What's the stupidest thing you've heard someone say about the MINI (or any car)?
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my nosey @$$ neighbor stopped me to see my new car and then asked if toyota made it. i told her bmw made it and then tried my hardest not to tell her to mind her own buisness for once. 
my other neighbor and my uncle for that matter, asked me if the engine was in the back.
i get alot of compliments on the car but my grandmother said its the uglies car she has ever seen and i did get a lot of clown joke after owning the car for 5 days.
my other neighbor and my uncle for that matter, asked me if the engine was in the back.
i get alot of compliments on the car but my grandmother said its the uglies car she has ever seen and i did get a lot of clown joke after owning the car for 5 days.
I'd move...sounds like a bad part of town...
I finally had my first one. I had to drive my friend and her roommate somewhere this weekend and we were driving down the freeway.
Friend's roommate: "So what made you decide to get the mini version, and not like, the regular one?"
Me: *blank look* "The regular one what?"
Friend's roommate: "You know, like..." *points at PT Cruiser in next lane* "...that one."
Friend's roommate: "So what made you decide to get the mini version, and not like, the regular one?"
Me: *blank look* "The regular one what?"
Friend's roommate: "You know, like..." *points at PT Cruiser in next lane* "...that one."
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From: nyc
I finally had my first one. I had to drive my friend and her roommate somewhere this weekend and we were driving down the freeway.
Friend's roommate: "So what made you decide to get the mini version, and not like, the regular one?"
Me: *blank look* "The regular one what?"
Friend's roommate: "You know, like..." *points at PT Cruiser in next lane* "...that one."
Friend's roommate: "So what made you decide to get the mini version, and not like, the regular one?"
Me: *blank look* "The regular one what?"
Friend's roommate: "You know, like..." *points at PT Cruiser in next lane* "...that one."
oh man
i would have pulled over and kicked him/her out!!!
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From: Mission Viejo, CA
I finally had my first one. I had to drive my friend and her roommate somewhere this weekend and we were driving down the freeway.
Friend's roommate: "So what made you decide to get the mini version, and not like, the regular one?"
Me: *blank look* "The regular one what?"
Friend's roommate: "You know, like..." *points at PT Cruiser in next lane* "...that one."
Friend's roommate: "So what made you decide to get the mini version, and not like, the regular one?"
Me: *blank look* "The regular one what?"
Friend's roommate: "You know, like..." *points at PT Cruiser in next lane* "...that one."
I'm grinding my teeth at this. Perhaps we should drag your roommate into the street and execute him for auto-heresy.
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From: Broomfield, Coloradooooooo
I'm getting really tired of hearing about that one movie with all the Minis in it....what's it called? There were a bunch of them driving around....
The Italian Job? Yeah that's it. Have you seen it? I like to tell them no just to see their face.
I'm still trying to think of a good retort to "Do you like your Mini?" I feel like saying, No I just drive it everyday and mail a payment once a month to the bank cuz I hate it.
(Luckily no PT remarks I think I'd have to smack them!!-especially since my husband works at a chrysler dealership!)
The Italian Job? Yeah that's it. Have you seen it? I like to tell them no just to see their face.
I'm still trying to think of a good retort to "Do you like your Mini?" I feel like saying, No I just drive it everyday and mail a payment once a month to the bank cuz I hate it.
(Luckily no PT remarks I think I'd have to smack them!!-especially since my husband works at a chrysler dealership!)
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From: Front Royal, Virginia
This is the "or any car" category. Several years ago (B4MINI) my wife and I were poking around a local dealership looking at a year-old Tahoe. While the sales guy was showing us the magnificent Tahoe cupholder assortment, I opened the glovebox, and the original (new car) window sticker was in there, with the price several thousand dollars less than the current (year-old) price. I asked, and the salesman not sure how to answer, agreed it was curious, and went to get his Mgr.
The manager actually told me that Tahoes are appreciating in value.
Couldn't believe it.
Didn't ask if they'd take my used Turnip-Truck as a trade-in.
o-brother.
The manager actually told me that Tahoes are appreciating in value.
Couldn't believe it. Didn't ask if they'd take my used Turnip-Truck as a trade-in.
o-brother.
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From: Augusta, GA
There was just something in the news about SUV sales skyrocketing coinciding with our 'cheap' () gas prices.
Just how deluded is the purchasing public? Does anyone *not* think that gas prices won't skyrocket again in the near future??
Blows my mind.
Anyway, to be sorta on-topic, I was passing a 3 series Bimmer the other day as he was getting on an exit ramp, and he screams over 'HEY!! Nice MINI!' and gives me a smile and thumbs up!
I smiled all of the way home!
-Paul!
) gas prices. Just how deluded is the purchasing public? Does anyone *not* think that gas prices won't skyrocket again in the near future??
Blows my mind.
Anyway, to be sorta on-topic, I was passing a 3 series Bimmer the other day as he was getting on an exit ramp, and he screams over 'HEY!! Nice MINI!' and gives me a smile and thumbs up!
I smiled all of the way home!
-Paul!
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From: Lexington, SC
I was showing one of my friends some pictures of what my MINI would look like before I ordered it, and a guy across the hall walked in (i live in a college dorm) and said your getting a PT cruiser, ***. I just looked at him like he was an idot. But I always get comments that my car is gay from my Football teammates. Then I tell them that Dan Morgan, A All-Pro Linebacker For the Carolina Panthers drives one, and since I live near Charlotte they are live really, damn nevermind
I was showing one of my friends some pictures of what my MINI would look like before I ordered it, and a guy across the hall walked in (i live in a college dorm) and said your getting a PT cruiser, ***. I just looked at him like he was an idot. But I always get comments that my car is gay from my Football teammates. Then I tell them that Dan Morgan, A All-Pro Linebacker For the Carolina Panthers drives one, and since I live near Charlotte they are live really, damn nevermind
I know I've seen that quote somewhere in this or another thread.
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From: Atlanta, GA
I haven't read this entire thread, so I apologize if anyone has posted this before, but my hubby and I were driving around this weekend and this redneck with missing teeth in a beat up Dodge pickup shouted "What does it look like when it grows up?" at us.... I find it highly amusing how stupid stupid people can be.... my hubby was a little ticked... but what's the point in wasting your temper on people like that... it's just a waste of energy.
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From: Greensboro, NC
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From: Mission Viejo, CA
Also, Ryan Seacrest DOESN'T own one.
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From: USA
I FINALLY have a great one to add to this thread...
We have a local Italian restaurant called Romano's Macaroni Grill. They also have curbside pickup.
So I placed my order, and the girl on the phone asked me what kind of car I would be driving. I told her a MINI Cooper. There was silence for a moment, and then she said, "See you in 20 minutes."
I pulled up, and what is written on the order ticket? "Car: A SMALL COUP"
We have a local Italian restaurant called Romano's Macaroni Grill. They also have curbside pickup.
So I placed my order, and the girl on the phone asked me what kind of car I would be driving. I told her a MINI Cooper. There was silence for a moment, and then she said, "See you in 20 minutes."
I pulled up, and what is written on the order ticket? "Car: A SMALL COUP"
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Would you buy another?
My wife's 06 MCSC and my MCS are sitting in the driveway when my neighbor stops by. He asks me some questions about my new driveway and then the conversation turns towards the mini. "Would you buy another?", he asks.....