One of my wife's friends said there were a lot of MINI Coopers in Houston and they were all full of dents because they can't get out of the way.

 

"You're going to get smooshed in that little car if you keep tailgaiting like that." From a lady coming into a parking lot behind me as I followed the old Gomer in front of me at maybe 2 MPH.

 

Not to defend the guy or anything, but he may have been saying that the "GT 500" in the new Gone in 60 Seconds wasn't a real GT 500. If he said THAT, he's correct.

If he's saying the car was fictional though, he's just a moron. Judging by his hood scoop comment, I'm guessing the latter.

 

yeah, with those smooth lines and impressive knowledge I could see any girl just melting into his arms.

 

The truly sad part is, they probably do...


Rawhyde

 

--So I'm selling my Nissan Altima (which seems to burn out a tail light bulb every year) and I don't want to fight traffic so I go to a nearby gas station to buy a replacement tail light bulb. I tell the old lady who is ringing me up, "I don't know why my Nissan keeps burning these up." She then proceeds to tell me, "It's cuz you went and got such a fancy car." And points to my Cooper S. I then told her um no, that car nevery burned anything up and never had a real problem in it's 7 month life, this bulb is for a NISSAN. She then said, "oh."

It's like what one of my friends once said..., "ignant, they just ignant!"

 

The question that I am sometimes asked is "why do you have Porsche stickers on that FIAT?"

 

Leaving a wedding this evening one of the other attendees said to my husband about the MINI, isn't it hard to peddle?? He wasn't trying to be funny either....

 

"I've had the "where's the rest of the car" "

Just tell them... "I bet you wish you could say that about your wife!"

 

Lots of funny stories in this thread.

A couple months ago I was sitting in the parking lot at Sam's Club with the windows down and sunroof open waiting for my mom to come out. An older couple pulled up on one side in a Buick Rendezvous and the guy got out and said "Hey that's one of those Italian cars from that movie....I forget the name of it.....I watch it all the time though, don't rob anybody with that!" while a Camry pulled up on the other side and the guy said "What is that, the new Saab? It's nice"

I've also heard a couple waitresses talking, one said "What kind of car is that over there?" and the other one said "Where?" and the first said "THAT ONE....that white one with a black top" and the other said "Where? Oh that? That's a Bug"

 

Yesterday someone yelled "When it gets older does it get bigger?"
I laughed.


How to **** off a Mini driver: say "nice PT Cruiser!"

 

While in a drive lane at a Arbys an old(70s) woman walks
up and asks "Is this an electric car?" I answer no .
Her response "are you sure you know they are selling them now".
I reply I'll check when I get home.

 

On the way to The Dragon a group of soldiers gathered around the car at a rest stop. One said "what's the S stand for?", to which another replied "Small!". We all laughed then they asked a bunch of questions and were quite interested.

 

Another old lady asked me what the red thing on my bumper is for... I replied, "the extension cord, of course" :impatient

 

Seen a couple written in the backs of Dirty cars...

"If you think this is dirty you should meet his wife!"

thing said about my Mini.. well nothing really as by the time they can get a word out im all ready LONGG gone

my friend has a number plate for his Ford Cossie saying
"750bhp....Please pass slowly to the right!"

 

These are great! I love reading these stories!

I rode my cousin around the other day (she has a PS/B MCa) and she told my mom it was scary!

-Cody

 

The other day I was at a BMW lot looking at a group of MINIs and an older woman (60's) walks up to me and tells me that her mother-in-law was looking at buying one but chose a Scion instead because she could get one for 14K out the door, and that's with everything she tells me. (And I'm sure when she drove it off the lot it was worth half that.) Then she says, "Oh you should get one of those instead. Did you know they are EXACTLY the same thing! The interior looks EXACTLY the same." Uhhh...yeah. :impatient

 

God people are stupid....I mean, cmon. The new models have been out for over 4 years and people STILL don't know a thing about them!

-Cody

 

Once, when I was in a car museum in PA, I overheard an expert on nothing speaking about a DeLorean. This paradigm of knowledge imparted to his friend that DeLoreans were built "up there in New York."

 

Next door neighbor comes over with his 8 y/o son to look at my new MC. Now, I've decided to keep the tow ring on the front for looks and his son ask, "Dad, what's this?" and of course Dad looks at me with this sheepish look and says to his son, "Son, that's where you wind the car up".

I couldn't help but laugh..

 

Best interaction witnessed to date:

Old Lady: What kind of car is that?
NEWDL: It is a MINI COOPER
Old Lady: A WHAT?!?!
NEWDL: A MINI COOPER!
Old Lady: What does the Big Cooper look like?

 

I pulled into a service station last week when a guy walked up and asked if that was the new Geo Metro.

 

 

any reference to MR. Bean!

 

The mini's so small you can barely put anything in it.

I'm thinking, what do you intend to put in it? Have you ever seen or sat inside one ?