals.
 
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Old Aug 4, 2014 | 10:43 PM
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22 as well. First new car all on my own and on my own dime for that matter!
 
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Old Aug 5, 2014 | 11:42 AM
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awaiting my 2015 MCS

after 2 911's, 2 M3's, several other BMW's

still have my 997 & E36 M3
 
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Old Aug 5, 2014 | 12:26 PM
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I will be 70 just before the new year. Hope I have my car by then.
 
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Old Aug 6, 2014 | 08:03 PM
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22 and my first mini. Loving the F56
 
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Old Aug 7, 2014 | 04:06 AM
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38.
F55 S on order.
Previously owned a R53 JCW without AC. Had to sell it, to hot!
 
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Old Nov 1, 2014 | 12:17 PM
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49 here, just speccing up an F56 S for January 15 delivery
 
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Old Nov 1, 2014 | 01:12 PM
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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.
 
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Old Nov 1, 2014 | 01:21 PM
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56 with my first Mini.
 
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Old Nov 1, 2014 | 01:22 PM
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Originally Posted by vegbiker
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.


You are not alone, I turned 70 in May this year, and got my first MINI on June 2. A very fun car.
 
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Old Nov 1, 2014 | 01:33 PM
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I'm 66 but my "other car" is a 1951 Ford Convertible.
 
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Old Nov 1, 2014 | 05:18 PM
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32. First MINI and first new car. 2015 MCS is so much fun!
 
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Old Nov 1, 2014 | 07:14 PM
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I'm 25 and have been for the last 30 years. ;-)
 
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